# Russian Peter — My Ántonia character guide

> Russian Peter in My Ántonia by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Peter

**First appearance:** 0007-iii

## Who they are

A Russian immigrant who lives with Pavel and later disappears after Pavel's death.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/v)

Short, jolly Russian who welcomes Jim and Ántonia, shows them his farm, and plays the harmonica.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/vii)

Lends the spade that Jim uses to kill the snake.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/viii)

Struggles with debt to Wick Cutter, cares for Pavel, and after Pavel's death sells everything and leaves to work in a railway camp.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/xi)

Mentioned as having been fleeced by Wick Cutter.

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

Mentioned as one of the early friends from Jim's past who persists in his memory.

## Links

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