Vasiliy Shukshin

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Ivan Rastorguyev

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina

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Nyura Rastorguyeva

Vsevolod Sanayev

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Professor Sergei Stepanov

Zinoviy Gerdt

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Professor Stepanov's friend

Ivan Ryzhov

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Senior Train Conductor

Stanislav Lyubshin

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Ivan Stepanov

Lyubov Sokolova

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Train Conductor

Georgi Burkov

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Viktor "The Builder" Aleksandrovich

Yuriy Filimonov

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Chief doctor at the sanatorium

Vadim Zakharchenko

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Business traveller