| 1st Name | Surname | Role | Born | Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kira | Argounova | Protagonist | AKA: Kira Alexandrovna (Koko’s confusion). | |
| Alexander | Argounov | Father of Kira Husband of Galina |
Full name: Alexander Dimitrievitch Argonouv. | |
| Galina | Argounova | Mother of Kira Wife of Alexander Sister of Maria |
Full name: Galina Petrovna Argonouva. | |
| Lydia | Eldest Argonouv Daughter | 28 | ||
| Maria | Petrovna | Sister of Galina | Always was the spoiled beauty of the family. AKA: Marussia. | |
| Vasili | Dunaev | Husband of Galina | Owned a prosperous fur business before the revolution. Full name: Vasili Ivanovitch Dunaev. | |
| Irina | Daughter of Galina | 18 | Eyes of 28 and laughter of 8. Tall and tense. | |
| Acia | Daughter of Galina | 8 | ||
| Victor | Dunaev | |||
| Andrei | Taganov | 1896 | ||
| Leo | Kovalensky | AKA: Lev. | ||
| Sonia | AKA: Comrade Soni. | |||
| Antonina | Pavovna | Meets Leo in the Crimea. AKA: Koko. | ||
| Marisha | Daughter of Glieb | |||
| Pavel | Syerov | |||
| 1st Name | Surname | Role | Age | Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitiuk | A tall woman with thin gray hair and in strict sympathy for the Soviet Government. | |||
| Nina | Works in same office as Kira. Like Tina, only works in office for the wage. Wears earrings and answers telephone. | |||
| Tina | Powders her nose and runs typewriter. | |||
| Vava | Milovskaia | |||
| Doctor | Milovsky | |||
| Glieb | Lavrov | Father of Marisha | Full name: Glieb Hyitch Lavrov. | |
| Stepan | Timoshenko | Served in Baltic Fleet and in the coast guard of the GPU. | ||
| 1st Name | Surname | Role | Born | Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lili | Savinskaia | Died by eating bad horse meat brought home by husband. She and he lost everything when their sugar business was nationalized. | ||
| Kolya | Smiatkin | Afraid to ask Rita to dance. | ||
| Mitya | Vessiolkin | Tried to jump onto a moving tramway. One hand cut off. | ||
| Rita | Eksler | |||
| Agrafena | Vlassovna | One of the three tenants where Andrei grew up. “Spat in her sleep” (p. 106). | ||
| Nadia | Chernova | Wears silk stockings (p. 196). | ||
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