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Doulebov

Doulebov, the Vice-Governor's obsequious fixer, arranges inspections and invitations with a young pig's squeal and a talent for letting others take the blame.

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Also known as Grigory Vladimirovitch Doulebov, the Vice-Governor Doulebov, The angry Doulebov

First appearance: vii

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Headmaster of National Schools, scheming to close Trirodov's school and curry favor with authorities; speaks in a thin voice and wipes his face like a cat.

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Doulebov glides through the provincial bureaucracy with pleasant manners and a slender, squealing voice, never drunk, always accompanied by the shrewd wife who manages his affairs. He engineers the Vice-Governor's visit to the town school precisely so that a subsequent raid on Trirodov's colony will look like the government's own idea rather than his. His careful indirection—praising a shabby school to disguise his real target—shows how the apparatus of reaction works through flattery and misdirection rather than open force.

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Aftermath
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Trirodov
rivalry · negative
Doulebov is a government official who views Trirodov as a dangerous subversive, leading… How this plays out →
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The Vice-Governor's Visit and the Plot Against Trirodov
Headmaster of National Schools, scheming to close Trirodov's school and curry favor with authorities; speaks in a thin voice and wipes his face like a cat.
XXXI
The Headmaster, displeased by the lack of honor and special preparations, and annoyed by the barefoot children and instructresses.
XXXII
Leads the inspection, berates the children, and accuses Trirodov's school of pornography, threatening to close it.

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