Life and Fate

List of named characters

Vasily Grossman's "Life and Fate" is almost a caricature of the stereotype of the Russian novel as an unwieldy mass of characters. His stylistic trick of giving a name to the most incidental of walk-on roles contributes heavily to the list below. In preparing this list I have followed the translation by Robert Chandler (Harvill, 1985). No doubt there are many inaccuracies and I should be glad to hear from anyone who spots one (fremdh@essex.ac.uk). I have not attempted to collate the names here with "For a Just Cause".

Asterisks indicate historical figures.


Abarchuk  I15 40 41 III5 22 41
Abramov  II37 III1
Adam*  II12 III32 44 47
Alexeev  I37
"Alexei Mikhailovic" III20
"Alla Sergeyevna"  I66 II13 57
"Alyonushka"  I18
"Anastasya"  II16
Andrea  I4
Andreyev, Pavel Andreyevich  I61 II38 60 III30 58 59 60
Andreyev, Volodya  III58
Andreyeva, Varvara Alexandrovna  I61 II60 III60
Andreyeva, Natalya  III30 58 59 60
Andryushenko  II16
"Andryushka"  I67
"Anna Aristarkhovna"  II2
Antsiferov  I58 60 II16
Armin, Sixt von  III47
Artelev, Vladimir Romonovich  I63 III52
Bach, Peter  II10 11 III33 34 35 36 37 38
Badin  II52 54 56 III25 53 54
Bagryanov  III52
Barkhatov  I40
Barulin  III60
Basangov  I52 II4 III29
Basanko  I18
Batrakov, Vanya  I58 60 II16
Batrov, Tishka  III59 60
Batyuk*  I7 9 10 14 55 II21 37 III3
Belsky  I10 12
Berman  I37 II63
Bezdidko  I55
Bogoleev  III4 6 42 43
Boldyrev  I30
Bondarevaya, Zhenya  I37
"Boris Israelovich"  II7
Borisov  I10
Borukh  I18
Bova  II13 57
Bukhmann, Edward Isaakovich (Chaim) 43 44 47 48
Bukhmann, Rebekka  I43 48 II46 47
Bukhmann, Svetlana (Svetlanochka)  I47
Bulanovich  II33
Bulatov  I55
Bunchuk  I58
Byelov  II33 34 III8 13 50
Byerozkin, Ivan Leontyevich (Vanya)  I14 57 59 II17 21 22 23
Byerozkin, Lyuba  II21
Byerozkin, Slava  II21 III60
Byerozkina, Tamara  II21 23
Bykov  III29
Chalb  III31 33 44
Chentsov  I58 60 II17
Chepyzhin, Dmitry Petrovich  I19 II6 24 25 26 27 52 III21 24 25 27 41 52 53
   54 55
Chepyzhina, Nadezhda Fyodorovna  II25 III24
Cheremushkin  II16
Chernetsov  I4 67 68 69 71 II14 15
Chetverikov  II26 III41 54
Chunyak, Khristya  II50
Chunyak, Vasily  II50
Chuykov, Vasily/Nikolay Ivanovich*  I7 9 10 13 56 60 II21 23 38 III15 17
"Claudia"  I66
Darensky  I65 66 II4 13 57 58 59 III28 29 49
Dashevskaya, Esther Semyonovna  II53
"David"  I18 ?43 47 48 49 II46 47 48
Demidov  I35 38
Dimitrov, Georgiy  III2
Dimitruk  I29
Dolgoruky  I40
Dragin  I23
Dreling  III4 6 43 56
Drottenhahr  I69
Dubyonkov  I20 II52 53 III52
Dyrkin  I14 II21 23
Dzerzhinsky  II14
Dzyga  II16
Eichmann*  II28 29 30
Eisenaug  III34
"Elena Andreevna"  I25
Elf  I44
Epstein  I18
Fatov  I52 II1 33
Feinberg  II16
Feinhard  II27
Filimonov  III46
Fischer  II28
Fischer, Ruth  III42
Frankel  III56
Fresser  II10 11
Fyodorenko  II4
Gabrichevskaya  II26
"Galina Terentyevna"  I21 22
Gardi  I2 4 67
Gavronov  II51 52 53
Gasyuchenko  I40
Generalov  III4
Gerne  II10 11
Getmanov, Dementiy Trifonovich (Dima)  I21 22 52 53 II3 4 33 34 35 37 III8
9 13 29 49 50 51
Getmanov, Svetlana  I21
Getmanov, "Zoya"  I21
"Glafira Dmitrievna"  I24 II5
Glushkov  I14 II21 23 III45
"Golda"  I43 44
Golub  I37
Gordeev  III6
"Gordon"  I18
Gorokhov  I55 56
Grekov, Vanya  I57 58 60 II16 17 18 19 20 22 23 36 38 III4 6 42 57
Grinberg, Konstantin (Kostya)  III42
Grinberg, Muska  III42
"Grisha" (Grishka)  I64? II50?
