# Márya Vasílevna — Hadji Murád character guide

> Márya Vasílevna in Hadji Murád by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Princess Márya Vasílevna

**First appearance:** 0001-hadji-mur-d

## Who they are

The wife of Prince Vorontsóv, a social figure in the Russian court.

## In the story

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadji_mur_d_se/chapters/iii)

Sits beside Poltorátsky during the card game, distracts him with her presence, later presses her husband for information and correctly guesses the visitor was an emissary from Hadji Murád.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadji_mur_d_se/chapters/vi)

Elegantly dressed and smiling, she charms Hadji Murád and later mediates the quarrel between her husband and the General.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hadji_mur_d_se/chapters/xxi)

Visits the camp and stays overnight; her presence causes resentment among soldiers due to extra night ambushes.

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