In Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?, a dissenting peasant has to be lashed out by the barin's command, who thinks he is still landed gentry but in reality i

In Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?, a dissenting peasant has to be lashed out by the barin's command, who thinks he is still landed gentry but in reality is being fooled by the compassionate and loyal to the bone downtrodden peasants, who rather own their lands now but keep playing a farce. The community leader calls the dissenting peasant to a room within earshot of the barin, gives him as much vodka as his morals need as to ask him to yell loudly while the leader makes beating noises and says nasty things to him. The peasant commits suicide soon after in the story.