# Gazin — The House of the Dead character guide

> Gazin in The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Gazin yonder

**First appearance:** 0005-part-i-v-the-first-month

## Who they are

A powerful and feared convict who sells vodka in the prison.

## In the story

### [First Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_dead_se/chapters/part-i-iii-first-impressions)

Appears hopelessly drunk in the kitchen, disrupting the narrator's initial understanding of prison discipline.

### [VI: The First Month](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_dead_se/chapters/part-i-vi-the-first-month)

Mentioned among the convicts observed loafing in the yard.

### [VII: New Acquaintances. Petrov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_dead_se/chapters/part-i-vii-new-acquaintances-petrov)

Mentioned as one of the convicts who smuggles vodka and is flogged for it.

### [II: The Hospital (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_dead_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-the-hospital-continued)

Mentioned as a convict who might murder someone in the night; subject of whispered warnings.

### [Summer Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_dead_se/chapters/part-ii-v-summer-time)

Mentioned as a notorious rogue and tramp, also called Gavrilka, who was the actual murderer of the Kirghiz and is liked by the prisoners.

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