From Shirin's novel The Hoary Abyss:* Ivan Chervyakov** carefully trimmed the fringe of his only pair of
pants. (The Gift, Chapter Five)
Ivan Dmitrich Chervyakov is the main character in
Chekhov's stroy The Death of a Government Clerk (1883).
*Sedina (grey hair) in Dar
**Mr. John Worm
Alexey Sklyarenko