Karamazov "Family":
Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov: The Karamazov father; "the old buffoon"
Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov: Karamazov's first son; the rake
Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov: Karamazov's second son; the atheist intellectual
Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov: "Alyosha," Karamazov's third son; the saint

Adelaida Ivanovna Miusov: Karamazov's first wife, Dmitri's mother
Sofia Ivanovna: Karamazov's second wife, Ivan's & Alexei's mother; "the shrieker"
Yefin Petrovich Polonov: Guardian of Ivan & Alexei

Grigory Vasilievich (Vasiliev) Kutuzov: Servant of Karamazov
Marfa Ignatievna (Ignatieva) Kutuzov: Wife of Grigory Vasilievich (92)
Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov: Karamazov's cook; son of Lizaveta Smerdyashchaya (92)
Lizaveta Smerdyashchaya (no family name): "Stinking Lizaveta"; mother of Pavel Fyodorovich (97)

Monastery residents:
Zosima: The elder (23)
Father Superior (85)
Father Paissy: A hieromonk (38)
Father Iosif: The librarian, a hieromonk (38)
Father Ferapont: The ascetic, adversary of Zosima (166)
Porfiry: A novice (157?)

Monastery visitors:
Pyotr Alexandrovich Miusov: Cousin of Adelaida Ivanovna (10)
Pyotr Fomich Kalganov: Young relative of Miusov; "distracted" (34)
Mikhail Osipovich Rakitin: A seminarian; friend of Alexei (38,78)
Maximov: Tula landowner, "looks like von Sohn" (35)
Katerina Osipovna Khokhlakov: Supplicant; mother of Liza (53)
Liza Khokhlakov: The wheelchair-bound supplicant, loves Alexei (53)

Others:
Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtsev: Dmitri's fiancee (145)
Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlov: Grushenka, the "seductress"; pursued by Dmitri (72?; 148)
Maria Kondratievna (no family name): Neighbor of Fyodor Pavlovich; Dmitri hid in back yard

Introduced after Part I--Snegiryov Family:
Nikolai Ilyich Snegiryov: "Whiskbroom"; "the Captain"; Dmitri pulled his beard (193)
Arina Petrovna Snegiryov: Wife of Nikolai Ilyich; simple-minded (197)
Varvara Nikolaevna Snegiryov: Irritable daughter of Nikolai Ilyich (197)
Nina Nikolaevna Snegiryov: Hunchback daughter of Nikolai Ilyich (197)
Ilyusha Snegiryov: Young son of Nikolai Ilyich; bit Alexei's finger (177)

Introduced after Part I--Officials:
Herzenstube: Old village doctor (often mentioned early; 670)
Varvinsky: Young district doctor (452)
"Moscow doctor" (not named): (552? 670)
Mikhail Makarovich (Makarich) Makarov: Elderly Police Commissioner (443)
Ippolit Kirillovich (no family name): Deputy Prosecutor; "passed over" (452)
Nikolai Parfenovich Nelyudov: District Attorney; the "naughty boy" (452)
Fetyukovich: Dmitri's lawyer (568)

Introduced after Part I--Others:
Gorstkin: "Lyagavy"; drunken peasant; woodlot disputant (375)
Pyotr Ilyich Perkhotin: Dmitri's friend, pawned pistols (397)
Trifon Borisovich (Borisich): Innkeeper (413)
Fedosya Markovna (Markov): "Fenya," maid to Grushenka (345)
Kuzma Kuzmich Samsonov: Grushenka's patron; swollen legs (369)
Mussyalovich: Little Pan, Grushenka's former lover (416)
Vrublevsky: Tall Pan (416)
Nikolai Ivanov Krasotkin: "Kostya," prankster, stabbed by Ilyusha (515)

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