person
Ivan Ivanovich Chimsha-Gimalaysky
Ivan Ivanych
also: Иван Иваныч, Ivan Ivanych
A veterinarian and, with Burkin, the other of Alyokhin's two houseguests, present on the balcony as Alyokhin's account of his unfulfilled love for Anna Alekseyevna comes to its end.
Reading notes
- The Man in a Case §2 Ivan Ivanych
A veterinary surgeon and one of the two hunters sheltering for the night; his own closing outburst against a life of quiet lies gives the story its final word.
- Gooseberries §2 Ivan Ivanych
A veterinarian who, with his old friend Burkin, is walking near the village of Mironositskoye when rain drives them to shelter at Alyokhin's estate; there he finally tells the long-promised story of his brother Nikolai, building to his own impassioned plea against complacent happiness.
- About Love §49 Ivan Ivanych
A veterinarian and, with Burkin, the other houseguest who hears out Alyokhin's story.