person
Prince Mikhail Vorontsov
Prince Vorontsov
Russian statesman and viceroy of the Caucasus (1782-1856); von Koren keeps a pistol he takes aim with at a portrait of him on Samoylenko's wall, a small habitual cruelty of self-display.
Reading notes
- The Duel §120 Prince Vorontsov
Prince Mikhail Vorontsov, a 19th-century viceroy of the Caucasus; von Koren idly takes pistol aim at his portrait on Samoylenko's wall.