# Bargamot — Short Fiction character guide

> Bargamot in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ivan Akindinovich Bargamot, Tall, stout, strong, loud-voiced Bargamot, the immovable Bargamot, Bargamot Bargamotich

**First appearance:** 0002-bargamot-and-garaska

## Snapshot

A towering, loud-voiced policeman whose imposing bulk and immovable presence conceal a capacity for unexpected gentleness toward the very people he is meant to police.

## Who they are

Bargamot commands the street by sheer physical authority — tall, stout, strong, a man whose voice carries before his boots do — yet his dealings with the poor and the desperate reveal something softer beneath the uniform. He is a figure of the old order, certain of his place, and that certainty is precisely what makes his moments of compassion so disarming. In a story that turns on the collision between duty and mercy, he matters because he is the one who gets to choose.

## Relationships

### [Garaska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/garaska)

_rivalry_

Bargamot and Garaska are fierce enemies, often engaging in violent confrontations.

### [Garaska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/garaska)

_rivalry_

Bargamot and Garaska are fierce enemies, often engaging in violent confrontations.

### [Garaska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/characters/garaska)

_rivalry_

Bargamot and Garaska are fierce enemies, often engaging in violent confrontations.

## In the story

### [Bargamot and Garaska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/bargamot-and-garaska)

The towering, powerful policeman who feels a restless longing for the holiday and, against all expectation, invites the drunkard Garaska to share his Easter meal.

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