# The Officer — Resurrection character guide

> The Officer in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0108-ii

## Who they are

A convoy officer escorting prisoners.

## Relationships

### [Menshoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/menshoff)

_rivalry_

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

### [Missy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/missy)

_social_

Missy and the Officer are acquaintances within the military-social elite, with no deep personal connection.

### [Missy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/missy)

_social_

Missy and the Officer are acquaintances within the military-social elite, with no deep personal connection.

## In the story

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

The jailer who opens the cell door and orders Máslova to come out.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xl)

The prison inspector, a kindhearted man who participates zealously in the service, using faith to justify his cruel occupation.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xliii)

The inspector (officer) directs Nekhlúdoff to the women's ward and later arranges for Máslova to be brought out for a private conversation.

### [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xlvii)

The inspector, visibly distressed and weary, speaks of the heavy duties of his position and mentions a recent convict fight.

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

Assistant to the inspector, escorts Nekhlúdoff to the Menshóff cell.

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

New prison inspector who is strict and denies Nekhlúdoff permission to see political prisoner Doukhova.

### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxxvii)

The police officer oversees the handling of the bodies and orders the dead convict taken to the mortuary.

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

Brutally beats a convict for refusing manacles while carrying his child, then orders the child taken away.

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

The convoy officer at the halting station; red-faced, scented, with rings and an unpleasant laugh; complains about his position but shows little genuine concern for prisoners.

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

The inspector who leads the tour and confronts the old man for not standing.

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