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The aim of this article is to analyze the images of the two heroes of Chekhov`s early drama – the horse-thief Osip and Sophia Voynitseva, as characters that are similar to Commander, one of the heroes of the Don Juan story. A rtesponse to the Commander in Fatherlessness allows us to interpret Chekhov`s play in an ironic way and contributes to new value of this drama.