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Karpushka
also: Карп, Карпушка
Trifon Semyonovich's aged hired man and enforcer -- a bootlicker, thief, and spy the village mockingly nicknames "the oprichnik."
Reading notes
- Over Some Apples §2 Karpushka
Trifon Semyonovich's aged hired man and enforcer, a bootlicker, thief, and spy whom the village nicknames "the oprichnik" for his zeal in persecuting them.