THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK
Constance Garnett translation
Grigóry [Grísha] Mihálovitch Litvínov.
Tat-yána [Tánya] Petróvna Shestóv.
Kapitolína Márkovna.
Rostisláv Bambáev.
Semyón Yákovlevitch Voroshílov.
Stepán Nikoláevitch Gubar-yóv.
Matróna Semyónovna Suhántchikov.
Tit Bindásov.
Pish-Tchálkin.
Sozónt Ivánitch Potúgin.
Irína Pávlovna Osínin.
Valerián Vladímirovitch Ratmírov.
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.