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Mikhail Maksimovich Kurolyessoff: character portrait from A Russian Gentleman (S. T. Aksakov)

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Mikhail Maksimovich Kurolyessoff

A Russian Gentleman by S. T. Aksakov

An Army major and landowner who marries Praskovya Ivanovna Bagrova to gain control of her considerable property.

Also known as: Mikhail Maksimovich, Mihail Maximovitch, the Major, Kurolyessoff, the ruffian

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An Army major and landowner who marries Praskovya Ivanovna Bagrova to gain control of her considerable property. Initially he appears courteous, capable, businesslike, and attentive to agricultural management, but he later becomes a drunken and brutally arbitrary master who terrorizes dependants, organizes a band of ruffians, and inflicts torture and violence on those under his authority. After Praskovya attempts to revoke his control, he imprisons and beats her at Parashino.

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Portrait of Stepan Mikhailovich BagrovoStepan Mikhailovich BagrovoThe forceful patriarch of the Bagrov family, an energetic landowner who migrates from Simbirsk to the district of Ufa to establish a new estate. Physically powerful, practical, proud of his ancient lineage, and almost incapable of tolerating deceit or disorder, he is also generous and protective toward his dependants and neighbours. His violent temper and arbitrary punishments coexist with a strong sense of honour, justice, and affection for his family.Portrait of Arina Vassilyevna BagrovaArina Vassilyevna BagrovaStepan Mikhailovich's wife and the mother of his children. A simple, kind-hearted, and submissive woman, she manages the household while living under her husband's authority and often under the influence of her daughters. She is affectionate toward her son and later welcomes her daughter-in-law Sofya Nikolayevna, though her fear of Stepan Mikhailovich shapes much of her conduct.Portrait of Alexei Stepanovich BagrovoAlexei Stepanovich BagrovoStepan Mikhailovich and Arina Vassilyevna's only son and heir. He is a handsome, gentle, bashful, and somewhat passive young man who serves in the Army and later works in the civil service at Ufa. He falls deeply in love with Sofya Nikolayevna and marries her with his parents' blessing; he possesses natural intelligence, kindness, honour, and integrity, but little independence or social confidence.Portrait of Sofya Nikolayevna BagrovaSofya Nikolayevna BagrovaThe intelligent and strong-willed daughter of Nikolai Zubin, who marries Alexei Stepanovich Bagrov. Having endured severe mistreatment from her stepmother, she becomes the effective manager of her father's household and office while still young. Educated, eloquent, socially accomplished, and accustomed to authority, she enters the Bagrov family determined to earn Stepan Mikhailovich's affection and to shape her husband's character, while struggling with her own impulsive temper.
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