# Rovinskaya — Yama character guide

> Rovinskaya in Yama by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0005-yama

## Who they are

One of the four hundred women in the public harems, she moves through the brothel's drowsy afternoons as both witness and sister to the others' suffering.

## Relationships

### [Volodya Chaplinsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/volodya_chaplinsky)

_romantic_

Rovinskaya and Volodya Chaplinsky are involved in a romantic or flirtatious relationship, likely with dramatic undertones.

### [Volodya Chaplinsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/volodya_chaplinsky)

_romantic_

Rovinskaya and Volodya Chaplinsky are involved in a romantic or flirtatious relationship, likely with dramatic undertones.

### [Volodya Chaplinsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/volodya_chaplinsky)

_romantic_

Rovinskaya and Volodya Chaplinsky are involved in a romantic or flirtatious relationship, likely with dramatic undertones.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-ii-vi)

A celebrated cantatrice with green Egyptian eyes, she expresses boredom and satiation with life, recounting her few powerful impressions.

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-ii-vii)

A baroness and patroness of a Magdalene asylum, she visits brothels as a social experiment but is confronted with uncomfortable truths.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-iii-vii)

The artiste who recalls Jennie and agrees to help Tamara with the funeral arrangements.

## Links

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