Primary Characters:

A character is often referred to by more than one version of his or her name. The main character is Raskolnikov. Here are some of the other characters in the story. Refer back to this list as needed when you read:

Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov (Rodya, Rodenka, Rodka), a student

Avdotia Romanovna Raskolnikov (Dunya, Dunechka), his sister

Pulcheria Alexandrovna Raskolnikov, their mother

Sofia Semyonovna Marmeladov (Sonia, Somechka)

Semyon Zakharovitch Marmeladov, father of Sonia

Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov, mother of Sonia

Other Marmeladov Children, Half-siblings of Sonia:
1) Polenka (Polina, Polia, Polechka)
2) Lidochka (Lyona)
3) Kolya (Kolka).

Ilya Petrovitch, police lieutenant

Nikodim Fomitch, chief of police

Zametov, clerk at the police station

Porfiry Petrovitch, police investigator

Alyona Ivanovna, a moneylender

Lizaveta Ivanovna, her simple, kind, half-sister

Dmitri Prokovitch Razumikhin (Mitia, Mitry, Mitka), friend of Raskolnikov

Zosimov, doctor (and friend of Razumikhin)

Arkady Ivanovitch Svidrigailov, former employer of Dunya

Martha Petrovna Svidrigailov, wife of Arkady Ivanovitch Svidrigailov

Peter Petrovitch Luzhin, relative of Martha Petrovna; a lawyer/official

Andrey Semionovich Lebeziatnikov, roommate and former ward of Luzhin

Praskovya Pavlovna Zarnitsyn (Pashenka), Raskolnikov’s landlady

Nastasia (Natasha, Nastenka, Nastia), Praskovya Pavlovna’s maid

Amalia Ivanovna Lippewechsel (Ludwigovna), Marmeladov’s landlady

Madame Gertrude Karlovna Resslich, Landlady of Svidrigailov

Nikolay and Dimitri, painters