If Anton Chekhov constructed his characters to survive socially, that is, to adapt to the demands of a social need, then Nikolai Alexeyevich Ivanov could be classified among those theatrical heroes referred to as positive.

However, this naturalization might be a controversial act, as the material that "narrates" this theatrical story survives due to its historical authenticity. An authenticity that does not defend pre-planned human situations, but that theatrically "narrates" a desperate spiritual inadequacy, an asthmatic social behavior.

"Ivanov" and the accompanying ensemble have realized that the walls of Jericho have definitively closed off any escape for them. That this reality they reveal and fight against is the work of themselves and their historical context.