Life And Fate (Orange Inheritance)
LIST OF CHIEF CHARACTERS
THE SHAPOSHNIKOV FAMILY AND THEIR CIRCLE
| Shaposhnikova, Lyudmila Nikolaevna | |
| Shtrum, Viktor Pavlovich | Lyudmila’s husband, a physicist, member of the Academy of Sciences |
| Nadya | daughter of Viktor and Lyudmila |
| Shaposhnikova, Alexandra Vladimirovna | Lyudmila’s mother |
| Shaposhnikova, Yevgenia Nikolaevna (‘Zhenya’) | Lyudmila’s sister |
| Abarchuk | Lyudmila’s first husband, arrested in 1937 |
| Shaposhnikov, Anatoly (‘Tolya’) | Lyudmila’s son by Abarchuk, a lieutenant in the army |
| Spiridinova, Marusya | sister of Lyudmila and Yevgenia, drowned in the Volga during the evacuation of Stalingrad |
| Spiridinov, Stepan Fyodorovich | Marusya’s husband, director of the Stalingrad Power Station |
| Spiridinova, Vera | daughter of Marusya and Stepan Fyodorovich |
| Shaposhnikov, Dmitry (‘Mitya’) | brother to Lyudmila, Yevgenia and Marusya, now in a camp as a political prisoner |
| Shaposhnikov, Seryozha | Dmitry’s son, a soldier at the front, in house 6/1 |
| Krymov, Nikolay Grigorevich | Yevgenia’s former husband, a commissar in the Red Army |
VIKTOR’S COLLEAGUES
| Sokolov, Pyotr Lavrentyevich | mathematician in Viktor’s laboratory |
| Sokolova, Marya Ivanovna | his wife |
| Markov, Vyacheslav Ivanovich | in charge of experimental work in Viktor’s laboratory |
| Savostyanov | laboratory assistant |
| Weisspapier, Anna Naumovna | laboratory assistant |
| Loshakova, Anna Stepanovna | laboratory assistant |
| Nozdrin, Stepan Stepanovich | technician in Viktor’s laboratory |
| Perepelitsyn | electrician in Viktor’s laboratory |
| Svechin | head of the magnetic laboratory |
| Postoev | a doctor of physics |
| Gavronov, Professor | a specialist in the history of physics |
| Gurevich, Natan Samsonovich | a doctor of physics |
| Chepyzhin, Dmitry Petrovich | director of the Institute |
| Pimenov | administrative director of the Institute while it is in Kazan |
| Shishakov, Aleksey Alekseyevich | Academician, appointed administrative and scientific director on the Institute’s return to Moscow |
| Kovchenko, Kasyan Terentyevich | appointed deputy director |
| Dubyonkov | head of the personnel department |
| Ramskov | secretary of the Institute Party Committee |
| Badin | head of the Scientific Section of the Central Committee |
VIKTOR’S CIRCLE IN KAZAN
| Madyarov, Leonid Sergeyevich | historian, Sokolov’s brother-in-law |
| Artelev, Vladimir Romanovich | chemical engineer, the Sokolovs’ landlord |
| Karimov, Akhmet Usmanovich | translator into Tartar |
IN THE GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP
| Mostovskoy, Mikhail Sidorovich | an Old Bolshevik |
| Gardi | an Italian Priest |
| Ikonnikov-Morzh | a former Tolstoyan, called ‘a holy fool’ by his fellow prisoners |
| Chernetsov | a former Menshevik |
| Yershov, Major | a captured Russian officer |
| Nikonov, Major | a captured Russian officer |
| Osipov, Brigade Commissar | a captured Russian officer |
| Zlatokrylets, Colonel | a captured Russian officer |
| Gudz, General | a captured Russian officer |
| Kirillov, Major | a captured Russian officer |
| Kotikov | a captured Russian officer, a Party member |
| Liss, Obersturmbannführer | SS representative on the camp administration |
IN THE RUSSIAN LABOUR CAMP
| Abarchuk | Lyudmila’s former husband |
| Nyeumolimov | former commander of a cavalry brigade during the Civil War |
| Monidze | former member of the Presidium of the Communist Youth International |
| Rubin, Abrasha | a medical orderly |
| Barkhatov | a criminal, Abarchuk’s assistant |
| Tungusov | an old guards officer |
| Ugarov, Kolka | a criminal |
| Konashevich | a former aircraft mechanic and boxing champion |
| Magar | an Old Bolshevik, Abarchuk’s former teacher |
| Zakorov | a criminal, in charge of Abarchuk’s hut |
| Perekrest | leader of the coal-team |
| Dolgoruky, Prince | a mystic |
| Stepanov | former professor at the Economics Institute |
| Mishanin, Captain | the operations officer |
| Trufelev | a medical orderly |
ON THE JOURNEY TO THE GAS CHAMBER
| Levinton, Sofya Osipovna | an army doctor, friend of Yevgenia |
| David | a boy |
| Borisovna, Musya | a librarian |
| Bukhman, Rebekka | a relative of David’s |
| Rozenberg, Naum | an accountant |
| Karasik, Natasha | a shy girl |
| Yankevich, Lazar | a machinist |
| Deborah Samuelovna | his wife |
| Vinokur, Musya | a pretty girl |
| Khmelkov, Anton | a member of the special unit |
| Zhuchenko, Trofima | a member of the special unit |
| Kaltluft, Sturmbannführer | the commander of a Sonderkommando |
IN THE LUBYANKA PRISON
| Krymov, Nikolay Grigorevich | Yevgenia’s former husband, a commissar |
