CHEKHOV'S INTERTEXT IN V.YA. SHISHKOV'S "PLAYFUL STORIES"
V.Ya. Shishkov's cycle «Playful Stories» is considered in a paper in a perspective of its interaction with A.P. Chekhov's works. The analysis of stories of Shishkov proves that Chekhov's prose is a rich source of the intertext for the literature of ХХ century. The author gives the review of viewpoints of the Soviet researchers and marks out the kinds of Chekhov «trace» in Shishkov's stories.