Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky

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Russian cavalry officer aristocrat fictional character literary character lover of Anna Karenina

Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky is a wealthy, handsome Russian cavalry officer in Leo Tolstoy’s novel "Anna Karenina," whose passionate affair with the title character drives much of the story’s tragedy.

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Count Vronsky 1
Vronsky 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian cavalry officer ⓘ
aristocrat ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
lover of Anna Karenina ⓘ
appearsIn Anna Karenina NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPlace Italian resort towns ⓘ
Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTheme adultery ⓘ
duty versus desire ⓘ
honor ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
passion ⓘ
social ostracism ⓘ
causes scandal in St. Petersburg society ⓘ
centralTo plot of Anna Karenina ⓘ
contrastedWith Konstantin Dmitrievich Levin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
createdBy Leo Tolstoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Vronsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationContext Anna Karenina (serialized 1873–1877) NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre realist novel character ⓘ
givenName Alexei NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAffairWith Anna Karenina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChildWith Anna Karenina NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMother Countess Vronskaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRelationshipType extramarital affair ⓘ
isHandsome true ⓘ
isWealthy true ⓘ
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
laterAction joins a volunteer force in the Serbian–Ottoman conflict ⓘ
linkedToEvent Anna Karenina’s social downfall ⓘ
Anna Karenina’s suicide ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century Russian literature ⓘ
loveInterestOf Anna Karenina NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
militaryBranch Russian Imperial Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeRole male romantic lead ⓘ
tragic lover ⓘ
nationality Russian ⓘ
occupation cavalry officer ⓘ
patronymicName Kirillovich ⓘ
romanticallyInvolvedWith Anna Karenina NERFINISHED ⓘ
romanticRivalOf Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass nobility ⓘ
undergoes character development from carefree officer to tormented lover ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anna Arkadyevna Karenina → lover → Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky ⓘ
Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky → relative → Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky ⓘ
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya → formerLoveInterest → Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky ⓘ
Aaron Taylor-Johnson → portrayed → Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count Vronsky
Michael Vronsky → familyName → Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vronsky