Nikolay Ivanovitch Sviazhsky

Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin

An intellectual acquaintance where Levin debates politics and agriculture with the liberal landowner Sviazhsky.

Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin

An intellectual acquaintance where Levin debates politics and agriculture with the liberal landowner Sviazhsky.

Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin

An intellectual acquaintance where Levin debates politics and agriculture with the liberal landowner Sviazhsky.

XXIV

Mentioned as the friend Levin escapes to visit, offering a distraction through grouse shooting on his remote marshes.

XXV

Mentioned in conversation as a neighboring landowner whose farm, despite good land, is not doing well due to lack of proper care, serving as a point of comparison.

Chapter XXVI

Portrayed as a living enigma: a liberal, advanced thinker who holds a conservative government post and lives a happy, conventional domestic life.

Chapter XXVII

Hosts the discussion. He deflects Levin's deeper inquiries with references to European theories and humor, showing a polished but ultimately evasive intellectual stance.

Chapter XXVIII

Hosts Levin; discusses the partition of Poland and land management; argues for education as the solution to Russia's problems, but his ideas seem disconnected from his life, avoiding conclusions that lead to a 'blind alley'.

Levin's Agricultural Experiment

Mentioned indirectly; Levin had borrowed books from him and left without saying goodbye, severing that connection as well.

Chapter XIV

Invites Levin for tea after the meeting. Levin, in his happy state, sees him as a clever and wonderfully good-hearted man, forgetting any previous reservations.

I

Levin reflects that his own vague religious position is the same one he dislikes and blames in his friend Sviazhsky.

Dolly's Arrival at Vozdvizhenskoe

In the charabanc with Princess Varvara; makes a polite but awkward comment about Dolly's carriage, heightening her embarrassment.

Chapter XIX

Described by Anna as the marshal of the district and 'a very good sort of a man,' but one who 'wants to get something out of Alexey.'

A Visit to Vozdvizhenskoe

Part of the visiting party, appreciates the hospital's modern mechanics but offers a mild critique about the lack of attention to schools.

Chapter XXII

Facilitates conversation, describes Levin's views as 'a little toqué,' and invites Vronsky for the upcoming elections.

Chapter XXV

Visits Vozdvizhenskoe to fetch Vronsky for the upcoming provincial elections, acting as the catalyst for the chapter's central conflict.

The Elections in Kashin

A candidate for marshal; speaks during the debate; is later elected unanimously in his own district.

The Election of the Marshal

A key leader in the new party, persuading others on electoral tactics regarding Marshal Snetkov.

The Election

Stands with a significant, ironical face during the voting; oversees the retrieval of compromised noblemen for his party.

Chapter XXIX

Approaches Levin and the landowner, lightly asking if they've been 'attacking the new order of things.'

The Provincial Election

A key political operator and candidate. He is embarrassed when Levin directly asks if he will stand, revealing the delicate, unspoken nature of the candidacy.

The Election Celebration and the Summons Home

Takes his electoral defeat lightly, comically imitates the old marshal, and helped select the dinner guests.

Chapter VI

Pressingly invites Levin to an agricultural society meeting, representing Levin's connections to intellectual and public life.

VII

Seen by Levin in the dining room, part of the general club gathering.