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FPFyodor Pavlovitch KaramazovThe fatherDies in Part IIIA rich and dissolute landowner, murdered in his house.

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AIAdelaïda IvanovnaFirst wifeDies before the novelShe ran away to Petersburg and died there.

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SISofya IvanovnaSecond wifeDies before the novelAn orphan, the mother of Ivan and Alyosha.

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LLizavetaMother of SmerdyakovDies before the novelA holy fool who died giving birth in the bath-house.

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PAPyotr Alexandrovitch MiüsovCousin of the first wifePart IHe took the child Dmitri from Grigory for a time.

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DFDmitri FyodorovitchEldest sonParts I to IVAn officer accused of his father’s murder and found guilty.

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IFIvan FyodorovitchSecond sonParts I to IVA writer of articles and the author of the Grand Inquisitor.

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AFAlexey FyodorovitchThird sonParts I to IVA novice under Zossima and the hero of the novel.

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SSmerdyakovCook and valetDies in Part IVHe confesses the murder to Ivan and hangs himself.

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GVGrigory VassilyevitchOld servantParts I to IVHe cared for each of the sons when they were small.

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MIMarfa IgnatyevnaWife of GrigoryParts I to IVShe brought up Smerdyakov with her husband.

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KIKaterina IvanovnaBetrothed to DmitriParts I to IVShe loves Ivan and testifies against Dmitri.

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GGrushenkaLoved by DmitriParts I to IVFather and son court her, and she chooses Dmitri.

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FZFather ZossimaElder of the monasteryDies in Part IIIHe sends Alyosha out of the monastery into the world.

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  • APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Brothers Karamazov family tree. https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/brothers-karamazov-family-tree
  • MLA“The Brothers Karamazov Family Tree.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/stories/brothers-karamazov-family-tree.
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Sources and credits

Every fact is cited to the book and chapter of the translation by Constance Garnett, read in Project Gutenberg ebook 28054 on 10 November 2026. No illustration of the characters made before 1930 could be found on Wikimedia Commons, so the pictures are a portrait of the author and two pages of the first printing.

Project Gutenberg, translated by Constance Garnett

  1. The Brothers Karamazov, Book I, chapter 1, Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov
  2. The Brothers Karamazov, Book I, chapter 2, He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son
  3. The Brothers Karamazov, Book I, chapter 3, The Second Marriage and the Second Family
  4. The Brothers Karamazov, Book I, chapter 5, Elders
  5. The Brothers Karamazov, Book II, chapter 6, Why Is Such a Man Alive
  6. The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, chapter 1, In the Servants’ Quarters
  7. The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, chapter 2, Lizaveta
  8. The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, chapter 4, The Confession of a Passionate Heart in Anecdote
  9. The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, chapter 5, The Confession of a Passionate Heart, Heels Up
  10. The Brothers Karamazov, Book III, chapter 6, Smerdyakov
  11. The Brothers Karamazov, Book IV, chapter 5, A Laceration in the Drawing-Room
  12. The Brothers Karamazov, Book V, chapter 5, The Grand Inquisitor
  13. The Brothers Karamazov, Book V, chapter 7, It Is Always Worth While Speaking to a Clever Man
  14. The Brothers Karamazov, Book VII, chapter 1, The Breath of Corruption
  15. The Brothers Karamazov, Book IX, chapter 1, The Beginning of Perhotin’s Official Career
  16. The Brothers Karamazov, Book XI, chapter 8, The Third and Last Interview with Smerdyakov
  17. The Brothers Karamazov, Book XI, chapter 10, It Was He Who Said That
  18. The Brothers Karamazov, Book XII, chapter 2, Dangerous Witnesses
  19. The Brothers Karamazov, Book XII, chapter 14, The Peasants Stand Firm
  20. The Brothers Karamazov, Epilogue, chapter 1, Plans for Mitya’s Escape
  21. The Brothers Karamazov, Epilogue, chapter 3, Ilusha’s Funeral and the Speech at the Stone

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