# Zhílin — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Zhílin in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0036-a-prisoner-in-the-caucasus

## Who they are

A Russian officer captured in the Caucasus who refuses to despair, testing his captors' patience and his own ingenuity against the odds.

## In the story

### [A Prisoner in the Caucasus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/a-prisoner-in-the-caucasus)

The resourceful and resilient protagonist, an army officer captured by Tartars. He plans multiple escapes, endures hardship, and earns the secret friendship of Dina.

## Links

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