people in our town are saying that Pyotr Stepanovich was controlled by the Internationale, and that Pyotr Stepanovich controlled Yuliya Mikhaylovna,
I do not think that Pyot is controlled by the Internationale but I do think he controls Yuliya Mikhailovna. Pyotr certainly is not as omnipresent as the people suppose him to be but he definitely instigated the majority of the 'riff-raff.'