# Raman — Short Fiction character guide

> Raman in Short Fiction by Vladimir Korolenko.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Snapshot

A Saghálian exile narrator alone in a Yakut yourt, Raman measures the terrible distance between himself and home against the silence of the frozen steppe.

## Who they are

Raman is a settler on Sakhalin, sharing a yourt with a comrade and a faithful dog, surrounded by exiled Tartars and Russified Yakut neighbors. When darkness and cold close in, the suppressed grief he carries raises its head and whispers that he is buried here forever. His struggle with silence, memory, and the fire he must climb the roof to tend anchors the story's opening meditation on exile.

## Relationships

### [The Count](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/the_count)

_professional_

Raman likely serves The Count in some capacity, possibly as a worker or retainer.

### [Opanas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/opanas)

_friendship_

Opanas and Raman are fellow workers or friends, sharing a bond of common labor.

### [Aksana](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/aksana)

_romantic_

Aksana and Raman have a romantic or deeply emotional connection, possibly forbidden due to class differences.

### [The Count](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/the_count)

_professional_

Raman likely serves The Count in some capacity, possibly as a worker or retainer.

### [The Count](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/the_count)

_professional_

Raman likely serves The Count in some capacity, possibly as a worker or retainer.

### [Aksana](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/aksana)

_romantic_

Aksana and Raman have a romantic or deeply emotional connection, possibly forbidden due to class differences.

### [Opanas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/opanas)

_friendship_

Opanas and Raman are fellow workers or friends, sharing a bond of common labor.

### [Opanas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/opanas)

_friendship_

Opanas and Raman are fellow workers or friends, sharing a bond of common labor.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/ii)

The Cossack who assists Opanas in killing the Count.

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