# General Kissoff — Michael Strogoff character guide

> General Kissoff in Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** General, the Man of Iron

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-iii-michael-strogoff-meets-the-czar

## Who they are

A Russian general and aide to the Czar.

## Relationships

### [Michael Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/michael_strogoff)

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General Kissoff is Michael's superior officer, giving him orders for the secret mission.

### [Michael Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/michael_strogoff)

_professional_

General Kissoff is Michael's superior officer, giving him orders for the secret mission.

### [Michael Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/michael_strogoff)

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General Kissoff is Michael's superior officer, giving him orders for the secret mission.

## In the story

### [A Fête at the New Palace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-i-a-f-te-at-the-new-palace)

Delivers the dispatch about the rebellion and receives orders from the Czar.

### [Russians and Tartars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-ii-russians-and-tartars)

The chief of police who questions the Czar's clemency policy and provides intelligence on Ogareff's movements, though he is unaware of the full conspiracy.

### [Michael Strogoff Meets the Czar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-iii-michael-strogoff-meets-the-czar)

The general who recommends Michael Strogoff to the Czar and vouches for his abilities.

### [From Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-iv-from-moscow-to-nizhny-novgorod)

Provided Michael Strogoff with money and a podorojna in the name of Nicholas Korpanoff, but no official document of the Emperor's service.

### [A Hare Crosses the Road](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-viii-a-hare-crosses-the-road)

Referenced in the narrator's description of Michael as 'the Man of Iron'.

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