# Kornéy Vasílyef — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Kornéy Vasílyef in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Kornéy

**First appearance:** 0078-korn-y-vas-lyef

## Who they are

A peasant on trial for murder, whose story reveals deeper social and moral truths.

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