Ward No. 6

Main Characters and Their Development

• Andrey Yefimych Ragin - the chief physician of the city hospital, an educated man who ponders the meaning of life, eventually finds himself in Ward No. 6 diagnosed with a mental disorder after questioning the healthcare system and societal norms too much.
• Mikhail Averianych - an attendant at the hospital, who agrees with everything Ragin says, showing no initiative or personal opinion.
• Ivan Dmitrich Gromov - a patient in Ward No. 6, suffers from paranoia, is extremely critical of the world and people around him, and his conversations with Ragin set in motion the events that lead Ragin to Ward No. 6.
• Nikita - an attendant in Ward No. 6, acts as a guard and overseer of the patients, displaying cruelty and indifference towards them.