# The Lyakhs — Short Fiction character guide

> The Lyakhs in Short Fiction by Nikolai Gogol.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lyakhs, the Poles, Poles

**First appearance:** 0012-taras-bulba

## Who they are

Polish nobles and soldiers who fight against the Cossacks.

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