# Moisey Moisevitch — Short Fiction character guide

> Moisey Moisevitch in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Moisey

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

## Who they are

A Jewish innkeeper who appears in a story.

## In the story

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

An innkeeper encountered during the journey.

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

Hosts the travelers, shows Yegorushka his family, and nervously attends to the countess's arrival.

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

Moiseika, an imbecile Jew who went crazy after his hat factory burned down; he is allowed out of the lodge, begs for coppers, and imitates Gromov's helpfulness.

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

Ivan Dmitritch's neighbour on the left, referred to as the Jew Moiseika.

### [Rothschild's Fiddle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/rothschild-s-fiddle)

The tinsmith who conducts the Jewish orchestra and hires Yakov for weddings, taking more than half the receipts for himself.

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

Not present in this chapter.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/xi)

A thin, pockmarked servant of the general's widow, who is shouted at by the engineer about missing furniture.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/xii)

Moisey is revealed as Madame Tcheprakov's lover, acts insolently, manages money independently, and borrows horses without permission, causing resentment.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/xvi)

Involved in a violent struggle with Ivan Tcheprakov in the yard; the narrator hits him twice.

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

Now wears a bowler hat, drives a racing droshky, and is buying up mortgaged estates, including Dubetchnya.

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