person
Ignaty Bashtanov
Bashtanov
also: Игнатий Баштанов, Ignasha, Игнаша
A convalescing young man (nursing an injured leg) who writes Maria Volchaninova a long, unsent love letter arguing for the value of art and beauty against his friend Travnikov's skepticism; has a father who is a priest, a brother in penal servitude, and a brother who is a monk.