person
Pyotr Yegorych Volchkov
Volchkov
also: Petr Egorych Volchkov
A stout, choleric retired lieutenant colonel and landowner, on whose estate Pavel is caught poaching; he berates Pavel at length but ultimately releases him after hearing his confession of an inherited hunting mania.
Reading notes
- He Understood! §37 Pyotr Yegorych Volchkov, a retired lieutenant colonel
The landowner ('barin') on whose estate Pavel has been poaching; a stout, choleric retired officer who alternately berates the peasant and, once he has heard out his rambling excuse, releases him with mock severity.