Ilya Ilyich Muromtsev

Varvara Petrovna, Ilya's aunt

Pyotr Prokofievich Konev, investigator

Platon Sergeevich Bryzgalin, a degraded writer

Marina Klimova, limit officer

Ravil, sexot

Dmitry Teterev

Vladislav Igorevich Teterev, professor's son, Marina's fiancé

Matvei Ivanovich Bryukhanov