# Yashka — Character guide

> Key figures in Yashka by Maria Bochkareva.

- [Yasha Buk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/yasha_buk.md): The narrator and protagonist, a young soldier who enlists and experiences war and revolution.
- [Maria Bochkareva](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/maria_bochkareva.md): Founder and commander of the Women's Battalion of Death, a central figure in the narrative.
- [General Kornilov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/kornilov.md): A prominent Russian general involved in the political turmoil of the revolution.
- [Alexander Kerensky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/kerensky.md): Head of the Russian Provisional Government during the revolution.
- [Ivan Ivanovitch Petrukhin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/ivan_petrukhin.md): A fellow soldier and friend of Yasha, serving alongside him.
- [Afanasy Bochkarev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/afanasy_bochkarev.md): Maria Bochkareva's father, a harsh figure from her childhood.
- [Mikhail Rodzianko](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/rodzianko.md): President of the State Duma, a key political figure during the revolution.
- [Lieutenant Vasili](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/lieutenant_vasili.md): An officer in Yasha's regiment, a recurring figure.
- [Nastasia Leontievna Fuchsman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/nastasia_fuchsman.md): Maria Bochkareva's mother, a long-suffering woman.
- [Stepan Vasiliev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/stepan_vasiliev.md): A soldier and comrade of Yasha, later a Bolshevik.
- [General Polovtzev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/general_polovtzev.md): A general who commands the Petrograd Military District.
- [Marusia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/marusia.md): A young woman in the Women's Battalion of Death.
- [General Brusilov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/general_brusilov.md): A high-ranking Russian general during World War I.
- [Daria Maximovna Vasilieva](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/daria_vasilieva.md): A wealthy woman who supports the Women's Battalion.
- [Vladimir Lenin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/lenin.md): Leader of the Bolshevik Party, encountered during the revolution.
- [Governor Kraft](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/governor_kraft.md): Governor of a Siberian province, a figure from Yasha's exile.
- [Olga Frolkova](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/olga_frolkova.md): A young woman in the Women's Battalion of Death.
- [General Verkhovsky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/general_verkhovsky.md): Russian Minister of War under the Provisional Government.
- [Nadia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/nadia.md): A young woman in the Women's Battalion of Death.
- [Leon Trotsky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/trotsky.md): A leading Bolshevik, encountered during the revolution.
- [Anna Petrovna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/anna_petrovna.md): A woman who helps Yasha during his escape from exile.
- [Lieutenant Filippov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/lieutenant_filippov.md): An officer in the Women's Battalion of Death.
- [Prince Alexander Gutemurov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/prince_gutemurov.md): A prince and officer in the Russian army.
- [General Valuyev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/general_valuyev.md): A Russian general encountered during the war.
- [Colonel Stubendorf](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/colonel_stubendorf.md): A colonel of German descent in the Russian army.
- [Emmeline Pankhurst](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/emmeline_pankhurst.md): British suffragette who visits the Women's Battalion.
- [Vera Michailovna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/vera_michailovna.md): A woman who helps Yasha during his escape.
- [Princess Tatuyeva](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/princess_tatuyeva.md): A princess who supports the Women's Battalion.
- [Elizar Nazarev](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/elizar_nazarev.md): A peasant who helps Yasha during his escape.
- [Avdotia Ivanovna Kitova](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/avdotia_kitova.md): An old woman who helps Yasha during his escape.
- [Klipatskaya](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/klipatskaya.md): A woman in the Women's Battalion of Death.
- [Sablin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/sablin.md): A naval officer encountered during the revolution.
- [Leonid Grigorievitch Filippov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/leonid_filippov.md): An officer in the Women's Battalion of Death.
- [Shura](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/shura.md): A young woman in the Women's Battalion of Death.
- [Comrade Orlov](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/orlov.md): A Bolshevik encountered during the revolution.
- [General X](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/yashka_se/characters/general_x.md): An unnamed general encountered by Yasha.

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