The Names of the Characters in the Book

NIKOLÁI [Nicolas] ARTÉMYEVITCH STÁHOV.

ÁNNA VASSÍLYEVNA.

ELÉNA [LÉNOTCHKA, Hélène] NIKOLÁEVNA.

ZÓYA [Zoë] NIKÍTISHNA MÜLLER.

ANDRÉI PETRÓVITCH BERSÉNYEV.

PÁVEL [Paul] YÁKOVLITCH (or YÁKOVITCH) SHÚBIN.

DMÍTRI NIKANÓROVITCH (or NIKANÓRITCH) INSÁROV.

YEGÓR ANDRÉITCH KURNATÓVSKY.

UVÁR IVÁNOVITCH STÁHOV.

AUGUSTÍNA CHRISTIÁNOVNA.

ÁNNUSHKA.

In transcribing the Russian names into English—

a has the sound of a in father. e a in pane. i ee. u oo. y is always consonantal except when it is the last letter of the word. g is always hard.