A.P. CHEKHOV AS AN IDEA

The work of A.P. Chekhov is analyzed through the prism of the concept of "phenomenon of culture". The expediency of its application to the creator of culture is substantiated. Proved insufficiency of historical and philological studies of fiction and the expediency of forming an idea of the creator as a cultural phenomenon on the basis of synthesis of his texts, texts about him, symbolic and associative elements associated with his name. In line with this approach, the work of A.P. Chekhov and an array of his studies creativity