Alexei Fyodorovich KARAMAZOV
Audio text — Alexei Fyodorovich KARAMAZOV or Alyosha, Alyoshka — Алексей Фёдорович Карамазов или Алёша, Алёшка
Given name — Alexei (Алексей)
Diminutive variants of the name Alexei — Alyosha, Alyoshka (Алёша, Алёшка) and others
Patronymic — Fyodorovich (Фёдорович) — the son of Fyodor (Фёдор)
Family name — Karamazov (Карамазов)
The third son of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov.
Mother — Sofya Ivanovna.
At the time of the novel's main events, he is 20 years old.
The name Alexei is borrowed from the Greek Alexios: alexo — "to protect, ward off, prevent." Combined with the patronymic, it means "to protect God's gift."
In the manuscript editions, one can read F.M. Dostoevsky's note about Alyosha: "About this Alexei, my hero, it is most difficult to say anything in narrative. My quiet boy". And indeed, this character is the most mysterious.
This name was given to F.M. Dostoevsky's youngest son, who died shortly before work began on the novel "The Brothers Karamazov." Perhaps this is why the youngest Karamazov is especially dear to the author.
It is also about this character that the mysterious narrator writes the novel. But is Alexei really the main character?