As for the guests, there would be Kitty and Levin, and, in order that they should not be too conspicuous, a girl cousin and young Shcherbatsky – here the pièce de résistance was to consist of Sergius Ivanich Koznyshev and Alexis Alexandrovich Karenin: Sergius Ivanich, a Muscovite and a philosopher, and Alexis Alexandrovich, a Petersburger and a practical politician.
La piéce de résistance de los invitados serían Sergio Kosnichev y Alexey Alejandrovich, el primero moscovita y filósofo, el segundo petersburgués y práctico.