# Trudolyubov — Notes from Underground character guide

> Trudolyubov in Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Trudolyubov, the blockhead Trudolyubov

**First appearance:** 0015-ii

## Who they are

A quiet, strong former schoolmate of the Underground Man at the dinner.

## Relationships

### [Zverkov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/characters/zverkov)

_friendship_

Trudolyubov and Zverkov are former schoolmates and allies, with Trudolyubov acting as a loyal, physically imposing companion to Zverkov.

### [Apollon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/characters/apollon)

_social_

Apollon and Trudolyubov have no meaningful interaction, existing only as separate sources of the Underground Man's resentment.

### [Liza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/characters/liza)

_social_

Liza and Trudolyubov have no direct relationship, existing only as peripheral figures in the Underground Man's narrative.

## In the story

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

A former schoolmate described as a blockhead; the narrator expects his invincible contempt.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/chapters/iv)

Naively takes the narrator's side about the time change, later becomes menacing and disgusted, and calls the narrator 'drunk'.

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

Imagined as the one who will beat the narrator hardest in the fight.

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