This Complete Works and Letters of the Outstanding Russian Writer, Playwright and Doctor, Generally Recognized Classic of World Literature, Honorary Academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in the Category of Fine Literature, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) in thirty volumes is the first scientific publication of the writer's literary heritage. It sets itself the task of giving with exhaustive completeness everything that was created by A. Chekhov. At the same time, the main texts of the works are accompanied by the publication of early editions and versions.