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  1. The Safety Match is an English Realism short story by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1877. The Safety Match is Chekhov's clever parody, a Russian whodunnit.

  2. The Safety Match, or The Swedish Match (Russian: Шведская спичка, romanized: Shvedskaya spichka) is a 1954 Soviet comedy film directed by Konstantin Yudin, an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 1884 story of the same name.

  3. Dec 7, 2021 · The Lundström brothers created the world-famous safety match and established Jönköping’s safety match factory. The safety matches are still referred to as Swedish matches in a lot of countries to this day.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MatchMatch - Wikipedia

    There are two main types of matches: safety matches, which can be struck only against a specially prepared surface, and strike-anywhere matches, for which any suitably frictional surface can be used. Etymology. The word match derives from Old French mèche, referring to the wick of a candle. [2] .

  5. ""The Safety Match"" is a short story written by Anton Chekhov, a famous Russian playwright and author. The story is set in a small town and revolves around a young girl named Sasha, who is sent out to buy matches by her stepmother. Sasha is given a single kopeck to buy the matches, but she ends up spending it on a sweet bun instead.

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  6. Dec 17, 2015 · The Safety Match is a short story by Anton Chekhov first published in English in 1922 as part of the collection The Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories. The Safety Match is a true locked room mystery with a surprise ending.

  7. May 27, 2020 · Safety matches are a common item in every household’s kitchen drawer. They’re a simple enough concept – strike the match head against the strip and voila. But there’s actually a lot of chemistry at work in this everyday object. There are two types of matches: ones that are considered safe, and ones that can be ignited using any surface.