# Kalenik — Short Fiction character guide

> Kalenik in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the drunken Kalenik

**First appearance:** 0003-a-may-night

## Who they are

A drunken Cossack who wanders into the wrong house at night.

## In the story

### [II: The Village Headman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/ii-the-village-headman)

A drunken Cossack who dances through the street, argues with the headman, and is misdirected by young girls.

### [IV: Wild Pranks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/iv-wild-pranks)

Drunkenly enters the headman's house and is allowed to stay by the distiller.

### [VI: The Awakening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/vi-the-awakening)

Mentioned as wandering drunkenly through the empty streets at the end of the chapter.

## Links

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