# Alexis Paulvitch — The Return of Tarzan character guide

> Alexis Paulvitch in The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Paulvitch, Monsieur Paulvitch

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-affair-on-the-liner

## Who they are

Rokoff's soft-spoken accomplice, a Russian schemer who works the telephone and the servants' entrance while his master takes the credit.

## Relationships

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Alexis Paulvitch is a cunning and vengeful enemy of Tarzan, constantly plotting against him as part of Rokoff's schemes.

### [Countess Olga de Coude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/countess_olga_de_coude)

_psychological_

Paulvitch manipulates Countess Olga, using her infatuation with Tarzan to further his own schemes against the ape-man.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Alexis Paulvitch is a cunning and vengeful enemy of Tarzan, constantly plotting against him as part of Rokoff's schemes.

### [Tarzan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/tarzan)

_rivalry_

Alexis Paulvitch is a cunning and vengeful enemy of Tarzan, constantly plotting against him as part of Rokoff's schemes.

### [Countess Olga de Coude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/countess_olga_de_coude)

_psychological_

Paulvitch manipulates Countess Olga, using her infatuation with Tarzan to further his own schemes against the ape-man.

### [Countess Olga de Coude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/characters/countess_olga_de_coude)

_psychological_

Paulvitch manipulates Countess Olga, using her infatuation with Tarzan to further his own schemes against the ape-man.

## In the story

### [The Affair on the Liner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/i-the-affair-on-the-liner)

Acts as Rokoff's confederate in the card game scheme.

### [II: Forging Bonds of Hate and ⸻?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ii-forging-bonds-of-hate-and)

Accompanies Rokoff and attempts to strangle the young woman in her cabin.

### [IV: The Countess Explains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iv-the-countess-explains)

Seen with Rokoff at the theater, complicit in the spy plot against Count de Coude.

### [The Plot That Failed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/v-the-plot-that-failed)

Accomplice of Rokoff, helps execute the plot by telephoning Tarzan with a false message, is subdued by Tarzan during the confrontation.

### [Ships That Pass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_return_of_tarzan_se/chapters/xii-ships-that-pass)

Assists Rokoff in searching Tarzan's stateroom and stealing the documents; celebrates the theft with champagne.

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