Short Fiction · Character
Terentiy Korzh
A wealthy Cossack who opposes his daughter's love for a poor blacksmith.
minor
Also known as Korzh
First appearance: The Night of Christmas Eve
Terentiy Korzh shows up with force in St. John's Eve. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Pidorka's father, who arranges her marriage to a wealthy Pole and hosts a merry wedding feast.
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In St. John's Eve: Pidorka's father, who arranges her marriage to a wealthy Pole and hosts a merry wedding feast. Later, in The Night of Christmas Eve: The Cossack Choop, father of Oxana, who is hidden in a sack after…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Demonic pact characters
- Viy story characters
- Cossack leaders and fighters
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- 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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