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War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: Война и миръ; [vɐjˈna i ˈmʲir]) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. An early ...
General Baggehufwudt (1761-1812) – Russian general, killed at Tarutino; Prince Bagration (1765-1812) – Russian general, considered "The hero of heroes" by Tolstoy. He is a modest, polite, but very strong character – An accurate image of Bagration in real life.
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, romanized: Voyna i mir) is a 1966–1967 Soviet epic war drama film co-written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.
Count Nikolai Ilyich Rostov (Russian: Николай Ильич Ростов) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. Count Nikolai is the brother of Vera Rostova, Natasha Rostova and Petya Rostov. At the start of the novel, Nikolai is aged 20 and a university student.
A global “peace summit” for Ukraine may now take place in February, a top Kyiv official has said, amid concerns in the West that the war in Gaza is making it harder to win over diplomatic ...
Russian Prince Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky ( Russian : Андрей Николаевич Болконский ) is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy 's 1869 novel War and Peace . He is the son of famed Russian general Nikolai Bolkonsky, who raises Andrei and his sister Maria Bolkonskaya on a remote estate.
Russian diplomat says Moscow won't attend a second Ukraine peace summit. ... “We will address our shared security challenges, including Russia’s war against Ukraine, China’s support for ...
Russian Princess Maria [ 1 ] Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya ( Russian : Мария Болконская , Mariya Bolkonskaia ) is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy 's 1869 novel War and Peace . Princess Maria, the sister of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky , is a deeply religious young woman who has resigned herself to an unmarried life to be with her ...