# Babinich — The Deluge character guide

> Babinich in The Deluge by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pan Babinich, This Babinich, this Babinich, the handsome Babinich, the terrible Babinich

**First appearance:** 0007-i

## Snapshot

A fiery cavalier from Vityebsk whose assumed name conceals a burning vendetta against Prince Boguslav and a talent for turning enemies into allies.

## Who they are

Babinich rides through the early chapters as a hero with no verifiable past—Anusia's stories of him grow taller with every telling, and even seasoned officers cannot place his house. He carries an old wound involving Boguslav Radzivill that whitens his face and sets his teeth grinding, yet he moves through the Radzivill camp with unnerving composure. His double identity makes him the hinge on which the novel's espionage and revenge plots turn.

## In the story

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/xl)

Mentioned as having a sharp ear and hearing the approaching Swedish cavalry before the trumpets sound.

### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/xliv)

Blows up the largest Swedish siege gun in a daring night sortie, causing a massive explosion and throwing the Swedish camp into confusion; does not return to the fortress.

### [LXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/lxxiv)

Seen from a distance, looking thin and preoccupied; later reacts to Roh's disappearance.

### [LXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/lxxvii)

Mentioned as the soldier who reported the Swedish movements to Sapyeha.

### [LXXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/lxxxvi)

Mentioned as the 'terrible Babinich' who rushes with Tartars to stop Boguslav's couriers.

### [LXXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/lxxxvii)

Babinich (Andrei Kmita) is the subject of the officer's report, credited with leading the successful harassment of Prince Boguslav's forces, causing immense damage and forcing a retreat.

### [LXXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/lxxxviii)

Mentioned as the terrible attacker who destroyed many of Boguslav's men; feared by the defeated troops.

### [LXXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/lxxxix)

Mentioned as marching through Prussia to Lithuania, having defeated Steinbock's force and causing fear in Sakovich.

### [XCIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/xciii)

Anusia's hoped-for rescuer; news arrives that he captured Prince Boguslav at Prostki and burned Taurogi, causing great excitement.

### [XCIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/xciv)

Arrives unexpectedly to rescue the village from Sakovich and the Swedes, then continues his campaign by capturing Ponyevyej.

### [XCV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_deluge_se/chapters/xcv)

Kmita is addressed as Pan Babinich in the hetman's letter and later in a letter found on Hamilton.

## Links

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