He is the troublesome, alcoholic, yet pure-hearted tramp from The Honest Thief. After the official who hosted him passes away, he latches onto Astafiy Ivanovich. He never finds work and gives everything he has to drink, but he is very gentle. In the end, he steals and sells the leggings that Astafiy was going to sew and sell; the shame of this eats him up so much that he dies in a corner from grief and illness.
A wanderer roaming the pavilions and corners of Petersburg, whose origin and past activity are unknown. He has never been able to hold onto any ties and is imprisoned by alcohol.
A small, wretched man with a tattered, checkered, brick-colored coat; thin as a rail, with yellowed skin and trembling, bruised lips.
Astafiy İvanoviç
His only support, his patron, and the mirror of his conscience.