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Pyotr Sergeich Shestikrylov
Shestikrylov
also: Петр Сергеич Шестикрылов, Шестикрылов, Петька, Петюха, Petka, Petyukha
A young, still-embarrassable justice of the peace who must formally try his old friend and drinking companion Pomoev for assaulting a servant; his mortification at exercising real legal authority over an acquaintance is the story's central comic engine.