Yashka · Character
Afanasy Bochkarev
Maria's father, a former sergeant whose drinking and cruelty turn the family's hard-won respectability into a household of fear.
supporting
Also known as Bochkarev, Afanasy
First appearance: i my childhood of toil
As a supporting figure in Yashka, Afanasy Bochkarev is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Forced upon Maria as a husband after her abandonment by Lazov; a brutal and drunken man.
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Afanasy returns from the Russo-Turkish War with medals and literacy, courting Olga with the first shoes she has ever owned. But poverty and drink soon make him morose and violent, beating his wife and darkening the home…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Minor Figures and Family
- Women's Battalion Supporters
- Provisional Government Leaders
- Yasha's Escape Helpers
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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