He is the narrator of the story An Honest Thief. He is an honest former soldier and currently an honorable tailor. He is a meticulous and principled old man who attaches great importance to social morality, honesty, and order. He opens his home to a miserable drunkard like Yemelyan and tries to play the father figure to him for years. He experiences deep pain when Yemelyan steals from him, but forgives him in the end.
He is a former soldier who worked for bureaucrats; after their deaths, he was left on his own and began to make a living by sewing. He built his life through hard work.
An elderly, respectable-looking man who seems well-bred and experienced. It is immediately clear from the expressions on his face that he is a former soldier or official.
Yemelyan İlyiç
Himayesine aldığı, acıdığı ve adam etmeye çalıştığı 'beleşçi' ama trajik dostu.