# Michael Strogoff — Character guide

> Key figures in Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne.

- [Michael Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/michael_strogoff.md): A courier for the Czar, tasked with delivering a vital message across Siberia.
- [Nadia Fedor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/nadia.md): A young Livonian woman who travels with Michael Strogoff across Siberia.
- [Ivan Ogareff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/ivan_ogareff.md): A traitorous Russian colonel leading the Tartar invasion of Siberia.
- [Alcide Jolivet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/alcide_jolivet.md): A French journalist covering the Tartar invasion for his newspaper.
- [Harry Blount](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/harry_blount.md): An English journalist and rival to Alcide Jolivet in reporting the war.
- [Marfa Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/marfa_strogoff.md): Michael Strogoff's elderly mother, living in Omsk.
- [Sangarre](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/sangarre.md): A cunning Tzigane woman who serves as a spy for Ivan Ogareff.
- [Wassili Fedor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/wassili_fedor.md): Nadia's father, a political exile living in Irkutsk.
- [Feofar-Khan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/feofar_khan.md): The Emir of Bokhara and leader of the Tartar invasion.
- [Nicholas Pigassof](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/nicholas_pigassof.md): A fellow traveler who befriends Michael and Nadia on the road.
- [The Grand Duke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/grand_duke.md): The Czar's brother and governor of Irkutsk, besieged by Tartars.
- [Nicholas Korpanoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/nicholas_korpanoff.md): A young Russian officer and friend of Michael Strogoff.
- [Peter Strogoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/peter_strogoff.md): Michael Strogoff's deceased father, mentioned in backstory.
- [Serko](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/serko.md): Michael Strogoff's loyal dog, who accompanies him on his journey.
- [General Voranzoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/general_voranzoff.md): A Russian general commanding forces against the Tartars.
- [Captain Fedor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/captain_fedor.md): A Russian captain at the Yenisey ferry crossing.
- [General Kisselef](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/michael_strogoff_se/characters/general_kisselef.md): A Russian general mentioned in dispatches.

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