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Iván Zakhárof

A named character.

minor

Also known as Iván, Zakhárof

First appearance: short fiction

Iván Zakhárof shows up with force in Easter Night. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The delirious vagrant convict who attempts to escape and is shot by the sentry.
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In Easter Night: The delirious vagrant convict who attempts to escape and is shot by the sentry. Later, in II: “The Hollow Below the Devil’s Finger”: The narrator, traveling through Siberia despite warnings about his…

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Named associates and servants
  • Disabled and named figures
  • Village community figures
  • Mysterious and noble figures

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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