person
Pyotr, the young cornet
Cornet Pyotr
also: хорунжий Петр
A young Cossack cornet (khorunzhy) with wide red trouser-stripes, part of the Kravtsov household at Ragozina Balka; the self-appointed champion of a mock-scientific 'rational agronomy' that Chekhov describes as a chain of pointless killing.
Reading notes
- To the Chekhovs, 30 April 1887. Ragozina Balka. §4 Cornet Pyotr
A khorunzhy (cornet) is a junior Cossack officer rank; Pyotr's red trouser-stripes (lampasy) were a standard mark of Cossack dress.