Grishin  I24
Gubyonkov  I52
Gudz  I4 6 67 70 71
Gurevich, Natan Samsonovich  II24 51 52 56 III21 25 27 40
Gurov*  I7 9 55 II21 III17
Gurtyev  I56
Guryev*  I7 56
Hacken, Fritz  III42
Hacken, Else  III42
"Hassid"  II47
Helamn  II47
"Hubert"  III34
"Ida"  III22
Ikonnikov-Morzh  I4 67 71 II14 15 39
"Jenny Genrikhovna"  I23 II3 5 III22
Kaltluft  II41 43 47
Kamyshov  I61 II60
Karasik  I46
Karasik, Natasha  I46
Karimov, Akhmet Usmanovich  I16 62 63 64 II6 8 9 27 52 56 III30 41 52
Karpov  I53 II33 34 III8 13 50
Kashkotin  II9
Katsenelenbogen  III4 5 6 42 43 56
Katsenelebogena, Angelina  III6
Katz  II36
Keyze  I3 69 II39
Khalimov, Suleiman  I55
Kharitonov  I53 II33 III8
Khmelkov  II42
Khrenov  II21
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich*  I21 III17 50
Kirchgarten  II28
Kirillov  I4 6 67 70 II14
Klestova  I29
Klimov, Vasya  I58 60 II22
Kolomeitsev  I58 60 II16 17 19
Koloskov  II38
Kotikov  I6 69 70 71 II39
Koch  III33
Kochkurov  II6 56 III53
Kogan, Tonya  III40
Konashevich  I40
Konig  I69
Korol, Borya  I37 II63
Kovchenko, Kasyan Terentyevich  II27 52 56 III24 25 40 41 52 53 54
Krap  II10 11
Krivoruchko  I52 63
Krylov*  I7 9 59 III17 54
Krymov, Nikolay Grigorevich (Kolenka, Kolya, Nikolenka)  I10 11 12 21 24 
   25 54 55 56 64 II3 4 5 18 19 20 21 33 36 37 38 50 60 61 III1 2 3 4 5 6 
   22 25 30 39 40 41 42 43 50 52 53 56 57 58 60
Kubelik, Jan  I12
Kurgan, Mamayev  III4
Laktionov  II37
Lampasov  I58
Landesman, Emiliy Pinkhusovich  II24 51 52 53 54 III52
Lapidus  II46 47
Lazko  II33
Lenard  II11 III31 33 36 46
Lenochka  I35
Leontyev  II25
Levin  III54
Levinton, Sofya Osipovna (Sonechka, Sonka, Sonya)  I3 43 II5 46 47 48 49 
III22 30 60
Levitan  III39
Limonov  I24 25 II3 III22 30 39
Liss  I4 II14 15 28 29 30 39
Lomov  III42
Lomov, Andryusha  II54 55 III39
Lopatin  II34 III9
Loshakova, Anna Stepanovna" II26 52 54 56 III20 27 52 54
Lozovsky  III42
Ludwig  III47
Lyakhov  I58 II17
Lyudnikov  I7
Madyarov, Leonid Sergeyevich (Lenya)  I62 63 64 II6 8 9 24 26 27 52 53 54
   56 III21 24 25 30 40 41 52 53 55
Madyarova, Klara Lavrentyevna  I64
Magar  I40 41
Magid  II34
Makarov  I52 53 II1 33 34 III8 13 50
Makhov  II19
Makuladze  II38
Malenkov*  III52
"Manechka"  II47
Manstein  III32 33 44
Manuilsky  I10
"Manya"  II47 / III45
Manzhulya  I55
Margulis  I18
"Maria"  III38
Markeevich  III6
