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Ivan Lazarevich Rastakovsky is a retired official and respected citizen of the town. In a friendly manner, Rastakovsky congratulates the mayor and Anna Andreyevna on their daughter Marya Antonovna’s engagement to Khlestakov. He wishes for Marya and Khlestakov to be blessed with long lives and many offspring. His name means “to be a yes-man.”
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Act 5
Scene 3. The judge, Warden of Charities, and a town citizen named Rastakovsky all congratulate the mayor’s good fortune. They kiss Anna Andreyevna’s and Marya Antonovna’s hands.
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