# Voznitsin — Short Fiction character guide

> Voznitsin in Short Fiction by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kolya Voznitsin, Kolya, Nikolai Ivanitch Voznitsin

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

## Who they are

A young officer whose boyish eagerness and moral queasiness make him the raw conscience of the regimental set in 'The Duel'.

## In the story

### [The Song and the Dance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/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.

### [Easter Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/easter-day)

Colonel Voznitsin, now middle-aged, revisits his past and meets his old love and her daughter.

### [A Legend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_se/chapters/a-legend)

The vulgar stranger who interrupts and takes over the narration of the legend.

## Links

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