Fragments (magazine)

*Fragments*
Fragments cover, 1911.
Editor	Nikolay Leykin Viktor Bilibin K. Mikhailov
Frequency	Weekly
Year founded	1881
Final issue	1916
Based in	St Petersburg
Language	Russian

Fragments (Russian: Осколки) was a Russian humorous, literary and artistic weekly magazine published in St Petersburg from 1881 to 1916.

History

From 1881 to 1906 Fragments was published by the popular writer Nikolay Leykin. From 1906 to 1908 it was run by the humorist Viktor Bilibin.

In the 1880s Fragments was known as the most liberal of Russian humorous magazines. Fragments played an important part in the early career of Anton Chekhov. From 1882 to 1887 Fragments published more than 270 of Chekhov's works.

Contributors

Poets and writers

Alexander Amfiteatrov
Anton Chekhov
Vladimir Gilyarovsky
Pyotr Gnedich
Evgeny Kohn
Nikolai Leskov
Konstantin Lydov
Vladimir Mazurkevich
Liodor Palmin
Nikolay Poznyakov

Artists

Aleksey Afanas'ev
Alexander I. Lebedev
Nikolay Chekhov

Works by Anton Chekhov

Plays	Platonov (1881) On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco (1886, 1902) Swansong (1887) Ivanov (1887) The Bear (1888) A Tragedian in Spite of Himself (1889) The Wedding (1889) The Wood Demon (1889) A Marriage Proposal (1890) The Festivities (1891) The Seagull (1896) Uncle Vanya (1897) Three Sisters (1901) The Cherry Orchard (1904)

Novel	The Shooting Party (1884)

Novellas	The Steppe (1888) The Duel (1891) The Story of an Unknown Man (1893) Three Years (1895) My Life (1896)

Short stories	"The Bet" (1889) "Ward No. 6" (1892) "The Black Monk" (1894) "Rothschild's Violin" (1894) "The Darling" (1899) "The Lady with the Dog" (1899)

Related articles	Chekhov's gun Osip Dymov Fragments Wild Honey

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