He contributed to the newspaper Novoe vremya, but stopped writing for it due to its campaign against Alfred Dreyfuss. In a similar activist vein, he journeyed to a Russian Penal Colony, interviewing the prisoners there and writing "The Island -- A Journey to Sakhalin". Afterwards, he lived in Melikhovo, then Yalta, the latter of which was the setting for many of his works 
He contributed to the newspaper Novoe vremya, but stopped writing for it due to its campaign against Alfred Dreyfuss. In a similar activist vein, he journeyed to a Russian Penal Colony, interviewing the prisoners there and writing "The Island -- A Journey to Sakhalin". Afterwards, he lived in Melikhovo, then Yalta, the latter of which was the setting for many of his works including "The Lady with the Dog". FTP, who is this Russian author, most famous for short stories and plays such as "Three Sisters", "Uncle Vanya", and, "The Cherry Orchard?
He contributed to the newspaper Novoe vremya, but stopped writing for it due to its campaign against Alfred Dreyfuss.