# Kashintzev — Short Fiction character guide

> Kashintzev in Short Fiction by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kashintzev

**First appearance:** 0031-a-slav-soul

## Snapshot

An army doctor traveling to Goussiatine who stops for eggs and milk at a scabby Jewish inn and finds himself in a world of drunken peasants and helpless hosts.

## Who they are

Kashintzev arrives at Khatzkel's inn hungry and matter-of-fact, ordering food with the calm of a man used to being served, only to watch a drunk peasant howl slurs and threats at his trembling host. He is a quiet witness to the casual cruelty and precariousness of provincial life, neither intervening nor looking away. His presence frames the story's early tension between Russian officer and Jewish innkeeper, between appetite and unease.

## Relationships

### [Movsha Khatzkel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/movsha_khatzkel)

_rivalry_

Kashintzev and Movsha Khatzkel are business rivals, competing aggressively in trade and influence.

### [Movsha Khatzkel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/movsha_khatzkel)

_rivalry_

Kashintzev and Movsha Khatzkel are business rivals, competing aggressively in trade and influence.

### [Movsha Khatzkel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/movsha_khatzkel)

_rivalry_

Kashintzev and Movsha Khatzkel are business rivals, competing aggressively in trade and influence.

## In the story

### [The Horse-Thieves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/the-horse-thieves)

Another horse-thief present during the boar encounter.

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

Mentioned as 'Cubik' in the sharing arrangement; a member of the horse-thief gang, though not directly active in this scene.

### [The Jewess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/the-jewess)

The protagonist, a doctor traveling through the Pale, who becomes obsessed with the beauty of the Jewess Etlia and reflects on Jewish history and his own future.

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