The Symbolism of the Cherry Orchard: Between a Commercial Project, a Manor and a Dacha
Journal: Two centuries of the Russian classics
Year: 2024

The widespread of cherry orchards in different regions of Russia and vaious locations (landowners’ estates, peasants’ plots, inns, cemeteries, Soviet-era dachas, etc.) was reflected in the works of fiction by Russian writers, as well as in their diary entries and epistolary heritage. The article considers the works of Alexei K. Tolstoy, Lev Mey, Anton Chekhov, Ivan Bunin, Boris Zaitsev, Sergey Esenin, Marina Tsvetaeva, and other authors who formed the symbolism of the cherry orchard. Since the c