# Tamara — Yama character guide

> Tamara in Yama by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** The modest quiet Tamara, Tamarochka

**First appearance:** 0005-yama

## Who they are

The brothel's cleverest woman, who spins a year-long romance with a respectable notary while keeping her real life entirely hidden from him.

## Relationships

### [Jennka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/jennka)

_friendship_

Jennka and Tamara are close friends and confidantes within the brothel, supporting each other.

### [Magdalen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/magdalen)

_friendship_

Magdalen and Tamara are fellow sex workers who share a bond of solidarity and mutual understanding.

### [Jennka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/jennka)

_friendship_

Jennka and Tamara are close friends and confidantes within the brothel, supporting each other.

### [Magdalen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/magdalen)

_friendship_

Magdalen and Tamara are fellow sex workers who share a bond of solidarity and mutual understanding.

### [Magdalen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/magdalen)

_friendship_

Magdalen and Tamara are fellow sex workers who share a bond of solidarity and mutual understanding.

### [Jennka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/characters/jennka)

_friendship_

Jennka and Tamara are close friends and confidantes within the brothel, supporting each other.

## In the story

### [Yama The Pit Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/yama)

A modest and quiet prostitute, part of the brothel's community.

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

A quiet, easygoing former nun with a mysterious past; she embroiders a shirt for her lover Senka and speaks of her convent life.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-i-v)

Testifies cynically to the police about Magda, dismissing her as a 'low-down tart,' and later teases Magda about her inanimate nature.

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

Called out by her lover Senka, who is unusually gloomy and limping.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-i-xi)

Observes the conflict silently and is asked by Likhonin to give Pasha chocolate and wine.

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

The modest quiet Tamara, who calmly exposes the moral hypocrisy of 'respectable' women and reveals her past acquaintance with Rovinskaya.

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

Comforts Jennka and learns her secret.

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

Also mentioned as potentially busy when Likhonin inquires about her.

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

A prostitute who mocks Petrov for his hesitation and returns his money; later shows the cadets out.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-iii-v)

Jennka's confidante; is entrusted with Jennka's final wishes and confronts Emma Edwardovna after the suicide.

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

Refuses to kiss Emma's hand, later has a private conversation where she explains the revolver incident and accepts the housekeeper role.

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

Takes initiative to bury Jennie with Christian rites, visits Rovinskaya and Senka the Depot.

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

Leads the group to the morgue, arranges Jennka's funeral, and delivers a poignant eulogy.

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

Vanishes from the brothel after executing a calculated romance with an elderly notary, whom she manipulates into trusting her before stealing a large sum of money from his safe.

## Links

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