How did Anton Chekhov help support his family while studying medicine?

While studying medicine at the university in Moscow, Anton Chekhov became the primary financial support for his family, as his father was unable to secure well-paid employment. He managed these responsibilities by working as a freelance journalist and writing comic sketches for various humorous journals.1

By the time he graduated in 1884, Chekhov had demonstrated significant energy and responsibility, balancing his arduous medical studies with a prolific writing career that eventually helped him transition from authoring short comic sketches to more serious literary work.1