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Sixth Ward Book Description In this novella, which takes place in a mental hospital in a provincial town, Chekhov focuses on the philosophical conflict between Ivan Dmitrich, an educated patient, and Doctor Andrey Yefimitch. While Ivan Dmitritch opposes the injustice they are exposed to and the terrible conditions they are forced to live in, Andrey Yefimitch insists on ignoring them and does not even move a finger to change the situation. When the doctor finally realizes the "philosophical" mistake he has fallen into, it is too late. The Sixth Ward is the symbol of the "madness" of the elite Russian intellectuals, who preferred to watch Russia and the country's problems from afar rather than dealing with them. The Sixth Ward attracted great attention when it was published in the November 1892 issue of Russkaya Mısl magazine. It is even reported that Lenin was horrified after reading the work and said, "I felt like I was locked in the Sixth Ward." (From the Promotional Bulletin)