# Iván Zakhárof — Short Fiction character guide

> Iván Zakhárof in Short Fiction by Vladimir Korolenko.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Iván, Zakhárof

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A named character.

## In the story

### [Easter Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/easter-night)

The delirious vagrant convict who attempts to escape and is shot by the sentry.

### [II: “The Hollow Below the Devil’s Finger”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/ii-the-hollow-below-the-devil-s-finger)

The narrator, traveling through Siberia despite warnings about his safety.

### [VIII: “Iván, Aged Thirty-Eight Years”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/viii-iv-n-aged-thirty-eight-years)

The prisoner, a vagrant aged thirty-eight, who confesses to the murder but later implicates Kostiúshka for the mutilation.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/iii)

One of the foresters; described with dark features, somber eyes, and inherent strength.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/ii)

The miller, also called Philipko, who comes to collect a debt from the widow and Galya, showing his mercenary and manipulative nature.

## Links

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