Criminal aspects of A.P. Chekhov's prose

It is known that in the destiny of A.Chekhov two most humanistic professions are united-a profession of the writer and a profession of the doctor. Chekhov wrote about 900 publications during twenty six years of his creative life. Among his publications there are some ones in which we can observe juridical points. This article allows to view creative work of Chekhov through the prism of two interrelated sciences-medicine and criminalistics. We make sure that that Chekhov as the writerand the doctor wrote his creations concerning criminal points in a very professional way.