# Ryabinin — Anna Karenina character guide

> Ryabinin in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0050-part-ii-xvii

## Who they are

A shrewd merchant who buys timber from Stepan Oblonsky and later from Levin.

## In the story

### [Chapter XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-ii-xiv)

Mentioned as the merchant coming to negotiate the purchase of Stiva's forest at Ergushovo.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-ii-xvi)

The merchant who purchases Oblonsky's forest. Portrayed as shrewd, obsequious, and ultimately predatory. His speech about buying for 'glory' masks his exploitative nature, confirming Levin's assessment of him as a speculator.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

The merchant who bought the forest from Stiva. Levin despises him as a representative of a corrupt, predatory class and is furious that Stiva made him a 'present' of thirty thousand roubles through a bad deal.

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