# Iván Dmítritch Aksyónof — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Iván Dmítritch Aksyónof in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Aksyónof

**First appearance:** 0037-god-sees-the-truth-but-waits

## Who they are

A cheerful young merchant with two shops and a fondness for singing, whose life is upended when a bad dream and a false accusation collide.

## In the story

### [God Sees the Truth, but Waits](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/god-sees-the-truth-but-waits)

The protagonist, a merchant wrongfully convicted of murder. He endures 26 years in Siberian prison, his spirit broken but his faith deepening, transforming into a respected figure known as 'Grandfather' and 'The Saint'.

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