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  Sara Laine
  
  pg. 39 — Fyodor Vasilyevich Solovyov 
  Also referred to as Fedya; Stroop’s servant and lover.

  pg. 39 — Oryol Province
  Region southwest of Moscow, named for the River Oryol ("eagle" in Russian) and the birthplace of numerous great Russian writers (Ivan Turgenev, Nikolai Leskov, Leonid Andreyev to name a few). Originally created in 1566 by Tsar Ivan IV to protect Russia's Western borders, over the course of the next two hundred years the region became crucial for trade due to its strategic location.

  pg. 43 — Maria Dmitriyevna
  The sister of Arina Dmitriyevna and Sasha's aunt.

  pg. 44 — St. Eugenia
  Martyred c. 258, daughter of Roman Governor of Alexandria.

  pg. 44 — Nifont
  Archbishop of Novgorod from 1130-1156.

  pg. 44 — Pafnuty Borovsky
  Saint in the Orthodox Church and founder of a monastery at Borovsk. 

  pg. 44 — Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich
  Known as Ivan the Terrible (1530-84), and Grand Prince of Moscow and All Russia. After acquiring the throne in 1547, he became the first Russian tsar. 

  pg. 45 — Sergei
  The Sorokin family’s shop assistant.

  pg. 45 — Sasha
  The son of Prokhor Nikitich and Arina Dmitriyevna.

  pg. 45 — Arina Dmitriyevna
  The wife of Prokhor Nikitich, mother of Sasha, and sister of Maria Dmitriyevna.

  pg. 46 — Prokhor Nikitich
  Father of Sasha and husband to Arina Dmitriyevna.

  pg. 46 — Order of St. George
  Highest military honor in Russia for bravery, established by Empress Catherine the Great.

  pg. 47 — Sorokin
  The family name of Prokhor Nikitich and Sasha.