Ivan Ivanovitch

"Ivan Ivanovitch," replied Maria calmly, "I like you better than any man in Yakoutsk, but I should adore the great ivory merchant."

International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 Various

My grandfather and his brother, Ivan Ivanovitch, were simple, good-hearted people, quiet and depressed.

The Jew and other stories 2006

Burkin and Ivan Ivanovitch went out on the balcony, from which there was a beautiful view over the garden and the mill-pond, which was shining now in the sunshine like a mirror.

The Wife 2004

But Ivan Ivanovitch kept sighing and turning over from side to side; then he got up, went outside again, and, sitting in the doorway, lighted his pipe.

The Wife 2004

Ivan Ivanovitch walked backwards and forwards in excitement, and repeated: “If I were young!”

The Wife 2004

Ivan Ivanovitch had a rather strange double-barrelled surname — Tchimsha-Himalaisky — which did not suit him at all, and he was called simply Ivan Ivanovitch all over the province.

The Wife 2004

And all this Ivan Ivanovitch said with a pitiful, imploring smile, as though he were asking him a personal favour.

The Wife 2004

He did not go into the question whether what Ivan Ivanovitch had just said was right and true.

The Wife 2004

Ivan Ivanovitch heaved a deep sigh and lighted a pipe to begin to tell his story, but just at that moment the rain began.

The Wife 2004

Ivan Ivanovitch, a tall, lean old fellow with long moustaches, was sitting outside the door, smoking a pipe in the moonlight.

The Wife 2004