Short Fiction · Character
The Colonel
A Cossack commander at Taras Bulba's campaign, present at the general's lavish dinner and the inspection of a skittish mare.
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First appearance: taras bulba
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The elderly, grief-stricken colonel who hires Thomas to pray over his daughter's body for three nights.
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He moves among officers and country gentlemen at a grand military dinner, one of the ranking men whose presence lends the gathering its weight. When the general shows off his bay mare, the colonel steps down to pat her…
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