# Ammos Fiodorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin — The Inspector General character guide

> Ammos Fiodorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin in The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ammos Fiodorovich, Liapkin-Tiapkin, Ammos, Liapkin, Tiapkin

**First appearance:** 0004-scene-i

## Snapshot

The judge who keeps hunting dogs in his courtroom and treats bribery as a minor vice, a self-assured official whose confidence is the first to crack.

## Who they are

Ammos Fiodorovich administers justice with a pack of borzois under his desk and a shrug about the occasional bribe, considering himself a man of the world. He is the town's most senior official after the Governor, and his easy cynicism makes him the natural leader of the panic when the supposed inspector arrives. His bluster and his hunting stories cannot hide the fact that he has as much to fear as anyone, and his scramble to appear respectable exposes the rot beneath the town's official dignity.

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