Vassily Stepanovich Lastochkin

Bookkeeper of the Variety Theatre who becomes senior member after the director, findirector and administrator disappear, leads the crisis response, reports to the Commission with a 21,711‑rouble cash bundle, endures bizarre cab driver encounters, witnesses the investigation and the dog Ace of Diamonds, and sees the mysterious voice of chairman Prokhor Petrovich and his secretary Anna Richardovna.