# Marusia — Yashka character guide

> Marusia in Yashka by Maria Bochkareva.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0015-xi-i-organize-the-battalion-of-death

## Who they are

A young woman whose brief romance with Vasili ends in betrayal and whose father's whip drives her toward marriage, the army, and a life she never chose.

## Relationships

### [Lieutenant Vasili](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/characters/lieutenant_vasili)

_romantic_

Lieutenant Vasili and Marusia are involved in a romantic relationship, likely as lovers or sweethearts.

### [Lieutenant Vasili](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/characters/lieutenant_vasili)

_romantic_

Lieutenant Vasili and Marusia are involved in a romantic relationship, likely as lovers or sweethearts.

## In the story

### [VI: I Enlist by the Grace of the Tsar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/vi-i-enlist-by-the-grace-of-the-tsar)

Maria refers to herself by this name while questioning her readiness for war.

### [XV: The Army Becomes a Savage Mob](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xv-the-army-becomes-a-savage-mob)

Implied as one of Bochkareva's loyal women; a girl named Medvedovskaya guards the dugout and is bayoneted.

## Links

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