# Nicholas Pigassof — Michael Strogoff character guide

> Nicholas Pigassof in Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nicholas, the good Nicholas Pigassof

**First appearance:** 0014-part-i-xv-the-marshes-of-the-baraba

## Who they are

A fellow traveler who befriends Michael and Nadia on the road.

## Relationships

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

_friendship_

Nicholas Pigassof is a loyal friend and companion to Michael during the journey.

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

_friendship_

Nicholas Pigassof is a loyal friend and companion to Michael during the journey.

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

_friendship_

Nicholas Pigassof is a loyal friend and companion to Michael during the journey.

## In the story

### [A Friend on the Highway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-a-friend-on-the-highway)

A kind young Russian traveling to Krasnoyarsk in a kibitka. He offers Michael and Nadia a ride after learning of Michael's blindness.

### [The Passage of the Yenisey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-vii-the-passage-of-the-yenisey)

The good-natured clerk who planned to stop at Krasnoyarsk for employment but finds the town deserted; he continues with Michael and Nadia toward Irkutsk.

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

Defends Nadia by shooting a Tartar soldier; is captured and bound; previously sympathetic to Michael and Nadia's mission.

### [In the Steppe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-in-the-steppe)

Found dead on the steppe; Michael and Nadia bury him to protect his body from wolves.

### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-xv-conclusion)

Remembered fondly; Michael and Nadia erect a cross on his grave near the Dinka river.

## Links

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