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Yefimya Petrovna
Yefimya
also: Ефимья, Ефимья Петровна
Vasilisa and Pyotr's daughter, married and living in Petersburg with her husband Andrei Khrisanfych and their three children; she has not written home in years and weeps with homesickness on finally receiving her parents' letter.
Reading notes
- At Christmastime §4 Yefimya
Vasilisa and Pyotr's daughter, who went to live in Petersburg after her marriage and fell silent; she reappears in the story's second half as the homesick wife of the porter Andrei Khrisanfych.