person
Chechevitsyn
also: Чечевицын, Cherepitsyn, Chibisov, Montigomo, Hawk's Claw, Монтигомо, Ястребиный Коготь
Volodya's schoolfellow, a sullen, plain, freckled second-year gymnasium pupil brought home for the holidays, who has immersed himself in Mayne Reid-style adventure fiction and plans a runaway expedition to America to hunt, dig for gold and ivory, and fight 'savages.' He gives himself the invented name and title 'Montigomo, Hawk's Claw, chief of the unconquered,' and the father comically mangles his real surname twice (Cherepitsyn, Chibisov). Caught with Volodya after a night at the railway station, he answers his interrogation proudly and leaves the household stern and unrepentant.
Reading notes
- Boys §33 Montigomo, Hawk's Claw, chief of the unconquered
Chechevitsyn's invented alter ego and title ("Монтигомо, Ястребиный Коготь, вождь непобедимых") is his own boyhood coinage, styled after the noble-savage "Indian chief" figures of adventure fiction -- not a real historical or literary figure. "Montigomo" appears to echo the sound of names in Reid-type novels rather than translate any specific one; the phrase has since become a stock Russian byword for a child's grandiose make-believe persona, largely because of this story.
Mentioned in 1 work (25 mentions)
Boys
- §8 Chechevitsyn
- §9 Cherepitsyn
- §10 Chechevitsyn
- §11 Chibisov
- §12 Chechevitsyn
- §15 Chechevitsyn
- §19 Chechevitsyn
- §20 Chechevitsyn
- §23 Chechevitsyn
- §26 Chechevitsyn
- §28 Chechevitsyn
- §32 Chechevitsyn
- §33 Montigomo, Hawk's Claw
- §36 Chechevitsyn
- §38 Chechevitsyn
- §40 Chechevitsyn
- §43 Chechevitsyn
- §49 Chechevitsyn
- §51 Chechevitsyn
- §54 Chechevitsyn
- §63 Chechevitsyn
- §64 Chechevitsyn
- §65 Chechevitsyn
- §66 Chechevitsyn
- §67 Chechevitsyn