# Colonel Koshkarev — Dead Souls character guide

> Colonel Koshkarev in Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Koshkarev

**First appearance:** 0016-part-ii-iii

## Who they are

A mad landowner who runs his estate like a bureaucratic office.

## Relationships

### [Chichikov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/chichikov)

_rivalry_

Chichikov clashes with the absurdly bureaucratic Colonel Koshkarev, whose rigid systems frustrate Chichikov's schemes.

### [Chichikov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/chichikov)

_rivalry_

Chichikov clashes with the absurdly bureaucratic Colonel Koshkarev, whose rigid systems frustrate Chichikov's schemes.

### [Chichikov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/chichikov)

_rivalry_

Chichikov clashes with the absurdly bureaucratic Colonel Koshkarev, whose rigid systems frustrate Chichikov's schemes.

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