# Matrona Pavlovna — Resurrection character guide

> Matrona Pavlovna in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0051-xlviii

## Who they are

The prison matron overseeing the women's ward.

## In the story

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

The old woman who advises Máslova from the cell grating to stick to her story during questioning.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xii)

The old servant in whose room Nekhlúdoff and Katúsha sometimes talked.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xiv)

The old servant preparing to go to church for the blessing of Easter bread.

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

Accompanies Katúsha at the church, dressed in lilac, and exchanges Easter greetings with Nekhlúdoff.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xvi)

Interrupts Nekhlúdoff's encounter with Katúsha, reproaching her for taking the wrong blanket and watching her closely.

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

Calls out angrily to Katúsha from the house, interrupting the encounter at the porch.

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

The old woman living in the hut where Katúsha gave birth; she arranged the baby's transfer to the Foundlings' Hospital and now sells spirits illicitly.

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

Recalled as a woman who believed women of her position must give themselves to the gentry.

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