Resurrection · Character

Anatole Kryltzoff

A consumptive young revolutionary who traded a promising academic future for prison, telling Nekhludoff his story with feverish, intelligent eyes.

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Also known as Kryltzoff

First appearance: iv

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A political prisoner whose suffering highlights the brutality of the system.

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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. Nekhludoff, drawn to him above the other exiles, spends a day at a halting station listening as Kryltzoff recounts his path to revolution with sunken chest and glistening eyes. His blend of high moral seriousness and dying body gives Nekhludoff a living image of conviction that costs everything.

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Book III
A political prisoner whose suffering highlights the brutality of the system.
VI
Tells his life story, including his arrest, witnessing executions, and becoming a revolutionary; he is dying of consumption.
XI
Sitting in a corner, shivering and feeling cold; he speaks with Nekhlúdoff about the broken windows and the morning's events.
XIII
Lies in his place talking to Nekhlúdoff, wrapped in a dry plaid after removing his wet cloak.
XIV
Listens to Nekhlúdoff, argues with Novódvoroff about the humanity of the prisoners, and defends Makár's heroism.
XV
Mentioned as disliking Novódvoroff and attributing his revolutionary shift to a desire for supremacy.
Chapter XVIII
Becomes agitated upon hearing of Nevéroff's suicide, delivers a passionate speech against the authorities, then suffers a severe coughing fit and spits blood.
Chapter XX
Lying ill on a cart, very pale and thin, jokes about the 'problem of the three bodies' regarding Nekhlúdoff, Katúsha, and Símonson.
XXI
Mentioned in Nekhlúdoff's thoughts as dying unprepared.
Chapter XXIII
Nekhlúdoff inquires about his health at the prison.
XXV
Nekhlúdoff asks about him; he is weak and in the infirmary.
Chapter XXVII
Found dead in the mortuary; Nekhlúdoff recognizes his features and reflects on his suffering and death.
XXVIII
Kryltzóff is remembered as having died in anger, his death serving as a catalyst for Nekhlúdoff's reflection on the evil in the world.

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