# Nikita — Short Fiction character guide

> Nikita in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pirogov, the late Professor Nikita Krylov, Nikita Krylov, Revel

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

## Who they are

A professor mentioned in the context of a story.

## Relationships

### [Dr. Andrey Yefimitch Ragin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/dr_andrey_yefimitch_ragin)

_professional_

Dr. Ragin and Nikita are doctor and servant/orderly, with Nikita serving as a caretaker or assistant.

### [Dr. Andrey Yefimitch Ragin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/dr_andrey_yefimitch_ragin)

_professional_

Dr. Ragin and Nikita are doctor and servant/orderly, with Nikita serving as a caretaker or assistant.

### [Dr. Andrey Yefimitch Ragin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/dr_andrey_yefimitch_ragin)

_professional_

Dr. Ragin and Nikita are doctor and servant/orderly, with Nikita serving as a caretaker or assistant.

## In the story

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

Kistunov's servant, sent for laurel drops to calm his employer's palpitations.

### [IV: Marvels on a Hurdle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iv-marvels-on-a-hurdle)

The cat, referred to as Fyodor Timofeyitch, who reluctantly participates in the pyramid trick.

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

The protagonist, a teacher who feels increasingly trapped in his comfortable marriage and yearns for a more passionate and meaningful life.

### [Ward No. 6](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ward-no-6)

The brutal attendant who beats patients and enforces order in Ward No. 6.

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

The porter, an old soldier with a grim face, who lies on litter in the entry, beats people for discipline, and takes Moiseika's earnings.

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

The attendant who cleans up after the patients and beats the fat peasant.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as the attendant who knocks patients about behind the barred windows of Ward No. 6.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ix)

The assistant in the ward, ordered by the doctor to clean up and provide boots for Moiseika.

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

Observes the doctor's strange behavior and shrugs in response to Hobotov's comments.

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

The attendant in the mental ward who jumps up and stands at attention when Andrey Yefimitch and Hobotov enter.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/xvii)

Brings hospital clothes and bedding, instructs the doctor to change, and removes his personal effects.

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

The orderly who violently prevents Andrey Yefimitch from leaving, punching him and beating him.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/xix)

Told by Dr. Hobotov to fumigate the ward.

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

Not present in this chapter.

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