Who Is to Blame?

Who is to Blame?
1905 half-title page
AuthorAlexander Herzen
Original titleКто виноват?
TranslatorMichael R Katz
LanguageRussian
PublisherOtechestvennye Zapiski
Publication date
1845-46
Publication placeRussia

Who is to Blame? (Russian: Кто виноват?) is an 1845-6 novel by Alexander Herzen. It is about Dmitry Krutsifersky, a poor man, whose happy marriage to a rich landowner's illegitimate daughter, Lyubov, is destroyed when a wealthy, idle young man, Beltov (the Russian "superfluous man" stock character), begins an affair with her.