# Alexey Ivanovitch Kryukov — Short Fiction character guide

> Alexey Ivanovitch Kryukov in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kryukov, Alexey Ivanovitch, Alexey

**First appearance:** 0000-a-living-chattel

## Who they are

A character who appears in the narrative.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/i)

The cousin of Lieutenant Sokolsky and neighbour of Susanna, who sent the lieutenant to collect the debt.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ii)

The lieutenant's cousin, a handsome but indolent landowner who is outraged by the lieutenant's actions but later visits Susanna himself.

### [A Defenceless Creature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-defenceless-creature)

Alexey Nikolaitch, a clerk at the bank, attempts to explain the situation to Madame Shtchukin but is eventually driven to frustration.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iv)

Not present in this chapter.

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