Markov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich  I15 19 62 II6 7 24 26 27 51 52 53 54 56 III24
   25 27 40 41 52 53
Martynov, Vanya  I37
"Marusya"  I57 / III50
Mashuk  I21
"Matilda"  II47
Matsegur  I55
"Mayka"  II51 53 54
Mayzel  I29 30 31
Mazyukin  I37
Medvedev  I29
Melnikoava, Zina  II61
Mikhailov  I10 / III47
Mikhalev  I52
"Misha"  III58
Mishanin  I40
Mitrich  II4
Molchanov  I37
Molokanov  II51
Molokov  III49
Monidze  I40
Morozov  II34
Mostovskoy, Mikhail Sidorovich  I2 3 4 6 67 69 70 71 II14 15 28 38 39 40 49
   III43 60
Movshovich  I14
Mukhin  I37
"Musya Borisovna"  I43 45 49 II46 47
"Nastya"  I41
"Natalya Ivanovna"  III24
Nedzelsky  I69
"Nikolay Terentyevich"  I21
Nikolayev  I61 II38 60
Nikonov  I5
"Nina"  II24 III53
"Nina Matveevna"  I62 II55 III30
Novikov, Pyotr Pavlovich (Petya) I21 24 52 53 II1 2 3 4 5 13 32 33 34 35 
   59 III8 9 10 13 22 23 29 39 49 50 51
Nozdrin, Stepan Stepanovich  II7 26 27 56 III20
Nyeudobnov, Illarion Innokyentyevich/Mikhail Petrovich  I21 52 53 II2 4 33
   34 35 III8 13 29 49 50 51
Nyeumolinov  I40
Ogibalov  II36
Orlenev  I53
Orlov  I40
Osipov  I4 6 67 69 70 71 II14 39
Osten  III33
Parkhomenko  I13
Partinskaya  I49
Paulus, Friedrich*  I13 II12 22 32 III31 32 33 44 45 47 57 60
Pavlovna, Tamara  II33 34
Pavlykov  I68
Pegov  II16
Perekrest  I40
Perepelitsyn  II7 26
Perfilev  I60
Petenkoffer  III34
Petrov  I9
Petrovna, Agrippina  I3
Petushkov  II6
Piksin  II37
Pimenov  II7 26 III27 40
Pivovarov  I57 II18 19 21 23 III61
Platonov  I29
Pletnyov  III54
Podchufarov  I14 II21 22 23
Polyakov  I60 II19 22 III45
Ponamariova, Verochka  II53
Poskrebyshev  III14
Postoev  I15 19 24 25 26 27 51 55 III27
Postoeva, Alka  I62 II27
Pozharsky*  I7
Praschke  II28
Prasolov  II51 III25 40
Pryakhin  II37 38 III58 60
Puzichenko  I22
"Pynchik"  I49
"Pyotr Mikhailovich"  II33
"Rachel"  I49
Ramskov  III25 40 52
"Raya"  I48
Reineke, von  II28 30
Reyvich  I18
Rimma  II7
Rinaldo  III47
Ritter  III44
Rizin  I24
Rodimtsev*  I10 12 55 III3 13
Rodin  III29
Rodionov  I29 31 II33
"Rosa Nusinovna"  I43 47 48 49
Roze  II41 48
Rozenberg, Naum  I44
Rozhdestvensky  I53
Rubin, Abram Yefimovich (Abrasha)  I40
Rubinchik  I12
Ryaboshtan  III6
Ryutin  II2 4 III42
Ryutin, Masha  II2
Sagaydak  I21
Sagaydak, Igor  I21
Sagaydak, Vitaliy  I21
"Sara Aronovna"  I14
Savostyanov  I15 19 62 II6 7 26 27 51 52 56 III20 21 24 25 27 52
