# Petritsky — Anna Karenina character guide

> Petritsky in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0030-part-i-xxxi

## Who they are

A fellow officer and roommate of Vronsky's in the barracks.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-i-xxxiv)

Vronsky's comrade living in his apartment. He is deeply in debt, involved in scandals, and cavalier about his troubles. He entertains Vronsky with gossip, including the tale of Buzulukov's helmet filled with sweets, embodying the frivolous, irresponsible Petersburg set.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-ii-v)

One of the two young officers implicated in the scandalous pursuit of the government clerk's wife; his behavior is described as becoming 'impossible'.

### [Vronsky's Morning at the Camp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-ii-xx)

Severely hungover, recounts the previous night's drunken antics, and had hidden Vronsky's letters under his mattress.

### [The Prince's Perspective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxiv)

Mentioned in passing as one of the invalids the prince and Kitty observe at the spa.

### [Vronsky's Day of Reckoning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-iii-xix)

Quietly leaves their shared quarters to avoid disturbing Vronsky during his serious financial review.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-iii-xxi)

A fellow officer who fetches Vronsky and participates in the revelry, dancing with the colonel.

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