person
Efim Tsutsykov
Tsutsykov
also: Ефим Цуцыков, Efimushka, Ефимушка
A tavern-keeper and the narrator's former serf, who steadily lends his impoverished ex-master money against promissory notes while presenting himself as a selfless benefactor -- the story's title figure.
Reading notes
- The Virtuous Tavern-Keeper §9 Efim Tsutsykov
The narrator's former serf, now a prosperous tavern-keeper, who has become his impoverished ex-master's chief creditor -- the story's title figure, whose 'virtue' is a mask for quietly buying up the estate.