Short Fiction · Character
Voznitsin
A young officer whose boyish eagerness and moral queasiness make him the raw conscience of the regimental set in 'The Duel'.
supporting
Also known as Kolya Voznitsin, Kolya, Nikolai Ivanitch Voznitsin
First appearance: a slav soul
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Referred to as Vaska, one of the three aesthetes living on the estate, who amused himself with Wagner and played Tristan and Iseult on the clavicordia.
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In The Song and the Dance: Referred to as Vaska, one of the three aesthetes living on the estate, who amused himself with Wagner and played Tristan and Iseult on the clavicordia. Later, in Easter Day: Colonel…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Lovers and Telegraphists
- Officers and Society Women
- Officers and Children
- Protagonist
- Fishermen and Nobility
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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