person
Gury Maximov
Gury
also: Гурий Максимов, Гурий
The leader of the eight-man wedding band, a first violinist and conductor who keeps his musicians playing without letup all night on pain of losing their vodka.
Reading notes
- The Correspondent §1 Gury Maximov
The hired band's leader and first violinist -- and, Chekhov notes wryly, its worst -- who conducts the eight-piece ensemble through an all-night wedding celebration for tips of vodka.