# Vasíli Andréevich Brekhunóv — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Vasíli Andréevich Brekhunóv in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Vasíli Andréevich, Brekhunóv

**First appearance:** 0066-master-and-man

## Who they are

A prosperous merchant whose appetite for profit drives him to push on through a gathering blizzard, with his weary servant Nikíta beside him.

## In the story

### [Master and Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/master-and-man)

The merchant and master; anxious, self-centered, and preoccupied with business and potential liability, yet he feels a flicker of responsibility for Nikíta.

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