# Simeon Kartinkin — Resurrection character guide

> Simeon Kartinkin in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kartinkin, Simeon

**First appearance:** 0008-v

## Who they are

A prisoner accused in the same murder as Maslova.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/ix)

Male prisoner questioned by the president; gives his details as a peasant from Tula; nervously moves his lips.

### [The Indictment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/x)

Co-accused; initially confesses to theft and supplying powders, then retracts and accuses Máslova.

### [The Trial Begins: The Indictment and Pleas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xi)

Pleads not guilty, stammering and leaning forward; his responses are cut off by the usher.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxi)

Repeatedly protests his innocence, saying 'It is your business, but I am innocent; it’s unjust.'

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxiii)

Kartínkin is one of the prisoners; the jury finds him guilty of poisoning and robbery, with only the old artélshik dissenting.

### [The Sentence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxiv)

Sentenced to eight years of penal servitude; he stands silently moving his lips.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxix)

Present with Botchkova in the prisoners' room after sentencing.

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