# Dmitri Petrovitch Silin — Short Fiction character guide

> Dmitri Petrovitch Silin in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dmitri Petrovitch, Silin, Dmitri

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

## Who they are

A character who appears in the stories.

## Relationships

### [Olga Ivanovna Irnin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/olga_ivanovna_irnin)

_romantic_

Dmitri Petrovitch Silin and Olga Ivanovna Irnin are involved in a romantic or flirtatious relationship.

### [Olga Ivanovna Irnin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/olga_ivanovna_irnin)

_romantic_

Dmitri Petrovitch Silin and Olga Ivanovna Irnin are involved in a romantic or flirtatious relationship.

### [Olga Ivanovna Irnin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/olga_ivanovna_irnin)

_romantic_

Dmitri Petrovitch Silin and Olga Ivanovna Irnin are involved in a romantic or flirtatious relationship.

## In the story

### [Terror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/terror)

The narrator's friend who confesses his fear of life and later discovers his wife's affair.

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

Not present in this chapter.

### [The Schoolmistress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-schoolmistress)

Hanov, the neighboring landowner, is a handsome but decaying man who lives alone and drinks. He is kind and naive, but seems out of place in the rural setting.

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