# Under Western Eyes — Character guide

> Key figures in Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad.

- [Razumov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/razumov.md): Razumov is a hardworking, friendless young man who stakes his entire future on academic distinction, knowing that one political suspicion could sink him into the destitute depths of the city. When the fugitive assassin V
- [Miss Haldin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/miss_haldin.md): Nathalie Haldin lives in exile with her ailing mother, waiting for word of the brother she reveres and quietly refusing to be anyone's slavish echo. Her faith that Russians will find a form of freedom superior to party c
- [Victor Haldin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/victor_haldin.md): Victor Haldin is the exceptional soul his sister describes—a young revolutionary who has just struck down a hated minister and now needs one safe night's hiding before escape. His serene, almost religious certainty about
- [Peter Ivanovitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/peter_ivanovitch.md): Peter Ivanovitch is the great man of the Russian exile colony, a celebrity whose reputation for suffering and eloquence has made him an object of reverence and quiet mockery alike. He surrounds himself with devoted women
- [Councillor Mikulin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/councillor_mikulin.md): Mikulin is a government official who understands that a despotism is best served not by whips but by subtle, unhurried conversation. He receives Razumov with disarming mildness, listens more than he speaks, and lets the 
- [Sophia Antonovna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/sophia_antonovna.md): Sophia Antonovna is a much-trusted woman revolutionist who slips in and out of Russia on secret errands and reports on Natalia Haldin with warm admiration for her faithful soul and undaunted spirit. Blunt, observant, and
- [Mrs. Haldin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/mrs_haldin.md): The grieving mother of Victor and Nathalie Haldin, living in Russia.
- [Ziemianitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/ziemianitch.md): A drunken peasant revolutionary who plays a key role in Haldin's escape plan.
- [Madame de S](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/madame_de_s.md): Madame de S⸺ presides over a Geneva drawing room where Russian exiles trade introductions, rumors, and carefully guarded sympathies, and where even a proscribed priest's name can open a door. Around her gathers the tensi
- [Tekla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/tekla.md): A devoted and simple-hearted female revolutionary who aids others.
- [Julius Laspara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/julius_laspara.md): A small, energetic revolutionary publisher in Geneva.
- [Prince K](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/prince_k.md): A Russian prince and Razumov's patron, who helps him after the assassination.
- [Kostia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/kostia.md): A wealthy and reckless young man who provides money to revolutionaries.
- [Nikita](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/nikita.md): A brutal revolutionary known as Necator, involved in executions.
- [General T](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/general_t.md): A high-ranking Russian military official involved in the investigation.
- [Yakovlitch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/under_western_eyes_se/characters/yakovlitch.md): A minor revolutionary figure mentioned in the Geneva circle.

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