Ultimately, this protagonist of a nine-part short story confirms a dream in which the Devil laughs over his corpse by collapsing in front of the Bashkirs, having failed to walk in a large circle in one day.
After this man sees "something white" on the ground, which turns out to be five trunks of chopped-down lime trees stripped of bark, he takes Simon to court. This man overhears the proverb "Loss and gain are brothers twain" while listening to his wife argue with his sister-in-law about the comforts of town life. On one journey, this character brings along tea and wine, which he offers to a man in a (*) fox-fur cap. After leaving the second of two village communes, this man accepts a challenge in which he regularly digs holes with a spade. Ultimately, this protagonist of a nine-part short story confirms a dream in which the Devil laughs over his corpse by collapsing in front of the Bashkirs, having failed to walk in a large circle in one day. For 10 points, name this peasant buried under six feet of earth in Tolstoy's short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
After this man sees "something white" on the ground, which turns out to be five trunks of chopped-down lime trees stripped of bark, he takes Simon to court.
Pahom [or Pakhom]