person
Rodion Petrov
Rodion
also: Родион Петров, Родион, the blacksmith Rodion
The village blacksmith of Obruchanovo, an old man devoted to the engineer's family; he mishears Kucherov's warning that he and his wife are coming to despise the peasants as a promise that they will instead look out for them -- the misunderstanding at the heart of the story.
Reading notes
- The New Villa §5 the local blacksmith Rodion Petrov
The village blacksmith, an old man devoted to the engineer's family; his mishearing of a single word from Kucherov becomes the story's central misunderstanding.