# Bovdug — Short Fiction character guide

> Bovdug in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The old Cossack Bovdug, Kasyan Bovdug

**First appearance:** 0012-taras-bulba

## Who they are

An old Cossack who gives advice before the final battle.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/viii)

The elder Cossack who proposes the compromise to split the army, endorsing Taras as hetman for those who stay.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/ix)

An old Cossack who falls from a wagon after being shot; dies with a speech glorifying the Russian land.

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