# Nikolai Ardalionovich Ivolgin — The Idiot character guide

> Nikolai Ardalionovich Ivolgin in The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Colia, Ivolgin, XII Colia, Colia Ivolgin, Dear Colia, Poor Colia, Nicolai Ardalionovitch

**First appearance:** 0001-part-i-ii

## Who they are

Ganya's younger brother, a loyal friend to Myshkin and Hippolyte.

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