# Ostrov — The Created Legend character guide

> Ostrov in The Created Legend by Fyodor Sologub.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0004-iii

## Who they are

A shabby, insinuating man who claims old acquaintance with Trirodov, prowls his walls for information, and trades in suspicious rumors for unclear purposes.

## Relationships

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

_rivalry_

Ostrov and Trirodov are locked in a bitter ideological and personal conflict, with Ostrov representing oppressive authority against Trirodov's revolutionary mysticism.

### [Matov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/matov)

_professional_

Matov and Ostrov are political adversaries, with Ostrov representing the repressive state that Matov seeks to overthrow.

### [Elena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/elena)

_social_

Elena and Ostrov have a formal, distant relationship, meeting occasionally in social or political contexts.

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

_rivalry_

Ostrov and Trirodov are locked in a bitter ideological and personal conflict, with Ostrov representing oppressive authority against Trirodov's revolutionary mysticism.

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

_rivalry_

Ostrov and Trirodov are locked in a bitter ideological and personal conflict, with Ostrov representing oppressive authority against Trirodov's revolutionary mysticism.

### [Elena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/elena)

_social_

Elena and Ostrov have a formal, distant relationship, meeting occasionally in social or political contexts.

### [Matov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/matov)

_professional_

Matov and Ostrov are political adversaries, with Ostrov representing the repressive state that Matov seeks to overthrow.

### [Elena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/elena)

_social_

Elena and Ostrov have a formal, distant relationship, meeting occasionally in social or political contexts.

### [Matov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/characters/matov)

_professional_

Matov and Ostrov are political adversaries, with Ostrov representing the repressive state that Matov seeks to overthrow.

## In the story

### [The Created Legend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/the-created-legend)

Antagonistic figure demanding money from Trirodov.

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

Ostrov, an actor and tragedian, introduces himself as an old friend of Trirodov, arousing suspicion from Kerbakh and Zherbenev.

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

Appears suddenly in the woods, questions the sisters about Trirodov's house, and is sharply confronted by Piotr Matov.

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

Approaches Trirodov's estate with agitation and fear, demanding money. He is insolent yet humbled, experiencing a sense of passing into another's power.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xvii)

Demands money from Trirodov, reveals details of the murder and the icon theft plot, and is manipulated into submission.

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

Recruited into the Black Hundred and Union of Active Combat; becomes an informant against Trirodov's colony; participates in plans to steal a sacred icon.

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

Ostrov is mentioned as one of the men who listened to Dmitry Matov's confession and later blackmails Trirodov.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xxv)

Disseminates the rumor that Jews kidnapped Egorka, as part of provocatory work for the Black Hundred.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_created_legend_se/chapters/xxviii)

Instigates police attention on Trirodov's colony through his efforts and patrons.

## Links

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