Solar Plexus

List of Characters

List of CharactersAlik (Alexander Krokin)

Nata — Alik’s wife

Georgy — Alik’s son

Alik’s sister

Nadir — Alik’s brother-in-law

Lucky — Alik’s nephew (Alik’s sister & Nadir’s son)

Eldar

Fariz — Eldar’s father (The Rector)

Khalida — Eldar’s mother

Vika — Eldar’s wife (formerly in love with Marat)

Izik — Eldar’s younger brorther

Tamila — Izik’s wife

Marat

Marat’s grandfather (The Doctor)

Sultan — Marat’s father

Marat’s mother (the typist)

Gena — a relative of Marat’s mother

Gena’s mother

Seidzade (The Writer)

Other neighbours & friends:

Old Khanmana (a neighbour from the courtyard)

Alexandra Sergeevna (a neighbour from the courtyard; friends with Alik’s sister)

Titch — Marat’s friend

Rafik — a friend

Frida — Rafik’s first wife

Aida — Rafik’s second wife

Seimur — Fariz’s neighbour

Nuriev — a newspaper correspondent for The Baku Worker

Gudiev — an investigator in a case against the Doctor

Press House Drama Group:

Maya — Alik’s love interest

Comrade Emil — the drama group leader

John Agaev — a fellow actor

Valya Guryanov — a fellow actor

Institute:

Ramazanov — Provost for science

Gumbatov — Provost for academic matters

Gasanov — an institute worker

Gasanova — Gasanov’s wife

Sofa Imanova — Gasanov’s mistress

Amanulla — Fariz’s driver

“The solar plexus is an aggregation of nerve ganglions in the human abdominal cavity.

Azerbaijan is a sovereign state. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan.

A powerful blow to the solar plexus is fatal.”

— From an unpublished textbook of the Azerbaijani language