# Mertsálof — What Is to Be Done? character guide

> Mertsálof in What Is to Be Done? by Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0041-part-iii-marriage-and-second-love

## Who they are

Husband of Mrs. Mertsalova, a fellow progressive.

## In the story

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

The priest who marries Viéra and Lopukhóf.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as part of the married couple the Lopukhófs visit.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/xxiii)

Praised by Kirsánof for having a wife who dares tell him all the secrets of her soul.

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