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.