The Names of the Characters in the Book
Grigóry [Grísha] Mihálovitch Litvínov.
Tat-yána [Tánya] Petróvna Shestóv.
Kapitolína Márkovna.
Rostisláv Bambáev.
Semyón Yákovlevitch Voroshílov.
Stepán Nikoláevitch Gubar-yóv.
Matróna Semyónovna Suhántchikov.
Tit Bindásov.
Pish-Tchálkin.
Sozónt Ivánitch Potúgin.
Irína Pávlovna Osínin.
Valerián Vladímirovitch Ratmírov.
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. |