# Osaul Tovkatch — Short Fiction character guide

> Osaul Tovkatch in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tovkatch

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

## Who they are

A Cossack officer who brings news to Taras Bulba.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/i)

Old comrade of Taras, present at the welcoming feast.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/v)

Arrives with reinforcements and brings blessings from Andrii and Ostap's mother.

### [Taras's Grief and the Journey to Warsaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_40_se/chapters/x)

Faithful comrade who rescues Taras, rides with him for two weeks, and nurses him back to health.

## Links

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