Characters

Šapošnikova, Aleksandra Vladimirovna
Šapošnikova, Ljudmila Nikolaevna (Ljuda)
Štrum, Viktor Pavlovič (Vitja, Viten’ka)
Nadja
Anna Semënova
Abarčuk
Šapošnikov, Anatolij (Tolja)
Spiridinova, Mar’ja Nikolaevna (Marusja)
Spiridinov, Stepan Fëdorovič
Spiridinova, Vera
Šapošnikova, Evgenija Nikolaevna (Ženja)
Krymov, Nikolaj Grigorevič
Šapošnikova, Sofia Nikolaevna (Sonja)
Šapošnikov, Dmitrij (Mitja)
scomparso nelle purghe del 1937
Šapošnikov, Sergej (Serëza)

the elderly mother of the family
daughter of Aleksandra, wife of Shtrum
physicist, member of the Academy of Sciences
their daughter
mother of Shtrum
first husband of Lyudmila, arrested in 1937
son of Lyudmila and Abarchuk, lieutenant at the front
sister of Lyudmila, drowned in the Volga
husband of Marusya, director of the electrical center of Stalingrad
their daughter
sister of Lyudmila
ex-husband of Zhenya, commissary of the Red Army
older sister of Lyudmila, dies of diphtheria
older brother of Lyudmila, Marya, and Zhenya,
disappeared in the purges of 1937
son of Dmitry, soldier at the front in house 6/1

Sokolov, Pëtr Lavrent'evic
Sokolova, Mar'ja Ivanovna (Maša, Mašenka)
Markov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich
Savostyanov
Weispapier, Anna Naumovna
Loshakova, Anna Stepanovna
Nozdrin, Stepan Stepanovich
Perepelitsyn
Svechin
Postoev
Gavronov
Gurevich, Natan Samsonovich
Cepyžin, Dmitriy Petrovich
Pimenov
Cepyžin, Aleksey Alekseyevich

Kovchenko, Kas'jan Terentyevich
Dubënkov
Ramskov
Bad’in

a mathematician in Shtrum's laboratory
his wife
a physicist, in charge of experimental work
a laboratory assistant
a laboratory assistant
a laboratory assistant
a laboratory technician and mechanic
an electrician in the laboratory
the head of the magnetic laboratory
a doctor of physics
a professor, specialist in the history of physics
a doctor of physics
the director of the Institute
the administrative director of the Institute while it is in Kazan
an Academician, appointed administrative and scientific director on the Institute's return to Moscow
the new deputy director of the Institute
the head of the Personnel Department
the secretary of the Institute Party Committee
the head of the Scientific Section of the Central Committee

Mad'jarov, Leonid Sergej evich
Artelev, Vladimir Romanovich
Karimov, Akhmet Usmanovich

a historian, Sokolov's brother-in-law
a chemical engineer, the Sokolovs' landlord
a Tartar-Russian translator

Mostovskoy, Mikhail Sidorovich
Gardi
Ikonnikov-Morž
Chernetsov
Eršov, major
Nikonov, major
Osipov, Brigade Commissar
Zlatokrylets, Colonel
Gudz, General
Kirillov, major
Kotikov
Liss, Obersturmbannfürer

an Old Bolshevik
an Italian priest
a former Tolstoyan, called ‘a holy fool' by his fellow prisoners
a former Menshevik
a Russian officer
a Russian officer
a Russian officer
a Russian officer
a Russian officer
a Russian officer
a Russian officer and Party member
the SS representative in the camp administration

Abarčuk
Nyeumolimov
Monidze
Rubin, Abrasha (Abram Efimorovich)
Barchatov
Tungusov
Ugarov, Kol'ka
Konaševic
Magar
Zarokov
Perekrest
Dolgoruky, Prince
Stepanov
Mišanin, Captain
Trufelev

the first husband of Lyudmila
formerly a cavalry commander during the Civil War
former member of the Presidium of the Communist Youth International
a medical orderly
a criminal, Abarchuk's assistant
an old guards officer
a young robber, criminal
a former aviation mechanic and boxing champion
an Old Bolshevik, Abarchuk's teacher
a criminal, in charge of Abarchuk's barrack
leader of the coal-team
a mystic
a former professor of the Economics Institute
an operations official
a medical orderly

Levinton, Sofya Osiponvna
David
Borisovna, Musya
Bukhman, Rebekka
Rozenberg, Naum
Karasik, Nataša
Yankevich Lazar'
Deborah Samuelovna
Vinokur, Musya
Khmelkov, Anton
Zhuchenko, Trofima
Kaltluft, Sturmbannfürer

a military medic, friend of Zhenya
a boy
a librarian
a relative of David's
an accountant
a shy girl
a machinist and blacksmith
his wife
a fourteen-year-old girl
a member of the Special Unit
a member of the Special Unit
the commander of Sonderkommando

