person
Yefim Zakharych Fendrikov
Fendrikov
also: Ефим Захарыч Фендриков
A veteran postal-receiving clerk of twenty-one years' service, sitting the civil-service rank examination that is the story's whole action.
Reading notes
- The Examination for Rank §2 Yefim Zakharych Fendrikov
The story's protagonist, a veteran post-office clerk of twenty-one years sitting the civil-service examination that would confirm his promotion in rank.