Petritsky

Also known as: Pierre · Family: regiment · Role: young lieutenant · First appears: PART ONE · Chapter 34

Petritsky, also known as Pierre, is a young lieutenant in the regiment. In chapter 34, Vronsky left his large rooms in Morskaia to Petritsky, his friend and favorite comrade. Petritsky was also involved with Baroness Shilton, who called him Pierre and made no secret of their relations, while scandals involving his tailor and another man brought threats of imprisonment and possible removal from the regiment. He quarreled with Berkoshov and planned to send seconds, though the matter was expected to come to nothing.

In chapter 39, Petritsky was implicated in an affair with the young Prince Kedrov, and the colonel ordered both men to accompany Vronsky to Venden to apologize. Vronsky helped soften Venden’s feelings, and the colonel eventually decided not to pursue the complaint. By chapter 54, Petritsky was living with Vronsky in camp; he shouted for Tereshtchenko to bring brandy and cucumbers, while Volkov climbed onto the roof and told them how sad he was. In chapter 90, Petritsky danced with the colonel to the accompaniment of the band.

Relationship record

Life events

• Petritsky faced imprisonment threats and possible removal from his regiment because of his scandals.(PART ONE · Chapter 34)
  • “His tailor was trying to get him locked up, and another fellow, too, was threatening to get him locked up. The colonel of the regiment had announced that if these scandals did not cease he would have to leave.”
• Petritsky quarreled with Berkoshov and planned to send seconds.(PART ONE · Chapter 34)
  • With: Berkoshov
  • “He’d had a row, too, with Berkoshov, and was going to send seconds to him, but of course it would come to nothing.”
• The colonel orders Petritsky and Prince Kedrov to accompany Vronsky in apologizing to Venden.(PART TWO · Chapter 5)
  • With: Vronsky Prince Kedrov Venden
  • “They talked it over, and decided that Petritsky and Kedrov must go with Vronsky to Venden’s to apologize.”
• Vronsky mediates the dispute, partially softening Venden’s feelings while leaving the outcome uncertain.(PART TWO · Chapter 5)
  • With: Vronsky Venden Prince Kedrov
  • “And these two influences were not in fact without effect; though the result remained, as Vronsky had described, uncertain.”
• The colonel decides not to pursue the complaint further.(PART TWO · Chapter 5 · 📍 French theater)
  • With: Vronsky Prince Kedrov Venden
  • “The colonel, thinking it all over, made up his mind not to pursue the matter further”

PART ONE · Chapter 34

• friends with Vronsky “When Vronsky went to Moscow from Petersburg, he had left his large set of rooms in Morskaia to his friend and favorite comrade Petritsky.”
• friends with Baroness Shilton “Baroness Shilton, a friend of Petritsky’s, with a rosy little face and flaxen hair, resplendent in a lilac satin gown, and filling the whole room, like a canary, with her Parisian chatter, sat at the round table making coffee.”
• lovers with Baroness Shilton “‘Pierre, give me the coffee,’ she said, addressing Petritsky, whom she called Pierre as a contraction of his surname, making no secret of her relations with him.”
• with Berkoshov (Petritsky had quarrelled with Berkoshov and planned to send seconds.) “He’d had a row, too, with Berkoshov, and was going to send seconds to him, but of course it would come to nothing.”

PART TWO · Chapter 5

• with Prince Kedrov (They were co-offenders in the incident involving Venden's wife.) “Petritsky, whom he liked, was implicated in the affair, and the other culprit was a capital fellow and first-rate comrade, who had lately joined the regiment, the young Prince Kedrov.”
• with Venden (Petritsky apologizes to Venden for insulting his wife.) “They talked it over, and decided that Petritsky and Kedrov must go with Vronsky to Venden’s to apologize.”

PART TWO · Chapter 20

• with Vronsky (They share living quarters in camp.) “Petritsky lived with him in camp too.”
• with Yashvin (Yashvin orders refreshments for Petritsky.) “‘Tereshtchenko! brandy for your master and cucumbers,’ he shouted, obviously taking pleasure in the sound of his own voice.”
• with Volkov (They participated in the same previous drinking gathering.) “Volkov climbed onto the roof and began telling us how sad he was.”
• with Vronsky (They are living together in camp.) “Vronsky was staying in a roomy, clean, Finnish hut, divided into two by a partition. Petritsky lived with him in camp too.”
• servant: Tereshtchenko (Tereshtchenko is addressed as serving Petritsky, his master.) “‘Tereshtchenko! brandy for your master and cucumbers,’ he shouted, obviously taking pleasure in the sound of his own voice.”

PART THREE · Chapter 21

• with Vronsky (They are identified as comrades.) “‘You’re always just as if you’d come out of a bath after it,’ said Petritsky. ‘I’ve come from Gritsky’s’ (that was what they called the colonel); ‘they’re expecting you.’ Vronsky, without answering, looked at his comrade, thinking of something else.”
• with Demin (They dance together at the fête.) “Then, to the accompaniment of the band, the colonel himself danced with Petritsky.”

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Extracted from the original text of Anna Karenina. Made with Rho MD.