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* [[RaisedCatholic Raised Orthdox]]: Despite being a communist, he's not an atheist. When [[spoiler: he has to go to see that Petar Nedev's funeral is carried out]], he says that "one father has made us all, the one in Heaven".
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: His name is a [[{{Mondegreen}} bastardisation]] of the word "philosopher", given to him for this reason.

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: His name is a [[{{Mondegreen}} bastardisation]] bastardisation of the word "philosopher", given to him for this reason.
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* HistoricalInJoke: His final line [[spoiler: on his deathbed]] is one - he advises the mayor to "lay low until [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo the storm passes]]", which communist dictator Todor Zhikov was infamous for saying in reference to [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp the Perestroika]].

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* HistoricalInJoke: His final line [[spoiler: on his deathbed]] is one - he advises the mayor to "lay low until [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo the storm passes]]", which communist dictator Todor Zhikov was infamous for saying in reference to [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp the Perestroika]].Perestroika.
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* {{Cuckold}}: His fiancée dumps him for Bondov because [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys he's strong and brutal]] and later has him be her delivery man when he starts work at the local dairy.



* {{Cuckold}}: His wife is cheating on him with his brother.

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Good Adultery Bad Adultery now requires two affairs; the work must portray one as "good" and the other as "bad"


* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Richo, her husband, is a simple-minded and uncouth man and she is portrayed as someone who just wants more from her life.


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* SympatheticAdulterer: Richo, her husband, is a simple-minded and uncouth man and she is portrayed as someone who just wants more from her life.

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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: At one point she comes to live in Michon's brothel and has to prostitute herself to German and then Soviet soldiers.





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\n!! Maria "Miche Michon" Micheva
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A maid working at an inn near the town who "inherits" the inn.
* KlingonPromotion: She had seduced the old innkeeper and was waiting for him to die, but Bondov, who was passing through, happened to be the accomplice she needed to poison him.
* MissKitty: She turns the inn into a "pension", which is really a brothel.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: She murders the innkeeper by poisoning his beer.


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--> '''Penyo Bulgurov''': Such shame! You boys with Miss. Beloslatinska!
--> '''Ivan Bondov''': Bela. Slatinska. She loves me.

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* OnlySaneMan: For the communists. Among a ruthless agent from the higher ranks (Phoenix), a murderous opportunist (Bondov), a heartless shell of a man (Nedev), a fanatic (Dums) and a few thugs, he's the voice of reason. That's why Bondov has to make sure he's away when he commits atrocities, and later directly ships him off to the concentration camps.



* StraightMan: For the communists. Among a ruthless agent from the higher ranks (Phoenix), a murderous opportunist (Bondov), a heartless shell of a man (Nedev), a fanatic (Dums) and a few thugs, he's the voice of reason. That's why Bondov has to make sure he's away when he commits atrocities, and later directly ships him off to the concentration camps.

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* StraightMan: For the communists. Among a ruthless agent from the higher ranks (Phoenix), a murderous opportunist (Bondov), a heartless shell of a man (Nedev), a fanatic (Dums) and a few thugs, he's the voice of reason. That's why Bondov has to make sure he's away when he commits atrocities, and later directly ships him off to the concentration camps.



The son of a wealthy landowner, Nedio wanted to volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, but was stopped by his father.

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The local tailor and son of a wealthy landowner, Nedio Nedyo wanted to volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, but was stopped by his father.




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* SignsOfDisrepair: His shop's sign says ''СРЕБРО'' ''[srebro]'' (silver), but only "ЕБРО" is left. The mayor tells him he should switch it to ''ЕБЛО'' ''[eblo]'' ("you slut", literally "you woman who fucks around") to warn him to stop [[EveryoneCanSeeIt his affair with Zdravka]].

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* SexForSolace: He [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denies it when Phoenix presses him about it]], but later sleeps with Lunga, his brother's widow, when he's distraught [[spoiler: over his dog's death]].




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* WoundedGazelleGambit: He's a master at it and on numerous occasions has made PuppyDogEyes to milk support. The one who never buys it is Kabakov, which makes him a thorn in Bondov's side.

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[[folder: Townspeople]]
!! Bela Slatinska

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!! Bela SlatinskaTheophana


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A woman from the village who becomes an assistant and mistress to Ignat Nyagolov.
* GoldDigger: Zigzagged. She genuinely loves Ignat, but starts out attracted by his wealth and class.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Richo, her husband, is a simple-minded and uncouth man and she is portrayed as someone who just wants more from her life.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: When she takes over Nyagolov's farm, she treats the servants much more harshly than he does.
* UptownGirl: To her husband, which is why she starts an affair with a wealthy businessman.
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[[folder: Townspeople]]
!! Bela Slatinska
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* {{Cuckold}}: His fiancée dumps him for Bondov because [[AllGirlsLoveBadBoys he's strong and brutal]] and later has him be her delivery man when he starts work at the local dairy.

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* {{Cuckold}}: His fiancée dumps him for Bondov because [[AllGirlsLoveBadBoys [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys he's strong and brutal]] and later has him be her delivery man when he starts work at the local dairy.

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