# Polikéy — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Polikéy in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** II Polikéy

**First appearance:** 0013-poliko-shka

## Who they are

A disgraced household servant handed one crucial errand, a chance to prove his worth that may cost more than he imagines.

## In the story

### [Polikoúshka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/poliko-shka)

A domestic serf with a bad reputation for theft. His family lives in squalor. The mistress debates sending him as a recruit but instead tasks him with collecting a large debt, presenting it as a test of his reform.

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