Sazonov  I52 II4
Schenk  III32
Schlemmer  III47
Schmidt*  II12 III31 33 44 45
Schmidt  III36 46
Shcherbakov  II26 36 III42
"Semyon Ivanovich"  III30
Semyonov  I3 II49
Sergeyevna  II61 62
Shaposhnikov, Anatoly (Tolya)  I15 20 25 28 29 30 31 33 61 62 II5 24 25 51
   54 55 61 III20 21 22 25 30 40 41 53 60
Shaposhnikov, Dmitry Nikolayevich (Mitya, Misha)  I23 24 25 II4 9 III5 22
   40 41 60
Shaposhnikov, Sasha  I18
Shaposhnikov, Seryozha  I16 43 59 60 61 II9 16 17 19 22 38 55 61 III22 25
   30 59 60
Shaposhnikova, Alexandra Vladimirovna  I15 16 23 24 28 33 34 43 60 61 62
   II5 6 9 24 38 47 51 55 III25 30 53 58 59 60
Shaposhnikova, Lyudmila Nikolaevna (Lyuda, Lyudochka, Milka) I15 16 20 23 
   24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 40 61 62 64 II6 8 9 24 25 26 27 38 51 53 
   54 55 56 III5 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 30 39 40 41 52 53 55 58 60
Shaposhnikova/Spiridonova, Marusya  I18 23 26 43 62 II5 24 38 III22 58 60
Shaposhnikova, Sonya  I28
Shaposhnikova, Yevgenia Nikolaevna (Zhenya, Zhenechka, Zhenevyeva)  I12 
   16 21 23 24 25 43 52 55  56 60 61 II2 3 4 5 19 33 34 38 47 55 61 III1 
   2 4 5 8 13 21 22 23 25 27 29 30 39 40 42 43 49 50 53 55 56 57 58 60
Shargorodsky, Vladimir Andreyevich  I25 III22
Shchukin  I18
Shimansky  I30 31
Shishakov, Aleksey Alekseyevich  II25 26 27 51 52 54 55 56 III24 25 27 40
   41 52 53 54
Shkiryatov  III58
Shmatkov, Afanasy Lukich  I63
Shmelyev  II21
Shterental, Lusya  II47 48
Shtrum, Anna Semyonovna (Anya) I15 16 18 19 25 II24 46 51 54 III22 30 60
Shtrum, Nadezhda Viktorovna (Nadya)  I15 16 19 20 24 33 34 62 II6 9 24 25 
   26 27 51 53 54 55 56 III20 21 22 25 30 39 40 41 52 54 55 60
Shtrum, Pavel/Pinkhus Iosifovich  II53
Shtrum, Viktor Pavlovich (Vitya, Vitenka)  I15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 33 34 
   55 60 62 63 64 II6 7 8 9 24 25 26 51 52 53 54 55 56 III20 21 22 24 25 
   26 27 30 39 40 41 52 53 54 55 60
Shuba  I56
Shuklin  I55
Shumilov  II36 37 45
Shurev, Leontiy Kuzmich  I63
Sirota  I18
Skotnoy, Vovka  I37 38
"Slava"  II21
Slepoy, Solomon  I49 II46
Smorodintsev  II26
Sokolov, Pyotr Lavrentyevich (Petya)  I16 19 20 62 63 64 II6 7 8 9 24 25 26
   27 51 52 53 54 56 III20 21 24 25 26 27 40 41 53 54 55
Sokolova, Marya Ivanovna (Masha, Mashenka)  I15 20 34 62 63 64 II6 9 24 25
