person
Fyodor Molchalnik
Fyodor the Silent One
also: Федор Молчальник, Fyodor the Silent One
A member of Leikin's household or circle greeted here alongside Praskovya Nikiforovna; "Molchalnik" ("the Silent One") reads as a nickname rather than a surname. Despite the similar given name, this figure is DISTINCT from (Leikin's son, elsewhere greeted by the diminutive "Fedya"/"Феде") -- the full patronymic-style "Fyodor Molchalnik" and the epithet do not match the household's usual naming of the son, and no other letter in the corpus links the two. Left unresolved and unidentified pending further research.
Reading notes
- To N. A. Leikin, 27 March 1889. Moscow. §9 Fyodor the Silent One
Renders "Федору Молчальнику" -- DISTINCT from (Leikin's son, elsewhere greeted in the corpus by the diminutive "Fedya"/"Феде"). Despite the shared given name Fyodor, the full form plus the nickname "Molchalnik" ("the Silent One") point to a different member of Leikin's household or circle, not otherwise identified. New entity created and flagged explicitly as unresolved; do not conflate with Fedya Leikin.