# Semenoff — Sanine character guide

> Semenoff in Sanine by Mikhail Artsybashev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Semenoff

**First appearance:** 0009-viii

## Who they are

A minor character who interacts with the main cast in social settings.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/iv)

A consumptive student who confronts Yourii with the reality of his own impending death, dismissing political and philosophical concerns as irrelevant.

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

Semenoff laughs and jokes with the others despite his earlier confession, shakes hands with Sanine, and coolly produces a candle for Yourii's cave expedition.

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

Mentioned in Yourii's thoughts, triggering a shiver of dread about death.

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

Dies in a drawn-out, painful scene, uttering a final insult to the priest.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sanine_se/chapters/xi)

The dying consumptive; his psychological journey from terror to acceptance of death is the focus of the chapter.

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

His recent suicide is the impetus for the gathering and haunts Yourii Svarogitsch's thoughts.

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

Quoted by Yourii: 'the purer the woman, the filthier the man who possesses her.'

## Links

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