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# Doctor Shverer offered the dying Chekhov oxygen, but he chose champagne
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/pridia-v-dva-chasa-nochi-doktor-shverer-predlozhil-umiraiushchemu-chekhovu-ballon-kisloroda/
- Published: 2020-03-02T11:35:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:58:15.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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Arriving at two in the morning, Dr Schwörer offered the dying Chekhov a cylinder of oxygen. Anton Pavlovich declined: "By the time they bring the oxygen, I shall be dead." He had only minutes left. Chekhov preferred to drink champagne. He took the glass with the words "it is a long time since I drank champagne". He drained it to the bottom, turned over and lay still.