The surnames and the names of the parts of the characters in the novel of L.N. Tolstoy's «Anna Karenina»

Abstract

The article proposes an original version of the origin of the names of the main characters of the novel L.N. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. The author of the article, exploring the novel and extensive materials on it, shows an amusing but systematic replacement of L.N. Tolstoy when working on the novel the names of the heroes of the novel from Greek to Jewish, and from Jewish to Greek. This and other facts of the famous novel indicate changes in the work of the great Russian writer, not noticed by other researchers. In addition, the article shows the account of Russian characters when choosing the names of the main characters.

Keywords

• Anna
• Jews
• Karenin
• Russians
• Tolstoy
• governor