# Major Kovaloff — Short Fiction character guide

> Major Kovaloff in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Kovaloff, Poor Kovaloff, the Major

**First appearance:** 0040-the-nose

## Who they are

A vain civil servant who wakes up to find his nose has vanished.

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