# The Lomovs — The House of the Dead character guide

> The Lomovs in The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the two Lomovs

**First appearance:** 0005-part-i-v-the-first-month

## Who they are

Two brothers, convicts who are always together and feared by others.

## In the story

### [Summer Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_the_dead_se/chapters/part-ii-v-summer-time)

Two Lomovs, uncle and nephew, wrongly convicted of murdering their Kirghiz laborers. The uncle later stabs Gavrilka with an awl over a girl, leading to increased punishment.

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