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Makitrov
also: Купец Макитров, Makitrov
A timber merchant who, having already dispatched six rafts the previous day, lets greed overrule the warning that the water is beginning to fall and sends off a seventh -- the late, ill-fated raft the story follows.
Reading notes
- On the River §10 The merchant Makitrov
Named only once, Makitrov exists to establish the economic pressure driving the raft's risky timing: he has already sent six rafts and, against warning that the water is falling, greedily sends a seventh.