A resourceful homeless con-artist who partners with Vorobyaninov to find the hidden jewels. He employs deception, impersonation, and psychological manipulation to navigate bureaucracy and rival seekers, ultimately driving the partnership from a joint treasure hunt into a street-level scam.
Tikon supplies Bender with information that helps redirect the search toward the missing chairs.
Tikon tells the treasure hunters that eleven chairs and the estate were confiscated by the state after the Revolution.
They compete directly for the same hidden fortune and repeatedly obstruct each other's search.
Father Fyodor abandons the Church to pursue the hidden jewels, while Ostap Bender joins the treasure hunt and repeatedly deceives him.
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