# Dmitry Matov — The Created Legend character guide

> Dmitry Matov in The Created Legend by Fyodor Sologub.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dmitry Alexandrovitch Matov, Matov

**First appearance:** 0013-xii

## Who they are

A relative or associate of Piotr Matov, possibly a student.

## Relationships

### [Trirodov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/trirodov)

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Dmitry Matov is Matov's brother, and he shares a strained, competitive relationship with Trirodov due to family loyalties.

### [Trirodov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/trirodov)

_family_

Dmitry Matov is Matov's brother, and he shares a strained, competitive relationship with Trirodov due to family loyalties.

## In the story

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

Piotr Matov is irritated by Stchemilov's presence and engages in sharp political banter.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/vii)

Piotr Matov is hostile toward Trirodov, arguing against his utopian ideas and defending culture against revolutionary destruction.

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

Deceased father of Piotr and Misha; his scandalous life, mysterious wealth, and violent death are recounted in the chapter.

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

Piotr Matov arrives and defends the sisters from Ostrov, calling him a vagrant and ordering him away.

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

Jealous of Trirodov, provokes him by mentioning Ostrov, and later argues with Elisaveta.

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

Piotr Matov loves Elisaveta helplessly and jealously. He encounters Trirodov by the river and feels pity and confusion. Later, he feels a new love for Elena.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xix)

Struggles with jealousy and hatred of Trirodov, makes unpleasant scenes, and visits Trirodov's house.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xx)

Piotr Matov; agrees to accompany Ostrov to the monastery despite earlier unfriendly circumstances.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xxi)

Dmitry Matov, Piotr's father, is recalled in Trirodov's memory as a police spy who was betrayed and killed by Trirodov, Ostrov, and Krovlin.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xxiii)

Piotr Ivanitch (Matov) is mentioned as a late visitor who overhears a remark about his lateness.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xxvii)

Despairing over Elisaveta's choice, but begins to feel a sweet agitation from Elena's loving looks.

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

Arrives with Rameyev at Trirodov's, engages in philosophical discussion about war and worldviews.

## Links

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