# Sangarre — Michael Strogoff character guide

> Sangarre in Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Tzigane, the old Tzigane, Tzigane

**First appearance:** 0017-part-ii-i-a-tartar-camp

## Snapshot

A golden-haired Tzigane dancer whose watchful silence aboard the Caucasus marks her as far more dangerous than the glittering troop she travels with.

## Who they are

Sangarre moves among the gypsy dancers and singers who trail the Nizhny Novgorod fair, yet she and the old Bohemian keep their people hidden below deck by night — conduct Michael Strogoff finds wholly unlike their race. Tall, olive-skinned, and magnetic, she wears the tawny beauty that has drawn Russian nobles to Tzigane brides, but her eyes track events rather than audiences. Her quiet vigilance plants the first suspicion that the roads east are being watched by more than Tartar soldiers.

## Relationships

### [Ivan Ogareff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/ivan_ogareff)

_psychological_

Sangarre is Ivan Ogareff's manipulative and obsessive accomplice, aiding his schemes.

### [Michael Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/michael_strogoff)

_rivalry_

Sangarre is an enemy of Michael, working against him as Ogareff's ally.

### [Ivan Ogareff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/ivan_ogareff)

_psychological_

Sangarre is Ivan Ogareff's manipulative and obsessive accomplice, aiding his schemes.

### [Michael Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/michael_strogoff)

_rivalry_

Sangarre is an enemy of Michael, working against him as Ogareff's ally.

### [Ivan Ogareff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/ivan_ogareff)

_psychological_

Sangarre is Ivan Ogareff's manipulative and obsessive accomplice, aiding his schemes.

### [Michael Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/michael_strogoff)

_rivalry_

Sangarre is an enemy of Michael, working against him as Ogareff's ally.

## In the story

### [The Two Announcements](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-v-the-two-announcements)

Appears as the woman who calls the Bohemian away from Michael, speaking in a Mongol-Siberian dialect.

### [Going Up the Kama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-viii-going-up-the-kama)

The Tzigane woman who gazes intently at Michael Strogoff as she leaves the steamer, possibly recognizing him.

### [Mother and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-i-xiv-mother-and-son)

Mentioned as the leader of the Zingari band devoted to Ivan Ogareff, who accompanied him in his travels.

### [Correspondents in Trouble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-correspondents-in-trouble)

The Tzigane who constantly watches Marfa Strogoff in the camp.

### [Blow for Blow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-iii-blow-for-blow)

Spies on Marfa and Nadia, reports to Ogareff, and suggests the knout as punishment.

### [Look While You May!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-v-look-while-you-may)

Appears among the Tziganes dancers, recognized as a spy in the Emir's service.

### [Irkutsk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-xii-irkutsk)

The Tzigane who urges Ogareff to execute his plan of betrayal.

### [XIII: The Czar’s Courier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/michael_strogoff_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii-the-czar-s-courier)

Communicates secretly with Ogareff outside the ramparts, receiving a note to coordinate the betrayal.

## Links

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