person
Khryukin
also: Хрюкин
A goldsmith bitten on the finger by a stray puppy; his blustering complaint to Ochumelov sets the story's action in motion, and his surname (from khryukat', "to oink") undercuts his dignity.
Reading notes
- The Chameleon §22 Khryukin
The goldsmith whose finger is bitten; his surname derives from the Russian for "to grunt/oink" (khryukat'), fitting his blustering, self-pitying complaint.