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Galamidov
The flattering manager of the local theater, whose passing remark about missing "Gogolian types" prompts Semipalatov to single out the clerk Merdyaev for humiliation.
Reading notes
- Reading (A Tale of an Old Sparrow) §2 Galamidov
The theater manager and flatterer whose idle remark -- that the office lacks "Gogolian types" -- sets the whole plot in motion.