| Dreling | a Menshevik |
| Bogoleev | an art historian and poet |
| Katsenelenbogen | a former Chekist and Moscow compere |
IN KUIBYSHEV
| Shaposhnikova, Yevgenia Nikolaevna | Lyudmila’s sister |
| Genrikhovna, Jenny | former governess to the Shaposhnikov family |
| Shargorodsky, Vladimir Andreyevich | an aristocrat, in exile from 1926–33 |
| Limonov | a man of letters from Moscow |
| Rizin, Lieutenant-Colonel | Yevgenia’s boss |
| Grishin | head of the passport department |
| Glafira Dmitrievna | senior tenant in Yevgenia’s lodgings |
AT STALINGRAD POWER STATION
| Spiridonov, Stepan Fyodorovich | the director |
| Spiridinova, Vera | his daughter |
| Andreyev, Pavel Andreyevich | a guard |
| Nikolayev | the Party organizer |
| Kamyshov | the chief engineer |
GETMANOV’S CIRCLE IN UFA
| Getmanov, Dementiy Trifonovich | secretary of an obkom, appointed commissar to Novikov’s tank corps |
| Getmanova, Galina Terentyevna | his wife |
| Nikolay Terentyevich | Galina’s brother |
| Mashuk | an official in the State security organs |
| Sagaydak | an executive in the propaganda department of the Ukrainian Central Committee |
MEMBERS OF A FIGHTER SQUADRON OF THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE
| Viktorov, Lieutenant | a pilot, Vera Spiridinova’s lover |
| Zakabluka, Major | the commander of the squadron |
| Solomatin, Lieutenant | a pilot |
| Yeromin, Lieutenant | a pilot |
| Korol, Junior Lieutenant | a pilot |
| Martynov, Wing-Commander Vanya | a pilot |
| Golub, Political Instructor | billeted with Viktorov |
| Skotnoy, Lieutenant Vovka | a pilot, billeted with Viktorov |
| Berman | the squadron commissar |
| Velikanov, Lieutenant | a pilot, the duty-officer |
NOVIKOV’S TANK CORPS
| Novikov, Colonel Pyotr Pavlovich | the commanding officer, Yevgenia’s lover |
| Nyeudobnov, General Illarion Innokyentyevich | Novikov’s chief of staff |
| Getmanov, Dementiy Trifonovich | the commissar |
| Karpov, Colonel | the commander of the 1st Brigade |
| Byelov | the commander of the 2nd Brigade |
| Makarov | the commander of the 3rd Brigade |
| Fatov | a battalion commander |
| Vershkov | Novikov’s orderly |
| Kharitonov | Novikov’s driver |
OFFICERS OF THE SOVIET ARMY IN STALINGRAD
| Yeremenko, Lieutenant-General* | commander-in-chief of the Stalingrad Front |
| Zakharov, Lieutenant-General* | Yeremenko’s chief of staff |
| Chuykov, Lieutenant-General* | commander of the 62nd Army |
| Krylov, Major-General* | Chuykov’s chief of staff |
| Gurov, Divisional Commissar* | |
| Pozharsky* | artillery commander of the 62nd Army |
| Batyuk, Lieutenant-Colonel* | commander of 284th Rifle Division |
| Guryev, Major-General* | commander of 39th Guards Division |
| Rodimtsev* | commander of the 13th Guards Division |
| Belsky | Rodimtsev’s chief of staff |
| Vavilov | commissar of Rodimtsev’s division |
| Borisov, Colonel | Rodimtsev’s second-in-command |
| Byerozkin, Major | in command of a regiment |
| Glushkov | Byerozkin’s orderly |
| Podchufarov, Captain | in command of a battalion |
| Movshovich | in command of a battalion of sappers |
| Pivovarov | battalion commissar in Byerozkin’s regiment |
| Soshkin | political instructor in Byerozkin’s regiment |
SOLDIERS IN HOUSE 6/1
| Grekov, Captain | ‘house-manager’ |
| Antsiferov, Sergeant-Major | in command of sapper detachment |
| Vengrova, Katya | a radio-operator |
| Kolomeitsev | a gunner |
| Batrakov, Lieutenant | in command of artillery observation post |
| Bunchuk | an observer |
| Lampasov | a plotter |
| Klimov | a scout |
| Chentsov | a member of the mortar-crew |
| Lyakhov | a sapper |
| Zubarev, Lieutenant | in command of the infantry |
| Shaposhnikov, Seryozha | a soldier |
| Perfilev | a soldier |
| Polyakov | a soldier |
IN THE KALMYK STEPPE
| Darensky, Lieutenant-Colonel | a staff officer from Front Headquarters |
| Alla Sergeyevna | the wife of an Army commander |
| Claudia | the mistress of the Member of the Military Soviet |
| Bova, Lieutenant-Colonel | the chief of staff of an artillery regiment |
OFFICERS OF THE GERMAN ARMY IN STALINGRAD
| Paulus, General Friedrich* | commander of the 6th Army |
| Schmidt, General* | Paulus’ chief of staff |
| Adam, Colonel* | Paulus’ adjutant |
| Bach, Lieutenant Peter | an infantry officer |
| Krap | an officer in charge of a detachment of scouts, in hospital with Bach |
| Gerne, Lieutenant | a staff officer in hospital with Bach |
| Fresser, Lieutenant | an officer in hospital with Bach |
| Lenard | an SS officer |
| Chalb | the commander of the military police |
| Eisenaug, Sergeant | an NCO in Bach’s company |
* Historical characters.