# Kerbalay — The Duel character guide

> Kerbalay in The Duel by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Tatar Kerbalay, Tatar

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A local Tatar who runs a tavern or serves the community.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duel_se/chapters/iv)

Not directly present, but referenced indirectly through the deacon's nickname for Samoylenko's orderly.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duel_se/chapters/xi)

Mentioned by Von Koren as a more deserving recipient of charity than Laevsky.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duel_se/chapters/xviii)

Seen at the duhan with mountaineers and a Tatar woman, loading sacks onto a cart, possibly smuggling.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duel_se/chapters/xix)

The deacon is present, hiding in the bushes, and his shout distracts Von Koren during the duel.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duel_se/chapters/xx)

Stands by the road bowing, then engages in a theological conversation with the deacon about God and men.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duel_se/chapters/xxi)

Mentioned as the orderly carrying portmanteaus and assisting with the departure.

## Links

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