# Menshoff — Resurrection character guide

> Menshoff in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0045-xlii

## Who they are

A peasant accused of arson, whom Nekhludoff defends.

## Relationships

### [The Colonel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_colonel)

_rivalry_

Menshoff and the Colonel are adversaries, likely due to a legal or personal conflict involving injustice or power abuse.

### [The Englishman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_englishman)

_professional_

Menshoff and the Englishman have a formal interaction, possibly with the Englishman acting as an investigator or observer.

### [The Officer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_officer)

_rivalry_

Menshoff and the Officer are in conflict, likely due to the Officer's role in enforcing unjust authority over Menshoff.

### [The Englishman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_englishman)

_professional_

Menshoff and the Englishman have a formal interaction, possibly with the Englishman acting as an investigator or observer.

## In the story

### [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xlvi)

Mentioned as the old woman (Menshóva) who asks Máslova to tell Nekhlúdoff about her son Mítri and the fire.

### [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xlviii)

Mentioned by Máslova as a prisoner whose mother seeks Nekhlúdoff's help.

### [LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/li)

Prisoner accused of incendiarism; Nekhlúdoff visits his cell.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/lii)

A young peasant prisoner falsely accused of arson; tells Nekhlúdoff his story with a good-natured but desperate demeanor.

### [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/lvi)

Mentioned as an innocent prisoner whose suffering and perplexity Nekhlúdoff finds terrible.

### [LIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/lix)

Mentioned by Máslova, who asks if Nekhlúdoff has seen him and asserts his innocence.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned by Nekhlúdoff as he hopes they will be liberated; Máslova calls the old woman 'splendid.'

### [Nekhlúdoff's Classification of Prisoners and His Search for Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxx)

Mentioned as an example of innocent people condemned by judicial blunder.

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