# Resurrection — Character guide

> Key figures in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

- [Prince Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhludoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/nekhludoff.md): Nekhludoff moves easily through drawing rooms, courts, and prisons alike, a nobleman whose charm and rank open every door. Yet the trial of a woman he once seduced and abandoned splits him in two: the man who wants to do
- [Katerina Maslova](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/maslova.md): Maslova survives prison by vodka, wit, and the hard bargains of a woman who has learned to make use of men before they use her. When Nekhludoff reappears, she feels the old world of feeling stir and immediately buries it
- [Voldemar Simonson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/simonson.md): Simonson belongs to the world of prisoners who have traded comfort for principle, a man whose ascetic certainty sets him apart even among exiles. His devotion to Maslova is neither pity nor passion in the ordinary sense 
- [Missy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/missy.md): Missy moves through her mother's brilliant at-homes with the ease of a woman raised to be admired and matched well. She blushes when Nekhludoff appears, frowns when he is distant, and cannot understand why he is busying 
- [Mary Ivanovna (Mariette)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/mariette.md): Mariette glides through the social world with the assurance of a woman who knows exactly what her smiles are worth. Her flirtation with Nekhludoff is casual, mutual, and dangerous precisely because it feels so natural—a 
- [Selenin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/selenin.md): Selenin and Nekhludoff once shared youthful ideals; now one wears a uniform and prosecutes, while the other sits on juries and begins to see what the law conceals. Their friendship is warm, easy, and quietly damning—proo
- [Anatole Kryltzoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/kryltzoff.md): Kryltzoff is a political prisoner marching in the same convoy as Maslova, a former mathematics prodigy and landowner's son who gave money to a student cause out of comradeship and vanity, then found himself arrested. Nek
- [Mary Pavlovna Schetinina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/mary_pavlovna.md): Mary Pavlovna moves among the political prisoners with a quiet authority, coaxing a screaming child from a soldier's arms and standing up to a convoy officer without flinching. Maslova, newly arrived from years of degrad
- [Nathalie Ivanovna Rogozhinsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/nathalie_rogozhinsky.md): Nathalie arrives in Moscow with her husband, settles into the best hotel rooms, and visits her brother's shabby lodging, where she recognizes his old paperweight and tidy habits with a pang. She admires the resoluteness 
- [Fanarin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/fanarin.md): Fanarin is the advocate Nekhludoff turns to when he decides to fight Maslova's conviction, and his name alone draws a grimace from officials who know his methods. He belongs to the world of Petersburg legal celebrity, wh
- [Toporoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/toporoff.md): Toporoff belongs to the clerical establishment that presides over oaths, sentences, and executions with the same unruffled assurance that it is doing something useful and important. His presence in the novel's world of c
- [Maslennikoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/maslennikoff.md): Maslennikoff was once the regiment's good-hearted treasurer; now, married to a rich, energetic wife who remade him, he heads a government administration and cannot hide his satisfaction at the title. When Nekhludoff asks
- [The General](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_general.md): He governs the prison where Maslova is held, and his courteous refusals to bend procedure make him the human face of a system Nekhludoff cannot argue his way past. His glittering, squinting eyes miss nothing, least of al
- [Vera Doukhova](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/vera_doukhova.md): She belongs to the political prisoners' world, a woman who wrote proclamations in factories and now counts herself perfectly happy behind bars. Her mind is a tangle of causes and half-explained loyalties, yet her guilt o
- [Countess Katerina Ivanovna Tcharsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_countess_tcharsky.md): She and her sister raised Nekhludoff on their country estate, and their warm, pious welcome when he returns from the war feels like an embrace from his own innocent past. She fusses over his wet clothes and sends Katusha
- [Princess Sophia Vasilievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/sophia_vasilievna.md): She meets Nekhludoff in the anteroom fresh from communion, scolding him for dripping on the floor and calling for coffee in the same breath. Her practical piety and easy authority define the aunts' household, a place of 
- [Korableva](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/korableva.md): A fellow prisoner and friend of Maslova.
- [Theodosia Birukoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/theodosia_birukoff.md): A young prisoner traveling with her husband.
- [Lydia Shoustova](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/shoustova.md): A young political prisoner helped by Nekhludoff.
- [Euphemia Botchkova](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/botchkova.md): A prisoner involved in the murder case.
- [Simeon Kartinkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/kartinkin.md): A prisoner accused in the same murder as Maslova.
- [Theropont Smelkoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/smelkoff.md): The merchant whose murder leads to Maslova's trial.
- [Vladimir Vasilievitch Wolff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/wolff.md): A prison official who assists Nekhludoff.
- [Matrona Pavlovna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/matrona_pavlovna.md): The prison matron overseeing the women's ward.
- [Taras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/taras.md): A peasant and husband of Theodosia.
- [Markel Kondratiev](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/markel.md): A servant in Nekhludoff's household.
- [The Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_priest.md): A prison priest who conducts services.
- [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_doctor.md): A prison doctor who examines the convicts.
- [The Officer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_officer.md): A convoy officer escorting prisoners.
- [Novodvoroff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/novodvoroff.md): A political exile and revolutionary leader.
- [Nabatoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/nabatoff.md): A political exile and friend of Simonson.
- [Skovorodnikoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/skovorodnikoff.md): A political prisoner known for his strength.
- [Bogotyref](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/bogotyref.md): A prison official who accompanies Nekhludoff.
- [The Englishman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_englishman.md): A foreign visitor touring the prison system.
- [Schonbock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/schonbock.md): A friend of Nekhludoff from his military days.
- [Peter Gerasimovitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/peter_gerasimovitch.md): A fellow juror at Maslova's trial.
- [Prince Korchagin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_prince_korchagin.md): Missy's father and a wealthy aristocrat.
- [Clara Vasilievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/clara_vasilievna.md): A young woman with whom Nekhludoff had a romance.
- [The Judges](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_judges.md): The panel presiding over Maslova's trial.
- [Carolina Albertovna Kitaeva](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/carolina_kitaeva.md): The madam of the brothel where Maslova worked.
- [The Colonel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_colonel.md): A military officer involved in the prisoner convoy.
- [Breve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/breve.md): A prison official who assists Nekhludoff.
- [Baron Vorobioff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/baron_vorobioff.md): A prison official who is dismissive of Nekhludoff.
- [Menshoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/menshoff.md): A peasant accused of arson, whom Nekhludoff defends.
- [Khoroshavka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/khoroshavka.md): A village where Nekhludoff visits his estate.
- [Katerina Alexeevna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/katerina_alexeevna.md): Nekhludoff's mother, mentioned in his memories.
- [Bay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/bay.md): Nekhludoff's horse.
- [Makar Devkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/makar_devkin.md): A prisoner who attacks a guard.
- [Rantzeff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/rantzeff.md): A political exile and friend of Nabatoff.
- [Anna Ignatievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/anna_ignatievna.md): A woman who visits Nekhludoff seeking help.
- [Matrona Kharina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/matrona_kharina.md): A peasant woman on Nekhludoff's estate.
- [Fedka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/fedka.md): A blind beggar boy encountered by Nekhludoff.
- [Maria Ivanovna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/maria_ivanovna.md): A woman who helps Nekhludoff with his legal work.
- [Nikolenka Irtenieff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/nikolenka_irtenieff.md): A childhood friend of Nekhludoff, briefly mentioned.

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