The story was made into a movie under the very same name in 1955[2]. A monument to the characters of the story was installed in Taganrog on May 13, 2011 in front of the Museum of Chekhovs' Works (sculptor David Begalov)[3]. A monument to the characters of the story is set in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in 2013, in the park near the Sakhalin International Theater Center.