Volodya

In the passage below, Volodya is the shlub of a narrator's rival, and Goetske is the flamboyant star of the opposing team.

World Cup fever, NYRB style (with Yuri Olesha) 2010

In the passage below, Volodya is the shlub of a narrator's rival, and Goetske is the flamboyant star of the opposing team.

Connections 2010

In the passage below, Volodya is the shlub of a narrator's rival, and Goetske is the flamboyant star of the opposing team.

A Different Stripe 2010

In the passage below, Volodya is the shlub of a narrator's rival, and Goetske is the flamboyant star of the opposing team.

Commonplace 2010

In the passage below, Volodya is the shlub of a narrator's rival, and Goetske is the flamboyant star of the opposing team.

A Different Stripe: 2010

For variety's sake, they've even thrown in a melancholy version of a boyhood Putin titled simply "Volodya" -- an affectionate variant of the president's first name that reminds gallery visitors of Soviet-era attempts to make Lenin look down to earth.

Painting A New Portrait Of President Putin 2007

For example, she cites a passage from the ending of the story "Volodya" in which the main character suddenly and with no explanation puts a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger.

Archive 2006-12-01 Bruce Schauble 2006

For example, she cites a passage from the ending of the story "Volodya" in which the main character suddenly and with no explanation puts a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger.

Throughlines Bruce Schauble 2006

"Volodya," Vera Semyonovna interrupted his critical effusions, "I've been haunted by a strange idea since yesterday.

The Duel and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

Volodya grew up in a single, twenty-square-meter room within a fifth-floor communal apartment a couple of miles from the Winter Palace.

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011