# Matvy Ilyitch Kolyazin — Fathers and Children character guide

> Matvy Ilyitch Kolyazin in Fathers and Children by Ivan Turgenev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Kolyazin, Matvy Ilyitch

**First appearance:** 0011-xii

## Who they are

A government official and relative of the Kirsanovs.

## In the story

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fathers_and_children_se/chapters/i)

A cousin on Nikolai's mother's side, an official of high rank who provided remote supervision for the young men in Petersburg.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fathers_and_children_se/chapters/xii)

A high-ranking official sent to investigate the governor; receives Arkady with condescending affability and advises him to call on the Governor.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fathers_and_children_se/chapters/xiv)

The 'hero of the occasion,' affable and dignified, slaps Arkady on the back and greets guests with practiced grace.

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