# Pyotr Petrovitch — Short Fiction character guide

> Pyotr Petrovitch in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pyotr, this Pyotr, Pyotr Petrovitch Strizhin, Strizhin

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

## Who they are

A character with a notable presence in the collection.

## In the story

### [A Happy Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-happy-man)

A passenger who recognizes Ivan Alexyevitch, engages in conversation, and later reveals the bridegroom's mistake about the train direction.

### [The Privy Councillor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-privy-councillor)

The narrator, a young boy observing the events.

### [Difficult People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/difficult-people)

The student son who confronts his father about his abusive behavior and struggles with his own emotions.

### [An Inadvertence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/an-inadvertence)

The protagonist who accidentally drinks paraffin instead of vodka after returning from a christening party.

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

Kistunov, the bank official, is the primary figure in the chapter, overwhelmed by Madame Shtchukin's persistence.

### [A Problem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-problem)

The taciturn, rheumatic paternal uncle who mainly worries about the family name appearing in newspapers.

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

The narrator's demonstrator, a modest, industrious, but narrow-minded learned dullard who works from morning to night.

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

A colleague who visits on holidays, tells long-winded anecdotes, and is described as modest, neat, and reasonable but tedious.

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

The husband, reflecting on his marriage and his wife's coldness.

### [The Two Volodyas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-two-volodyas)

Colonel Yagitch, Sofya's older husband, who is attentive but whose age and past reputation weigh on her.

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

The young landowner Byelokurov, who lives in the lodge, gets up early, wears a peasant tunic, drinks beer, and complains of no sympathy. He is slow, tedious, and long-winded in conversation, and carries letters in his pocket for weeks.

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

Not present in this chapter.

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

Vasilisa's husband, a thin old man who trusts blindly.

## Links

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