The Created Legend · Character
Shabalov
A police inspector investigating revolutionary activities.
minor
Also known as Inspector Shabalov, Leonty Andreyevitch Shabalov
First appearance: xvii
Shabalov shows up with force in XXIX. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The Inspector of National Schools, a crude and uneducated bureaucrat who insists on formal examinations and certificates.
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In XXIX: The Inspector of National Schools, a crude and uneducated bureaucrat who insists on formal examinations and certificates. Later, in The Vice-Governor's Visit and the Plot Against Trirodov: Inspector, arrives…
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- Other
Character groups
- Police and Society Figures
- Protagonist
- Political and Romantic Entanglements
- Diverse Minor and Symbolic Figures
- Lower-Class and Official Figures
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Shabalov in xvii