Character Relationship Map: The Vyborg Side

Characters

• Maksim (played by Boris Chirkov) — protagonist
• Natasha Artemieva (played by Valentina Kibardina) — protagonist
• Platon Vassilievich Dymba (played by Mikhail Zharov) — supporting
• Yevdokia Ivanovna Kozlova (played by Nataliia Uzhvii) — supporting
• Yegor Bugai (played by Yuriy Tolubeev) — supporting
• Mishchenko (played by Aleksandr Chistyakov) — supporting
• Turnyev (played by Anatoliy Kuznetsov) — supporting
• Leader of the Counter-revolutionaries (played by Dmitriy Dudnikov) — supporting
• Iakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (played by Leonid Lyubashevsky) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Maksim → Iakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (Professional Colleague)
• Maksim → Natasha Artemieva (Romantic Interest)

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Yevdokia Ivanovna Kozlova → Platon Vassilievich Dymba (Conflict Victim)
• Maksim → Leader of the Counter-revolutionaries (Conflict Arch Enemy)
• Maksim → Turnyev (Alliance Team Member)
• Maksim → Mishchenko (Alliance Team Member)
• Maksim → Yegor Bugai (Alliance Team Member)
• Maksim → Yevdokia Ivanovna Kozlova (Alliance Ally)
• Maksim → Platon Vassilievich Dymba (Conflict Antagonist)

Story Analysis

Maksim moves from revolutionary action to administrative responsibility and military defense of the new Soviet state.

Plot Progression

1. Revolutionary Opening
2. Bank Under Siege
3. Warehouse Disorder
4. Assassination Threat
5. Defending The Republic