Rimsky

Introduced as the financial director of the Variety Theatre, concerned with contracts and mysterious telegrams. Findirector of the Variety Theatre; observes foreign magician arrival; experiences dead telephone lines; has his gold watch stolen by Woland's assistant. Rimsky, the Variety Theatre director, endures a chaotic street scene, receives a mysterious lewd phone warning, confronts Varenukha, witnesses supernatural phenomena, and escapes the building, ultimately boarding a train. Found in Hotel Astoria, requested bullet‑proof protection, and was transferred to Moscow under guard. Rimsky left the Variety and took a post at a children’s marionette theatre in Zamoskvorechye, after his wife submitted his dismissal request.