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Berezhinsky
The guard who replaces Zhitnyak, Berezhinsky is an ex-soldier "with swollen knuckles and a broken nose." He taunts Yakov, pointing his gun at the prisoner and shouting "Bang'" to indicate how willing he is to shoot him. He is as cruel to Yakov as the Deputy Warden wants the guards to be, showing less mercy than Zhitnyak, but, in the end, when Yakov is leaving the jail to go to his trial, Berezhinsky tells him, "good luck and no hard feelings."

Colonel Bodyansky
A military officer who is present when Yakov is...


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