Russian Thought

Русская мысль — the Moscow monthly that printed «Крыжовник» in 1898 and «Три сестры» in 1901, the first printings of both

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One can talk about “Three Sisters” for ages, for I am one of them and all three sisters at once, and also all the other characters at once.

Anton Pavlovich wrote about this in “Gooseberries”

A Moscow monthly, published from 1880. Both texts this episode runs on appeared in it first, in pre-reform spelling, in numbered “books”.

«Крыжовник» — Русская мысль, book VIII, 1898

First page. The footer reads книга VIII, 98 г. — the eighth book of the ninety-eighth year.

First page of Chekhov's story «Крыжовник» as first printed in the monthly Русская мысль, book VIII, 1898, set in pre-reform Russian orthography
First page of Chekhov's story «Крыжовник» as first printed in the monthly Русская мысль, book VIII, 1898, set in pre-reform Russian orthography

Public domain · Anton Chekhov, Русская мысль (1898) · Wikimedia Commons

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«Три сестры» — Русская мысль, no. 2, 1901

Драма въ 4-хъ дѣйствіяхъ. On the left the cast list — Ольга, Маша, Ирина, Тузенбахъ, Ферапонтъ, Вершининъ — then Act One, opening on Olga in her blue uniform dress.

Opening spread of Chekhov's «Три сестры» as first printed in Русская мысль, February 1901: the list of characters on the left page, the start of Act One on the right, in pre-reform Russian orthography
Opening spread of Chekhov's «Три сестры» as first printed in Русская мысль, February 1901: the list of characters on the left page, the start of Act One on the right, in pre-reform Russian orthography

Public domain · Anton Chekhov, Русская мысль (1901) · Wikimedia Commons