# Yefim Petrovitch Polenov — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Yefim Petrovitch Polenov in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Yefim Petrovitch

**First appearance:** 0006-part-i-iv-the-third-son-alyosha

## Who they are

A landowner who was a guardian of the Karamazov boys.

## In the story

### [III: The Second Marriage and the Second Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-i-iii-the-second-marriage-and-the-second-family)

The Marshal of Nobility who takes a personal interest in the orphans, especially Alexey, and provides for their education.

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