Pyotr Verkhovensky

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Pyotr Verkhovensky is a manipulative revolutionary agitator and central instigator of chaos in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel "Demons."

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Pyotr Verkhovensky canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
revolutionary agitator
appearsIn Demons NERFINISHED
The Devils NERFINISHED
The Possessed NERFINISHED
appearsInLanguageEdition Russian-language original of Demons
associatedWithTheme destruction of traditional values
manipulation and control
moral nihilism
political terrorism
characterTrait ambitious
charismatic
cunning
deceitful
manipulative
conflictsWith Nikolai Stavrogin NERFINISHED
Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky NERFINISHED
creator Fyodor Dostoevsky NERFINISHED
familyName Verkhovensky NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1872
givenName Pyotr NERFINISHED
hasAlias Pyotr Stepanovich Verkhovensky NERFINISHED
hasRelative Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky NERFINISHED
ideology radicalism
revolutionary nihilism
inspiredBy revolutionary movements in 19th-century Russia
languageOfWork Russian
leads secret revolutionary cell
literaryMovementContext Russian literature of the 19th century
narrativeFunction catalyst for moral and social collapse in the novel
embodiment of destructive political extremism
nationalityInFiction Russian
notableAction incites violence and unrest
manipulates other revolutionaries
organizes conspiracies in the town
spreads subversive propaganda
relativeType son of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
roleInWork antagonist
central instigator of chaos
conspirator
settingOfActivity provincial Russian town
timePeriodInFiction 19th century Russia
workOfFictionGenre novel

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Demons mainCharacter Pyotr Verkhovensky
The Possessed mainCharacter Pyotr Verkhovensky
The Devils mainCharacter Pyotr Verkhovensky