“Bargamot and Garaska” Andreeva in brief summary


Ivan Akindinovich Bergamotov, nicknamed “Bargamot”, “tall, fat, strong, loud”, serves as a policeman on Pushkarnaya Street, knows the customs and habits of the “gunners” who live in his area. In the pre-Easter evening, Bargamot stands on the post. He is in a bad mood, as he can get home to a plentiful table only at three o’clock in the morning. He looks with displeasure at the festively dressed people going to church: it’s because of them that he is hungry to stand on the street at night. Bargamot dreams of returning home and giving his youngest son Vanyushka a beautiful marble Easter egg.

Suddenly, drunk Garaska appears, “not a man, but an ulcer,” especially disliked by Bargamot gunman. “The face of Garaska, with a large drooping red nose… kept on itself the real signs of material relations to alcohol and the fist of the neighbor.” Bargamot grabs Garaska by the collar and drags him to the station, hoping thus to prevent Garaska’s intentions to steal something. On the way, Garaska asks stupid questions about the resurrection of Christ, perplexed Bargamot releases from his hands the greasy gate of a shirt of a drunkard, and he falls, crushing an object that has just been taken out of his pocket. The fallen Garaska howls loudly and shows Bargamot that he broke the Easter egg, which he wanted from the heart to give to the policeman.

Puzzled Bargamot unexpectedly invites Garaska to break into his home. Surprised wife of the policeman, Marya, hospitably treats Garaska, calls him by name and patronymic. The shocked Garaska is again flooded with tears: no one has ever called him respectful.


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“Bargamot and Garaska” Andreeva in brief summary