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Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov
Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov, or Alyosha, is the protagonist in the 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. He is the youngest of the Karamazov brothers, being nineteen years old at the start of the novel. Alyosha is a kind, loving, and sensitive soul who is drawn to the monastic life. He is also a moral compass for his brothers and others around him. However, Alyosha is unable to prevent the suffering of those around him, and he is often seen as a passive observer of the events in the novel.