Остров Сахалин (Из путевых записок)

Kniga A. P. Chehova «Ostrov Sahalin» biela napisana posle posesheniia im v 1890 g. katorjnogo v te godie ostrova. Rabota nad nei shla u pisatelia dolgo i trudno. Dostatochno skazat, chto celikom kniga biela opublikovana lish v 1895 g. Eto, pojalui, samoe nechehovskoe iz proizvedenii Chehova, napominaushee mestami nauchnoe issledovanie, mestami — jurnalistskoe rassledovanie. V knige net ni strochki domiesla, mnogo cifr, golieh faktov, detalnogo razbora ustroistva rossiiskoi katorgi i ee kritiki. . . . Spustia 135 let posle poezdki Chehova na Sahalin, v sentiabre 2025 goda, po marshrutu pisatelia na ostrov vieletela ekspediciia «Komsomolskoi pravdie», chtobie povtorit ego put i pereizdat «Ostrov Sahalin», proillustrirovav knigu sovremennoi semkoi chehovskih mest.

A. P. Chekhov's book "Sakhalin Island" was written after his visit to the island in 1890, which was hard labor in those years. The writer had a long and difficult time working on it. Suffice it to say that the entire book was published only in 1895. This is perhaps the most non—Czech of Chekhov's works, resembling in some places a scientific study, in others a journalistic investigation. There is not a single line of speculation in the book, a lot of figures, bare facts, a detailed analysis of the structure of Russian penal servitude and its criticism. . . . 135 years after Chekhov's trip to Sakhalin, in September 2025, an expedition of Komsomolskaya Pravda flew along the writer's route to the island to repeat his journey and republish Sakhalin Island, illustrating the book with modern photography of Chekhov's places.