title: Russian Jokes, Anecdotes and Funny Stories
author:  Edward Dadiomov 
description: Edward Dadiomov was born in Russia in 1944. After graduation of St. Petersburg Electro Technical University he started to work as an Electrical Engineer at one of Research Facilities. He and his family came to USA in 1989. He started to work as a Senior Electrical Engineer at Motorola, Arlington Heights, Illinois in 1990. Currently Edward Dadiomov is about to start his retirement.
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  # A TRAGEDIAN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
  
  
  ### Anton Chekov
  
  
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  CHARACTERS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  * IVAN IVANOVITCH TOLKACHOV, the father of a family 
  
  
  * ALEXEY ALEXEYEVITCH MURASHKIN, his friend 
  
  
  
  
  
  The scene is laid in St. Petersburg, in MURASHKIN'S flat
  
  
  
  
  
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  A TRAGEDIAN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF
  
  
  
  
  
  MURASHKIN'S study. Comfortable furniture. MURASHKIN is
  
  
  seated at his desk. Enter TOLKACHOV holding in his hands a glass globe
  
  
  for a lamp, a toy bicycle, three hat-boxes, a large parcel containing
  
  
  a dress, a bin-case of beer, and several little parcels. He looks
  
  
  round stupidly and lets himself down on the sofa in exhaustion.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **MURASHKIN.** How do you do, Ivan Ivanovitch? Delighted to see
  
  
  you! What brings you here?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **TOLKACHOV.** [Breathing heavily] My dear good fellow. . . I
  
  
  want to ask you something. . . . I implore you lend me a revolver till
  
  
  to-morrow. Be a friend!
  
  