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THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK.

Nikolái Petróvitch Kirsánov.
Pável Petróvitch Kirsánov.
Arkády (Arkásha) Nikolá-evitch (or Nikoláitch).
Yevgény (Enyusha) Vassíl-yevitch (or Vassíl-yitch) Bazárov.
Vassíly Ivánovitch (or Ivánitch).
Arína Vlásyevna.
Fedós-ya (Fenitchka) Nikolá-evna.
Ánna Sérg-yevna Odíntsov.
Kátya Sérg-yevna.
Porfiry Platónitch.
Matvý Íl-yitch Kolyázin.
Evdóks-ya (or Avdótya) Nikítishna Kúkshin.
Víktor Sítnikov.
Piotr (pron. P-yotr).
Prokófitch.
Dun-yásha.
Mít-ya.
Timófeitch.

In transcribing the Russian names into English —

a has the sound of a in father.

e has the sound of a in pane.

i has the sound of ee.

u has the sound of oo.

y is always consonantal except when it is the last letter of the word.

g is always hard.

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