person
Valyano
also: М. Вальяно
An invented co-conspirator of Rykov's whose ruin (implied but unspecified) haunts the other villains throughout the story, echoing the fate of the real Skopin bank fraud defendants.
Reading notes
- The Mysteries of One Hundred and Forty-Four Catastrophes §6 M. Valyano
An invented co-conspirator whose name and eventual downfall echo the real Skopin defendants; his unspecified ruin drives much of the plot's paranoia.