# Soloviev — Yama character guide

> Soloviev in Yama by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The ponderous Soloviev, darling Soloviev

**First appearance:** 0005-yama

## Who they are

A ponderous, warm-hearted friend of the brothel women who defends Likhonin's rescue of Liubka with real wrath and insists an untouched mind is virgin soil worth cultivating.

## Relationships

### [Liubka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/liubka)

_professional_

Soloviev is a frequent client of Liubka, representing a transactional relationship.

### [Likhonin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/likhonin)

_social_

Likhonin and Soloviev are acquaintances who move in the same social circles, possibly as fellow patrons.

### [Liubka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/liubka)

_professional_

Soloviev is a frequent client of Liubka, representing a transactional relationship.

### [Likhonin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/likhonin)

_social_

Likhonin and Soloviev are acquaintances who move in the same social circles, possibly as fellow patrons.

### [Liubka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/liubka)

_professional_

Soloviev is a frequent client of Liubka, representing a transactional relationship.

## In the story

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

Welcomes Liubka with grandiloquent speech, shows his generous and resourceful nature.

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

Supports Likhonin enthusiastically, offers to teach grammar and reading, and defends the project against cynicism.

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

Participates in Liubka's education and is present during the reading of Manon Lescaut, fetching water when Liubka becomes distraught.

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

Mentioned as a palliating influence in Liubka's education, contrasting with Simanovsky's harshness.

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

Approaches Liubka after the funeral, offering marriage, but is slapped and rejected.

## Links

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