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Why did Anton Chekhov move from Melikhovo to Yalta?

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Anton Chekhov moved from his estate in Melikhovo to Yalta due to his declining health. In March 1897, he suffered a lung hemorrhage caused by tuberculosis, a condition for which he had shown symptoms earlier.

Forced to acknowledge himself as a semi-invalid, Chekhov sold his Melikhovo property and built a villa in the Crimean coastal resort of Yalta, where he spent most of his winters to manage his illness.1