- Misha Andreyev
- Spirka
- Fima Gotkevich
- Ioska
- Viktor Ivanchenko
- Vanka
- Ivan Koval-Samborsky
- Mark - typesetter
- Nikolai Gladkov
- Machinist
- Ivan Kaveberg
- Ioska's father - tinsmith
- Evgeny Kokhanenko
- Printing house owner
- Vladimir Lisovskiy
- Gymnasium teacher
- Luka Lyashenko
- Anton - porter
- Klavdiya Polovikova
- Vanka's mother - laundress
- Sofia Smirnova
- Mariya Pavlovna
