*Oblónsky, Prince Stephen (‘Stiva’), Anna’s brother *Oblónskaya, Princess Dárya (‘Dolly’), his wife; the Shcherbátskys’ eldest daughter The Oblónsky children: girls - Tánya, Masha, Lily; boys - Grisha, Alésha, Nikólenka. Filimónovna, Matréna, Oblónsky children’s nurse and Dolly’s friend Oblónskaya, Princess Barbara, aunt of Stiva and Anna
Karénin Family *Karénina, Anna *Karénin, Aléxis, Anna’s husband Karénin, Sergey (‘Serézha,’ ‘Kútik’), their son
Shcherbátsky Family Shcherbátsky, Prince Alexander Shcherbátskaya, Princess, his wife *Shcherbátskaya, Princess Catherine (‘Kitty’), their youngest daughter (The Shcherbátskys' married eldest daughter is Dolly, married to Prince Oblónsky)
Lévin Family *Lévin, (‘Kóstya’), in love with Kitty; longtime Shcherbátsky family friend Mikháylovna, Agatha, Lévin’s housekeeper Lévin, Nicholas, Lévin’s brother Nikolávna, Mary (‘Másha’), Nicholas’s female companion Koznyshév, Sergius Ivánich, Lévin’s half-brother
Vrónsky Family *Vrónsky, Count Aléxis , Anna’s lover Vrónskaya, Countess, Vrónsky’s mother Vrónsky, Prince Alexander Kirílich, Vrónsky’s brother
Others Ivánovna, Countess Lydia, central figure in older, pious Petersburg social set and friend of Karénin Katavásov, Theodore, Lévin’s friend and fellow student from his university days; now a professor Sviyázhsky, Nicholas, fellow farmer and friend of Levin Tverskáya, Princess Elizabeth (‘Betsy’), Petersburg social figure in younger, looser set and cousin to Vrónsky Várenka, Mlle, young caregiver to Mme Stahl and others at the German watering-place; befriended by Kitty Veslóvsky, Vásenka, young man Oblónsky brings to visit Lévin; second cousin to the Shcherbátskys Yáshvin, Captain Prince, Vrónsky’s friend |