# Alexander Paulvitch — The Beasts of Tarzan character guide

> Alexander Paulvitch in The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Paulvitch, Alexis Paulvitch

**First appearance:** 0001-the-beasts-of-tarzan

## Snapshot

Rokoff's bearded accomplice, a Russian conspirator who shaves his face and boards a ship to help deliver Tarzan's family into captivity.

## Who they are

Paulvitch is Rokoff's trusted lieutenant in the kidnapping plot, the man who follows instructions while his partner handles the bold strokes. He is practical where Rokoff is theatrical, and his willingness to disappear into the background makes him useful—and dangerous. His role in the early chapters sets the machinery of the abduction in motion and establishes just how far the conspirators will go.

## Relationships

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Paulvitch is Rokoff's henchman and a secondary antagonist, often scheming against Tarzan.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Paulvitch is Rokoff's henchman and a secondary antagonist, often scheming against Tarzan.

## In the story

### [Kidnapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/i-kidnapped)

Disguised and acting as the guide who lures Tarzan onto the Kincaid.

### [Marooned](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ii-marooned)

Negotiates with Tarzan for the cheque and oversees his marooning.

### [In the Darkness of the Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-darkness-of-the-night)

Part of Rokoff's party on the Kincaid, involved in coaling and the retreat after Jane's fire.

### [Paulvitch Plots Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xviii-paulvitch-plots-revenge)

Plots revenge against Tarzan and Jane, steals a canoe, and sets an infernal machine aboard the Kincaid before escaping into the jungle.

### [XIX: The Last of the Kincaid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xix-the-last-of-the-kincaid)

Implied to have set the infernal machine; his cabin contained the ticking device that caused the explosion.

### [The Law of the Jungle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_beasts_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xxi-the-law-of-the-jungle)

Betrays Rokoff by arranging the substitution of another infant and negotiating the child's return for ransom.

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