# Dead Souls — Character guide

> Key figures in Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol.

- [Chichikov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/chichikov.md): A mysterious gentleman who travels across Russia buying dead serfs for a dubious scheme.
- [Sobakevitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/sobakevitch.md): A bear-like landowner who drives a hard bargain selling dead souls to Chichikov.
- [Nozdrev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/nozdrev.md): A boisterous, lying gambler and landowner who nearly exposes Chichikov's scheme.
- [Andrei Ivanovitch Tientietnikov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/tientietnikov.md): A lazy, melancholic young landowner who becomes a key figure in Part II.
- [Platon Mikhalitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/platon_mikhalitch.md): A wealthy, apathetic landowner who accompanies Chichikov on his travels.
- [Khlobuev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/khlobuev.md): A ruined landowner who desperately tries to sell his estate to Chichikov.
- [Plushkin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/plushkin.md): An impossibly miserly old landowner whose estate is falling to ruin.
- [Selifan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/selifan.md): Chichikov's drunken, philosophical coachman who often gets them lost.
- [Manilov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/manilov.md): A saccharine, impractical landowner who lives in a world of fantasy.
- [Murazov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/murazov.md): A wise and wealthy tax-farmer who advises Chichikov in Part II.
- [Kostanzhoglo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/kostanzhoglo.md): An ideal, hardworking landowner whose estate is a model of efficiency.
- [General Betristchev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/general_betristchev.md): A retired general and Tientietnikov's proud, domineering neighbor.
- [Captain Kopeikin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/captain_kopeikin.md): A war veteran turned robber, whose story is told as a digression by the postmaster.
- [Korobotchka](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/korobotchka.md): A superstitious, thrifty old widow landowner who sells dead souls out of fear.
- [Samosvitov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/samosvitov.md): A dashing, unscrupulous official who helps Chichikov escape trouble.
- [Vassili Thedorov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/vassili_thedorov.md): A bewildered peasant or servant encountered during Chichikov's travels.
- [Ivan Antonovitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/ivan_antonovitch.md): A minor official in the town administration who processes documents.
- [Thedor Thedorovitch Lienitsin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/lienitsin.md): A young, foppish official who assists Chichikov with legal matters.
- [Alexander Petrovitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/alexander_petrovitch.md): A former teacher of Tientietnikov, remembered as an ideal educator.
- [Ivan Potapitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/ivan_potapitch.md): A servant or minor character in the later chapters of the book.
- [Peter Petrovitch Pietukh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/peter_petrovitch_pietukh.md): A hospitable, gluttonous landowner who loves to feast his guests.
- [Porphyri](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/porphyri.md): A servant or minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Semen Semenovitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/semen_semenovitch.md): A minor official or landowner encountered in the story.
- [Themistocleus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/themistocleus.md): Manilov's young son, named after an ancient Greek general.
- [Grigory](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/grigory.md): A peasant or servant mentioned in passing.
- [Michiev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/michiev.md): A skilled wheelwright owned by Sobakevitch.
- [Colonel Koshkarev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/colonel_koshkarev.md): A mad landowner who runs his estate like a bureaucratic office.
- [Athanasi Vassilievitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/athanas_vassilievitch.md): A minor character, possibly a landowner or official.
- [Moki Kifovitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/moki_kifovitch.md): A character from a brief philosophical digression in the narrative.
- [Alkid](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/alkid.md): Manilov's other young son, brother to Themistocleus.
- [Pimenov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/pimenov.md): A peasant or worker mentioned in the story.
- [Lieutenant Kuvshinnikov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/lieutenant_kuvshinnikov.md): A dashing officer known for his social exploits, mentioned by Nozdrev.
- [Ivan Grigorievitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/ivan_grigorievitch.md): A minor official, possibly the chief of police.
- [Ponomarev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/ponomarev.md): A wine merchant or trader mentioned in the story.
- [Uncle Mitai](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/uncle_mitai.md): A peasant who helps in a comical scene involving tangled horses.
- [Theodulia Ivanovna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/theodulia_ivanovna.md): Sobakevitch's wife, a tall and dignified woman.
- [Aleksasha](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/aleksasha.md): A young man or servant mentioned in the narrative.
- [Kifa Mokievitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/kifa_mokievitch.md): A character from a philosophical digression, father of Moki Kifovitch.
- [Fetinia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/fetinia.md): A servant woman in Korobotchka's household.
- [Andrusha](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/andrusha.md): A young boy or servant mentioned in the story.
- [Probka Stepan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/probka_stepan.md): A dead serf, a skilled carpenter, listed among Sobakevitch's souls.
- [Proshka](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/proshka.md): A young servant boy in Plushkin's household.
- [Varvar Nikolaievitch Vishnepokromov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/vishnepokromov.md): A neighbor and friend of Tientietnikov who visits him.
- [Thoma Bolshoy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/thoma_bolshoy.md): A dead serf mentioned in a list of souls sold to Chichikov.
- [Eremi Sorokoplechin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/eremi_sorokoplechin.md): A dead serf mentioned in a list of souls sold to Chichikov.
- [Elizabeta Vorobei](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/elizabeta_vorobei.md): A dead female serf mistakenly listed as male by Korobotchka.
- [Antip Prochorov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/antip_prochorov.md): A dead serf mentioned in a list of souls sold to Chichikov.
- [Derebin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/derebin.md): A landowner mentioned as a potential buyer of an estate.
- [Perfilievna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/perfilievna.md): A female servant or character mentioned in passing.
- [Nikolasha](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/dead_souls_se/characters/nikolasha.md): A young man or servant mentioned in the narrative.

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