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Ivas

A young Cossack who dies in battle.

minor

First appearance: taras bulba

Ivas shows up with force in St. John's Eve. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Pidorka's young brother, who carries her message of love and despair to Peter.
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Character Web

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PEPeterPIPidorkaFKFather KondratTLThe LyakhsTKTerentiy KorzhIVIvas

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Demonic pact characters
  • Viy story characters

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional and psychological peak occurs as the auction transforms the deceased art-lover’s cherished colle…

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