# Selenin — Resurrection character guide

> Selenin in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0011-viii

## Snapshot

Nekhludoff's old university friend, now a rising prosecutor, whose comfortable official conscience throws Nekhludoff's own reckoning into sharp relief.

## Who they are

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—proof of how a decent man can serve an indecent system without noticing. He matters as the mirror Nekhludoff might have become had he never looked at Maslova's face.

## In the story

### [The Senate Hearing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xx)

Public prosecutor at the Senate, an old friend of Nekhlúdoff, known for his purity and honesty; argues against Wolff in a libel case.

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

The Public Prosecutor who argues against the appeal, favoring the original sentence.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxii)

Nekhlúdoff's old friend, now Public Prosecutor-in-Chief; defends the Senate's decision and professes orthodox religious beliefs.

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

The chapter focuses on Selenin's internal conflict between his youthful ideals and the compromises of his adult life, particularly regarding his career, marriage, and religious hypocrisy.

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

Mentioned as having voted to reject the appeal; described as a 'pure soul' by the ladies.

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

Writes to Nekhlúdoff with the favorable outcome of the petition.

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

Nekhlúdoff writes to Selenín about the document for Máslova.

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