person
Krikunov
also: Крикунов, the first-class passenger, Пассажир первого класса
A well-fed, half-drunk engineer of real accomplishment -- bridges, water systems, published articles, organic acids named for him -- who delivers a long train-compartment monologue railing at the injustice that fame goes to actresses and swindlers rather than to men like him, only to learn at the story's end that his silent listener has the identical grievance.