City of Thieves
City of ThievesDavid Benioff
Characters in City of Thieves
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Lev Beniov
A 17-year-old Leningrad youth and the narrator of the main story, sent with Kolya to find a dozen eggs during the siege.
Antagonists
Abendroth (City of Thieves)
A high-ranking German Einsatzgruppen officer whose path the two young men cross behind enemy lines.
Supporting characters
Kolya Vlasov
A charming, talkative soldier accused of desertion who is paired with Lev in the cell and on the egg hunt.
Colonel Grechko (City of Thieves)
An NKVD colonel who spares the two prisoners from execution in exchange for finding eggs for his daughter's wedding cake.
Vika (City of Thieves)
A young woman who fights as a sniper with partisans outside the city and crosses paths with Lev and Kolya.