Isaac Yakovlevich Pavlovsky, a friend of

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

, was born in 1853 in the city of

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, studied at Taganrog's Boys Gymnasium, was an activist at the Taganrog revolutionary circle and was arrested and tried at the so-called

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. He became a political immigrant in 1878. He made his debut as journalist in ''

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'' in 1880 with the story about his imprisonment ''En Cellule''. In 1888, Isaac Pavlovsky returned to

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and worked for the ''Novoye Vremya'', where he published his

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correspondence. Among his publications are: ''Little people with great sorrow'' ("Маленькие люди с большим горем", Saint Petersburg, 1889), ''Sketches of Contemporary Spain'' ("Очерки современной Испании", Saint Petersburg, 1889), ''There and Back'' ("Туда и обратно", Saint Petersburg, 1891), ''Paris Sketches'' ("Парижские очерки") and other works.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlovsky, Isaac Yakovlevich 1853 births 1924 deaths Writers from Taganrog People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate Politicians from Taganrog Writers from the Russian Empire