# The General — Russian Folktales character guide

> The General in Russian Folktales by A. N. Afanasyev.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0037-the-soldier-and-the-tsar-in-the-forest

## Who they are

A military officer who appears in tales of soldiers and tsars.

## In the story

### [The Soldier and the Tsar in the Forest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-soldier-and-the-tsar-in-the-forest)

The soldier's elder brother who rises to general but refuses to acknowledge his sibling. He is eventually degraded by the Tsar.

### [The Potter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/russian_folktales_se/chapters/the-potter)

A boyar who tries to cheat the potter but is outwitted and humiliated.

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