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Yevdokim Petrov
Yevdokim
also: Евдоким Петров, Евдоким
A prosperous former Replovo peasant, head foreman for twenty years at a bell foundry near Moscow, who returns to his native village on a homesick visit and is elected village elder against his will by neighbors seeking revenge for his refusal to buy them drink; escapes the unremovable post only by being tricked into a staged theft.
Reading notes
- The Village Elder §7 Yevdokim Petrov
A prosperous former Replovo peasant who has spent twenty years as head foreman at a bell foundry near Moscow, risen to wealth and a gentleman's dress and manner. His homesick visit home to his native village sets the story's plot in motion.