person
Tupaev
also: Тупаев, retired staff-captain Tupaev, штабс-капитан Тупаев
The retired staff-captain who owns the pawnshop where the narrator works as appraiser; he checks on the narrator by his door on Christmas Eve and later appears among those who find him mid-robbery.
Reading notes
- A Dream §10 staff-captain Tupaev
Shtabs-kapitan (staff-captain) was a mid-level army officer rank; a retired officer running a pawnshop reflects the common post-service path of minor gentry and career soldiers into small commerce.