   26 27 51 52 55 56 III21 25 26 27 40 41 53 54 55
Solodkiy  I55
Solomatin  I37 38
"Sorgina"  I49
Sorok  I48
Soshkin  I14 57
Sperling  I18
Sperling, Alya  I18
Sperling, Fanny Borisovna  I18
Sperling, Yuba  I18
Spilberg  I18
Spiridonov, Stepan Fyodorovich  I16 61 II38 55 60 61 62 III1 4 22 30 58 59
   60
Spiridonov, Dmitry (Mitya, Mityenka)  II61 III58 59 60
Spiridonova/Shaposhnikova, Vera  I16 26 36 38 43 61 II3 38 55 60 61 62
   III22 25 30 39 58 59 60
Stahlgang  II28
Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich*  III14 41
Stedling  I40
Stepanov  I40
Stockmann  III25
Stoinikova  III40
Stumpfe  III37
Suslakov  II25
Svechin  II7 26 27 51 56 III21 25 40 52
Talalayevsky  II36
Tarasov  II37
Terentyevna  I29 30 31
Tikhimirov  II16
"Titsian Petrovich"  II35
Tkachenko  I7 9
Tkachev  I18
Tokarev  I55
Tokarev, Vladimir Ilyich  I55
Tolbukhin  III8 9 39 49
Tolstoy, Aleksey  I24 III41
Tomsky  III42
Toschcheyev  II36
Traurig  III33
Troshnikov  I13
Trotsky  III43 56
Trufanov  I13
Trufalev  I40 41
Tungusov  I40
Ugarov, Kolka  I40
Uspensky, Gleb  II26
"Vanya"  II23? 50?
Vasilevsky  III49
Vasiliev  I60
"Vasily Ivanovich"  II24
"Vasya"  III42
Vatutin  III29
Vavilov  I10 II26 / III54
Velikanov  I35 38
Vengrova, Katya  I57 58 II16 17 19 22
Vengrova, Lida  I57
"Vera Dmitrievna"  I57
Verobyov, Seryozha  II38
Vershkov  I53 II4 33 34 III8 29 50
Viktorov, Lenya/Vanya  I35 36 37 38 61 II61 62 63 III58 60
Vinokur, Musya  II46
Volodya  I66
Voronin  III58
Voronov  II35
Voskresensky  II38
Voss  II28
Voynovaya, Lida  I37
Wegler  III46
Weichs  III33
Weisspapier, Anna Naumovna  I62 II7 51 52 54 III52
Weller  II12
Yagoda  III56
Yankelevich, Deborah Samuelnovna (Deba)  I49 II46
Yankelevich, Lazar (Luzya)  I49 II46
Yeremenko*  I9 13 21 II35 36 III11 13 44 49 50
Yeromin  I37
Yershov  I4 5 6 67 69 70 71 II14 39
Yershov, Anyuta  I70
Yershov, Marusya  I70
"Yevdokiya Mikheevna"  I37
Yevseev, Fedya  III42
Yevseyev, Mitya  II4
Yezhov, Nikolay Ivanovich*  II52 III29 56
Yudin  I10
"Yura"  I18
Zadnyepruk  III46
Zadonskaya, Natasha  I68
Zaitsev  I55
Zakabluka  I35 37 II63
Zakharov*  I9 13 II63
Zarokov  I40
Zeitzler  III33
Zelinsky  II27
Zetkin, Clara  III1
Zhelyabov  I40
Zholudyev  I10 56
Zhuchenko  II41 42
"Zina"  II11 III38
Zlatokrylets  I6 69 70 II39
Zubarev  I58 60 II16 17

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19 June 2005