January 26, 2010. Actress Irina Miroshnichenko at the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday.

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January 26, 2010. Actress Vera Glagoleva, center, at the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday.

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January 26, 2010. Artistic director of Moscow's Lenkom Theater Mark Zakharov speaking at the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday.

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January 26, 2010. Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva visited the Art Theater and Chekhov exhibition and attended the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday. From right: Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev and artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov.

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January 26, 2010. Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva before the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday. Theater historian Anatoly Smelyansky, left, and artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov, right.

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January 26, 2010. Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva visited the Art Theater and Chekhov exhibition and attended the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday. From left: Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev, theater historian Anatoly Smelyansky and artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov.

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January 26, 2010. Artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov speaking at the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday.

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January 26, 2010. Russian First Lady Svetlana Medvedeva visited the Art Theater and Chekhov exhibition and attended the Our Chekhov gala night in honor of the 150th anniversary of Anton Chekhov’s birthday. Theater historian Anatoly Smelyansky, right.

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