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Cast of Characters

Anya—Runaway slave, manages the Ufa Dacha, married to Filip Pavlovich Tupikov

Arsenyev, Yury—Scout with Vlad and Brandy

Polibin, Artemi Fedorovich—Head of Czar Mikhail’s kitchen

Batur, Erdeni—Zunghar leader

Beketov, Pyotr—Russian tax collector and explorer in Siberia

Birkin, Iakov Petrovich—Brigadier general

Birkin, Ivan Vasilevich—Lieutenant general in command of the “siege” of Kazan

Budanov, Simeon—Head of the Embassy Bureau in Ufa

Chernoff, Zia—Sister to the patriarch of the Chernoff family

Chernoff, Larisa Karolevna—The Chernoff. See A Holmes for the Czar

Denisov, Gregori—Registered Cossack commander of Cossack forces at Tsaritsyn

Dominika—Guardian of Larisa Chernoff. See A Holmes for the Czar

Elina—Pastry chef at Diogenes Club

Gorchakov, Brandy Bates—Princess and advisor to the Czar and Czarina

Gorchakov, Natalia (Natasha) Petrovna—A princess of Russia, advisor to the Czar

Gorchakov, Vladimir Petrovich—Married to Brandy Bates. Advisor to the Czar

Petrov, Gregory—Flight engineer for Irina Novikov, cousin to Ivan Borisovich

Holmes, Miroslava—Licensed private detective and investigator

Ignat Berezin—Radioman on Filaret

Ivanovich, Vadim—Steam head in Ufa

Ivanov, Dimitry—Captain of the Filaret

Kalashnikov, Ivan—Major in RRMC (Royal Russian Marine Corps)

Khan, Salqam-Jangir—Tatar ruler, attacks Ufa

Kirill Blinov—Embassy Bureau China desk

Kirill Veselov—Engineer on Filaret

Lavrenty Belikov—Aide to ambassador from Ufa

Lavrenty Vershinin—War train commander

Lebedev, Boris Timofeyevich —General Tim, commanding the army of the USSR

Leonid Volodin—Pilot

Lyapunov, Alla—Heir to the Lyapunov family, owner of the Diogenes club

Lyapunov, Vasilii—The Lyapunov, engineer and husband of Miroslava

Maslov, Ivan—Brigadier general, army of the Sovereign States of Russia

Maslov, Ivan—General of the Czar’s army

Matvey—Czar Mikhail’s secretary

Novikov, Irina—Captain, female pilot of a Hero-class airplane Tina

Odoevskii, Ivan Ivanovich—Prince, with Sheremetev

Odoevskii, Petr Ivanovich—Prince, and ambassador from Ufa to USE

Ogedei, Ariq—Scout, with Vlad and Brandy

Petrov, Boris Ivanovich—A bureaucrat of Moscow

Petrov, Iosif Borisovich—Boris’ son, in Grantville

Petrov, Ivan Borisovich—Boris’ son, in Ufa

Petrov, Pavel Borisovich—Boris’ son

Platov, Simeon—Major, second-in-command of the Cossacks at Tsaritsyn

Polzin, Olga Petrovichna—Effective mayor of Ufa city, Stanislav’s wife

Polzin, Stanislav Ivanovich—Commander of the “garrison” at Ufa

Romanov, Alexi—Heir apparent to Czar Mikhail

Romanov, Alexis—Son of Czar Mikhail

Romanov, Anna—Tsarevna Anna, daughter of the Czar, born 14 July 1630, seven in Jan 1638

Romanov, Evdokia “Doshinka”—Czarina of Russia

Romanov, Irina—Tsarevna Irina, daughter of the Czar

Romanov, Ivan Nikitich—Czar Mikhail’s uncle, at present running Muscovite Russia

Romanov, Martha—Tsarevna Martha; Daughter of the Czar 19 August 1631, six in Jan 1638

Romanov, Mikhail Fedorovich—Czar of Russia

Ruzukov, Stefan Andreevich—Part owner, shop foreman at New Ruzuka Foundry

Ruzukov, Vera Sergeevna—Congressperson District Two, Ufa

Shein, Mikhail—General of Russia, forms Siberian State

Sheremetev, Fedor Ivanovich—Russian boyar, cousin to Czar Mikhail, takes over as director-general

Simmons, Tami—Up-time nurse hired by Czar

Stroganov, Anatoly Gregorovitch—Head of the wealthy Stroganov family

Stroganov, Efrem Ivanovich—Member of the wealthy Stroganov family

Sulyma, Ivan—A PLC Szlachta and later leader of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

Togym—Sultan, General, Kazakh leader

Trotsky, Fedor Ivanovich—A Russian spy

Tupikov, Filip Pavlovich—Artisan and natural philosopher, Flying Squirrel

Utkin, Ivan Nikolayevich—Colonel of Russia

Utkin, Izabella Ivanovna—Part owner and manager of New Ruzuka Foundry

Utkin, Nikita Ivanovich—Son of Ivan, soldier of Russia

Yulia—midwife and medical expert on the mission east

Yurisovich, Ivan—Minor and Dacha-trained geologist

Zakharovna, Valeriya—Crewwoman on Czarina Evdokia

Zeppi, Bernard “Bernie”—Up-timer hired by Vladimir, counselor to the czar

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