Chapter 2 main character list
(in order of appearance)
Irina (Ira, Eliza, Irochka, Irena).Vladimirovna.Tarakanova - heroine
Stanislav.Albertovich.Flavitsky - Gynecologist
Kshyusha (Ksenia).Mochurskaya - the heroine's girlfriend
Lidula - the heroine's girlfriend
Father Viniamin - the priest who baptizes the heroine
Vladimir.Sergeyevich (F. She. Leonardic) - lover of the heroine, literary activist
Brothers Ivanovich (Sergey and Nikolai) - Journalist
Vitasic.Merzlyakov - the lover of the heroine
Veronica - the heroine's girlfriend
Victor.Harry Tonage - the heroine's boss
Polina.Nikanorovna - the heroine's junior boss
Carlos - the lover of the heroine, the ambassador of a Latin American country
Gavreyev - lover of the heroine, editor of the newspaper
Zinaida.Vasilyevna - Vladimir.Sergeyevich's wife
Anton (Antonchik) - Vladimir.Sergeyevich's son
Genet - French dentist, husband of Cthuchat
Yegor - Vladimir.Sergeyevich's gatekeeper, playwright
Alkasha - lover of the heroine, engineering graduate student
Dato - the heroine's lover, musician
Grandpa, Tikhon.Makarovich - Old Stakhanov Worker
Dad - a provincial carpenter
Mom, Antonina.Petrovna - cleaner
Yura (Urochka).Fedorov - the heroine's new friend
Little Tiny Nina - Colleague
Shokhrat - the heroine's lover, a leading cadre in Central Asia
Hamlet - Lidulla's fiancé, Armenian
Natasha - the heroine's girlfriend
Stepan - the man who hit the heroine with his car
boris.Davidovich - the heroine's new friend
X - Photographer
Gorovlia - Country Neighbors
Ahmed.Nazarovich - the heroine's new friend
Belokhvostov - graduate student
Feodor.Mikhailovich - restaurant doorman
Leonid.Pavrovich - restaurant waiter
Katerina.Maximovna - The Witch
Igor - the heroine's lover, the yard manager