Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor

Anna Andreyevna, his wife

Mariya Antonovna, their daughter

Khlestakov

Luka Lukich Khlopov, the inspector of schools

Ammos Fedorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin, the judge

Artemiy Filippovich Zemlyanika

Bobchinsky / Dobchinsky

Osip, his servant

Khristian Ivanovich Gibner, the district doctor

Stepan Ilyich Ukhovertov, the chief of police

Derzhimorda, a policeman

The merchant, Abdulin