# Ivanoff — Sanine character guide

> Ivanoff in Sanine by Mikhail Artsybashev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the tipsy Ivanoff

**First appearance:** 0006-v

## Who they are

A drunken, cynical character who provides comic relief and harsh commentary.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/vi)

Drinks beer with Sanine, makes ecstatic jokes about love, and defends the pleasures of drunkenness.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/ix)

Produces a bottle of vodka and invites Novikoff to drink, mocking Yourii.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/x)

Present at Semenoff's deathbed, shares a whispered exchange with Sanine.

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

Hosts a memorial gathering for Semenoff, buying vodka and inviting Sanine and Yourii Svarogitsch.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xviii)

Tries to persuade Sanine to stay and drink instead of going to the window.

### [Chapter XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xxv)

Adds his favorite phrase 'vanity and vexation of spirit' and follows Sanine when he leaves.

### [The Confrontation in the Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xxx)

Accompanies Sanine, expresses disdain for dueling, and restrains Tanaroff.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Ivanoff brings the news of the suicides, expresses irritation at the debate, dismisses Soloveitchik's act as foolish, and shows a strange hatred for Soloveitchik.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xxxv)

Accompanies Sanine, expresses moral reservations about spying, but joins in the revelry.

### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Good-humoredly tries to pull Yourii into the group at the monastery.

### [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xxxviii)

Ivanoff mocks Yourii Svarogitsch's self-analysis and argues for a simpler, more direct approach to life.

### [Chapter XLI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xli)

Ivanoff appears in Yourii's memory, arguing with him on the balcony and later returning with Sanine.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xlii)

Attends the funeral, maliciously suggests Schafroff ask Sanine for a speech, and later drinks beer at the grave with Sanine.

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

Accompanies Sanine to the station, shares a farewell drink, and returns home feeling mournful.

## Links

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