# Fathers and Children — Character guide

> Key figures in Fathers and Children by Ivan Turgenev.

- [Yevgeny Bazarov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/yevgeny_bazarov.md): A nihilist medical student who challenges traditional values and becomes the central figure of the novel.
- [Arkady Kirsanov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/arkady_kirsanov.md): A young nobleman and Bazarov's disciple who returns home from university with new ideas.
- [Pavel Petrovitch Kirsanov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/pavel_petrovitch_kirsanov.md): Arkady's aristocratic uncle who becomes Bazarov's ideological antagonist.
- [Nikolai Petrovitch Kirsanov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/nikolai_petrovitch_kirsanov.md): Arkady's gentle father, a landowner trying to modernize his estate.
- [Anna Sergyevna Odintsov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/anna_sergyevna_odintsov.md): A wealthy, intelligent widow who captivates both Bazarov and Arkady.
- [Fenitchka](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/fenitchka.md): Nikolai's young mistress and mother of his child Mitya.
- [Katya](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/katya.md): Anna Odintsov's younger sister, who later marries Arkady.
- [Vassily Ivanovitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/vassily_ivanovitch.md): Bazarov's devoted father, a retired army doctor.
- [Arina Vlasyevna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/arina_vlasyevna.md): Bazarov's loving and superstitious mother.
- [Sitnikov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/sitnikov.md): A foolish hanger-on who pretends to be a progressive.
- [Evdoksya Kukshin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/evdoksya_kukshin.md): An eccentric, emancipated woman who hosts intellectual gatherings.
- [Matvy Ilyitch Kolyazin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/matvy_ilyitch_kolyazin.md): A government official and relative of the Kirsanovs.
- [Father Alexey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/father_alexey.md): A local priest who visits the Bazarov household.
- [Mitya](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/mitya.md): The infant son of Nikolai and Fenitchka.
- [Prokofitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/prokofitch.md): An elderly servant at the Kirsanov estate.
- [Princess R](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/princess_r.md): A mysterious woman from Pavel Petrovitch's past.
- [Anfisushka](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/anfisushka.md): An old servant in the Bazarov household.
- [Porfiry Platonovitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/porfiry_platonovitch.md): A neighbor and acquaintance of the Kirsanovs.
- [Sergay Nikolaevitch Loktev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/fathers_and_children_se/characters/sergay_nikolaevitch_loktev.md): The deceased father of Anna and Katya Odintsov.

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