Krymov, Nikolaj Grigor’evic
Dreling
Bogoleev
Katzenelenbogen

the ex-husband of Zhenya, a commissar
a Menshevik
an art historian and poet
a former Chekist

Šapošnikova, Yevgenia Nikolaevna (Ženja)
Genrichovna, Jenny
Shargorodsky, Vladimir Andreyevich
Limonov
Rizin, Lieutenant-Colonel
Grishin
Glafira Dmitrevna

sister of Lyudmila
the ex-governess of the Shaposhnikovs
an aristocrat, in exile from 1926 until 1933
a man of letters from Moscow
Zhenya's boss
the head of the Department of Passports
a senior tenant in Zhenya's apartment

Spiridinov, Stepan Fëdorovic
Spiridinova, Vera
Andreev, Pavel Andreevic
Nikolaev
Kamyšov

the director
his daughter
a guard, an old worker
the Party organizer
the chief enginee

Getmanov, Dementij Trifonovic

Getmanova, Galina Terent’evna
Nikolaj Terent’evic
Mašcuk
Sagajdak

secretary general of a region, appointed commissar of Novikov's tank corps
his wife
Galina's brother
an official in the state security organs
Getmanov's brother-in-law, an executive in the Ukrainian Central Committee's propaganda department

Viktorov, Lieutenant
Zakabluka, Major
Solomatin, Lieutenant
Yeromin, Lieutenant
Korol, Junior Lieutenant Bor'ka (Borya)
Martynov, Wing-Commander Vanya
Golub, Political Instructor
Skotnoy, Lieutenant Vovka
Berman
Velikanov, Lieutenant

a pilot, Vera Spiridinova's lover
the commander of the squadron
a pilot
a pilot
a pilot
a pilot
billeted with Viktorov
(Vanya)
the squadron commissar
a pilot, the duty-officer

Novikov, Colonel Pëtr Pavlovich
Neudobnov, General Mikhail Petrovich
Getmanov, Dementiy Trifonovich
Karpov, Colonel
Byelov
Makarov
Fatov
Vershkov
Kharitonov

the commanding officer, Zhenya's lover
Novikov's chief of staff
the commissar
the commander of the First Brigade
the commander of the Second Brigade
the commander of the Third Brigade
a battalion commander
Novikov's orderly
Novikov's driver

Yeremenko, Lieutenant-General*
Zakharov, Lieutenant-General*
Chuykov, Lieutenant-General*
Krylov, Lieutenant-General*
Gurov*
Podžarskij*
Batyuk, Lieutenant-Colonel*
Guryev, Major-General*
Rodimtsev*
Belsky
Vavilov
Borisov, Colonel
Byerozkin, Major
Gluškov
Podchufarov, Captain
Movshovich
Pivovarov
Soškin

commander-in-chief
Yeremenko's chief of staff
commander of the 62nd Army
Chuykov's chief of staff
divisional commissar
artillery commander
commander of the 284th Rifle Division
commander of the 39th Guards Division
commander of the 13th Guards Division
Rodimtsev's chief of staff
commissar of Rodmitsev's division, a former kolkhozian
Rodmtsev's second-in-command
in command of a regiment
Byerozkin's orderly
in command of a battalion
in command of a battalion of sappers
battalion commissar in Byerozkin's regiment
Political intructor in Byerozkin's regiment

Grekov, Captain
Antsiferov, Sergeant-Major
Vengrova, Katya
Kolomeitsev
Batrakov, Lieutenant
Bunchuk
Lampasov
Klimov
Chentsov
Lyakhov
Zubarev, Lieutenant
Šapošnikov, Serëza
Perfilev
Polyakov

"house manager"
in command of a sapper detachment
a radio operator
a gunner
in command of artillery observation post
an observer
a plotter
a scout
a member of the mortar-crew
a sapper
in command of the infantry
a soldier
a soldier
a soldier

Darensky, Lieutenant-Colonel
Alla Sergej evna
Claudia
Bova, Lieutenant-Colonel

a staff officer from Front Headquarters
the wife of an Army commander
the mistress of the Member of the Military Soviet
the chief of staff of an artillery regiment

Paulus, General Friedrich*
Schmidt, General*
Adam, Colonel*
Bach, Lieutenant Peter
Krap
Gerne, Lieutenant
Fresser, Lieutenant
Lenard
Chalb
Eisenauf, Sergeant

commander of the 6th Army
Paulus' chief of staff
Paulus' adjutant
an infantry officer
an officer in charge of a detachment of scouts, in hospital with Bach
a staff officer in the hospital with Bach
an officer in the hospital with Bach
an SS officer
the commander of the military police
an NCO member in Bach's company