leshkof

Updated: May 4, 2025

A stranger, on seeing him, might readily have leaped to the conclusion that he must be the Village Elder, but in reality he was a simple member of the Commune, like his neighbour, poor Zakhar Leshkof, who never let slip an opportunity of getting drunk, was always in debt, and, on the whole, possessed a more than dubious reputation. Ivan had, it is true, been Village Elder some years before.

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace - Russia