Khandrikov: on the origin of the name of the A. Bely's IIId symphony protagonist

In spite of the well-known Bely's gift of onomastical grotesque, the name of Khandrikov was neither transparent parable nor onomatopoeia. Russian аstronomer Mitrofan Khandrikov was colleague of Bely's father, N.V. Bugayev. Khandrikov wrote on the periodic meteor showers, which became one of the main symbols of the IIId symphony. Such origin of the 'decadent' symphony protagonist can specify our notion of the relations between two generations - the elder, academic, and the younger, decadent.