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LIST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

Russian and other Eastern Slavic language names generally consist of three parts: a given name, a patronymic, and a family name. Some given names have a diminutive version, or nickname, used by family and close friends. For example, “Stepan” is often called “Stiva” for short. The patronymic is formed by adding a suffix to the father’s given name. These suffixes are gendered and take different forms for men and women. For example, “Ivanovich” means “son of Ivan” and “Ivanovna” means “daughter of Ivan.” The family or married name can also be gendered, consisting of adding an “a” on the end for girls and women. For example, “Anna Karenina” is the wife of “Alexei Karenin.” However, there are some family names that do not change based on gender.

ALEXEY ALEXANDROVITCH KARENIN, a minister of state.

ANNA ARKADYEVNA KARENINA, his wife.

SERGEY (SERYOZHA), their son.

COUNT ALEXEY KIRILLOVITCH VRONSKY, a young officer.

COUNTESS VRONSKY, his mother.

VARYA, his sister-in-law.

PRINCE STEPAN ARKADYEVITCH OBLONSKY (STIVA), brother of Anna.

PRINCESS DARYA ALEXANDROVNA (DOLLY), his wife.

PRINCE ALEXANDER SHTCHERBATSKY, father of Dolly.

PRINCESS SHTCHERBATSKY, mother of Dolly.

PRINCESS NATALIA, their second daughter.

ARSENY LVOV, her husband.

PRINCESS EKATERINA ALEXANDROVNA SHTCHERBATSKY (KITTY), their youngest daughter; later, wife of Levin.

KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVITCH LEVIN, proprietor of Pokrovskoe.

NIKOLAY LEVIN, his brother.

SERGEY IVANOVITCH KOZNISIIEV, his half-brother.

MARYA NIKOLAEVNA, companion of Nikolay Levin.

KRITSKY, friend of Nikolay Levin.

AGAFEA MIHALOVNA, housekeeper at Pokrovskoe.

VASSILY FEDOROVITCH, bailiff at Pokrovskoe.

YEGORUSHKA KORSUNSKY, leader of cotillons.

MADAME KORSUNSKY, his wife.

COUNTESS LIDIA IVANOVNA, friend of Karenin.

PRINCESS BETSY TVERSKOY, cousin of Vronsky.

BARONESS SHILTON, friend of Petritsky.

COUNTESS NORDSTON, friend of Kitty.

MLLE. LINON, French governess of Kitty.

PRINCESS VARVARA, aunt of Stiva.

MADAME STAHL, an invalid philanthropist.

VARVARA ANDREEVNA (VARENKA), her adopted daughter.

PETROV, a painter.

ANNA PAVLOVNA, his wife.

VASSENKA VESLOVSKY, friend of Stiva.

NIKOLAY IVANOVITCH SVIAZHSKY, a landowner.

MADAME SVIAZHSKY, his wife.

NASTIA, her sister.

PROFESSOR KATAVASOV, friend of Levin.

PROFESSOR METROV, a university professor.

GOLENISHTCHEV, friend of Vronsky.

MIHAILOV, a painter.

Officers, ladies of St. Petersburg and Moscow, peasants, etc.