Nikita Ivanovich Panin

He grieved greatly after the news of the death of his young bride Anna.He found out about this quite recently, it was evening. He was sitting in his office, crying and drinking vodka, trying to forget. One girl tried to calm him down, but he kicked her out and therefore no one dared to come to him. He sits on the sofa with his face buried in his knees and covering his face with his hands, trying to stop the tears; on the table next to him there is a half-empty decanter of vodka.

He is the main assistant to Empress Catherine. She asks him for advice on everything. She wanted to marry him with Anna, but Anna died on the eve of the wedding. Panin usually did not express his feelings and wanted to test with Anna whether he knew how to love. Anna did not love him either.