# Mikita — Short Fiction character guide

> Mikita in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

A Cossack mentioned in passing during the battle scenes.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/ii)

The huntsman who was bewitched by the colonel's daughter, allowed her to stand on him, and subsequently burned to ashes.

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