Chekhov is a city located in Russia. While the provided source material focuses on the life and work of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov rather than the geography of the city itself, it identifies him as a Russian figure whose professional background was in medicine.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a prominent Russian playwright and short story writer who is widely considered one of the greatest writers of all time. He is recognized as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre, alongside Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. His literary career produced four classic plays and highly esteemed short stories.