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In the article the suppositions about the Ukrainian origin of Anton Chekhov which occurred in the Ukrainian mass medias are refuted on the basis of his personal correspondence. In article’s author’s judgment a problem of national self-identification of Chekhov is quite far-fetched, arising out of casual public servant slip of the tongue, and this problem got an invented meaningfulness from Chekhov surroundings. Author supposes that the world historical value of work of Chekhov does not can and must not depend on a political situation.