Character guide

Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya

major

Also known as Lyubov, Madame Ranevsky, Lyuba

The estate owner returning from Paris, struggling with debt and loss of her cherry orchard.

Anya

major

Also known as Anya Mamma, Anya Calling gaily

Lyubov's young daughter, hopeful and idealistic about the future.

Varya

major

Also known as Varya Mamma, Varya Angrily

Lyubov's adopted daughter, practical and managing the household.

Yermolay Lopahin

major

Also known as Lopahin, Madame Lopahin, Yermolay Alexeyevitch, Yermolay

A wealthy merchant of peasant origin who buys the cherry orchard.

Petya Trofimov

major

Also known as Trofimov, Petya, Trofimov Who, Trofimov Possibly

A perpetual student and idealist who inspires Anya with visions of a new world.

Leonid Andreyevitch Gaev

supporting

Also known as Leonid, Gaev, Gaev Nurse, Gaev Sister

Lyubov's brother, a talkative and sentimental aristocrat attached to the orchard.

Firs

supporting

Also known as Firs Leonid Andreyevitch

Aged servant who remembers the serf era and is devoted to the family.

Charlotta Ivanovna

supporting

Also known as Charlotta, Charlotta Ivanonva

The eccentric German governess who performs tricks and ventriloquism.

Epihodov

supporting

Also known as Epihodov Firs

A clumsy clerk who fancies himself a tragic figure and proposes to Dunyasha.

Dunyasha

supporting

Also known as Dunyasha Epihodov, Dunyasha Embarrassed, Dunyasha God

A maid who dreams of romance and is courted by Epihodov and Yasha.

Yasha

supporting

Also known as Yasha Handing Lyubov Andreyevna

A young footman who has been to Paris and is dismissive of rural life.

Semyonov-Pishtchik

supporting

Also known as Pishtchik, Mr. Pishtchik, Seyonov - Pishtchik, Kisses Pishtchik

A landowner constantly borrowing money and obsessed with his health.

Deriganov

minor

Also known as Lopahin Deriganov

A wealthy landowner mentioned as a potential buyer of the orchard.

Dashenka

minor

Pishtchik's daughter, briefly mentioned as sending a telegram.

Anitchka

minor

A deceased child mentioned in passing by the family.

Pyotr Sergeyevitch

minor

Also known as Dunyasha Pyotr Sergeyevitch

A character mentioned by Dunyasha as a former suitor.