The Created Legend · Character
Poterin
Another police inspector involved in the investigation.
minor
Also known as Inspector Poterin
First appearance: xxiv
Poterin shows up with force in The Vice-Governor's Visit and the Plot Against Trirodov. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Inspector of the town school, fawning and fearful, beats pupils and accepts bribes; trembles before the Doulebovs.
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Character groups
- Police and Society Figures
- Political and Romantic Entanglements
- Protagonist
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See Poterin in xxiv