person
Brizzhalov
General Brizzhalov
also: Бризжалов, генерал Бризжалов
A civil general in the department of communications, sneezed upon by Chervyakov at the theater; his mild irritation and eventual outburst set off the clerk's fatal spiral of apology.
Reading notes
- The Death of a Government Clerk §1 general Brizzhalov
A civil general (a rank in the civilian Table of Ranks, not the military) in the department of communications -- not Chervyakov's own superior, which is precisely why Chervyakov's obsessive apology is so unwarranted and self-destructive.