The Anton Chekhov Foundation

The ACF is a UK registered charity (No 1128310) whose goal is to honour Anton Chekhov’s literary and humanitarian legacy through a variety of cultural and charitable projects. 

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Early Chekhov Translation Project, with almost 90 volunteers from 9 countries, has completed the first comprehensive annotated English edition of Chekhov's earliest stories, titled Anton Chekhov, Earliest Stories: Stories, Novellas, Humoresques, 1880-1882, which will be released in November 2025. The book is now available for pre-order at Blackwells, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org.

We invite you to read our new blog series, launching alongside the release of the book.



Anton Chekhov's Garden

Anton Chekhov’s Garden is a project to create welcoming and tranquil places of beauty in healing environments in England, Russia and Ukraine.

Early Chekhov Translation Project

ECTP is a unique collaborative project to produce the first comprehensive edition of Chekhov’s earliest stories in English.

Past Projects

History of the “Yalta Chekhov Campaign” 2008-2010

Additional Resources

Chekhov museums

A comprehensive list of Chekhov museums around the world.

ACF archived newsletters

An archive of newsletters issued by the ACF (2008 - 2012).

ACF press links

Selected publications about the Anton Chekhov Foundation