# Onisim Kozel — Short Fiction character guide

> Onisim Kozel in Short Fiction by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** V Onisim Kozel, Kozel, Onisim, Uncle Kozel

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

## Who they are

An old Cossack, a minor character in a story.

## Relationships

### [Buzyga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/buzyga)

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Buzyga and Onisim Kozel are bitter rivals, constantly clashing over land and status in their rural community.

### [Vasil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/vasil)

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Onisim Kozel and Vasil are enemies, feuding over property and personal grievances in their village.

### [Buzyga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/buzyga)

_rivalry_

Buzyga and Onisim Kozel are bitter rivals, constantly clashing over land and status in their rural community.

### [Vasil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/vasil)

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Onisim Kozel and Vasil are enemies, feuding over property and personal grievances in their village.

### [Vasil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/vasil)

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Onisim Kozel and Vasil are enemies, feuding over property and personal grievances in their village.

### [Buzyga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/characters/buzyga)

_rivalry_

Buzyga and Onisim Kozel are bitter rivals, constantly clashing over land and status in their rural community.

## In the story

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

A beggar from Kazimirovka, missing most fingers, who tells stories about Buzyga while lying in the rushes with his grandson.

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

The old beggar with one finger, eager to tell the story of his lost fingers; he is servile and greedy for whiskey.

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

Recounts his traumatic experience of having his fingers cut off by a German colonist as punishment for attempted horse theft.

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

An old, coughing horse-thief with mutilated hands; he gives Vasil final instructions and shows concern for the boy's safety.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/v)

Terrified old beggar who cringes, kisses boots, and feigns innocence to escape the mob's wrath.

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