Taras Bulba

Characters

• Taras Bulba — Old Cossack: The warlike father of Ostap and Andrii.
• Ostap — Elder son: Taras's son, steadfast in Cossack loyalty.
• Andrii — Younger son: Taras's son, drawn away by love for a Polish lady.
• Yankel — Jewish trader: A go-between who helps Taras reach Warsaw.
• The Polish lady — Andrii's beloved: The Waiwode's daughter, for whom Andrii abandons his own side.
• Koschevoi Kirdyanga — Cossack leader: The elected leader of the Zaporozhian Setch.
• Kukubenko — Cossack comrade: One of the notable fighters among the Zaporozhtzi.
• the mother — Taras Bulba's wife: She sits all night over her sleeping sons and sees them off to war, not daring to cross her husband.
• the Tatar maid — the Polish lady's captive maid: She leads Andrii by a secret underground passage into the besieged city.
• Mosiy Schilo — a kuren hetman: He escaped Turkish captivity, was briefly hetman, and fell in the fighting before Dubno.
• Kasyan Bovdug — the oldest of the Zaporozhians: His speech on comradeship settles how the army is to divide before Dubno.