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Hippolyte Kuragin (also Prince Ippolit) – son of Vasili Kuragin. A dull and boring man. A diplomat and the butt of Bilibin's humor. Vasili Sergeevich Kuragin (also Prince Vassily) – self-seeking man who has a low opinion of his children but seeks to further their interests. Convinces Pierre Bezukhov to marry his daughter Hélène despite ...
After Pierre Bezukhov is legitimised as the heir to his father's title and fortune, Hélène's father, Prince Vasily Kuragin, arranges for the two of them to be married. Despite finding Pierre odd, Hélène goes through with the marriage [ 4 ] for the sake of social and financial advantage.
Anatole Vasilyevich Kuragin (Russian: Анатолий (Анатоль) Васильевич Курагин) is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace, [1] its various cinematic adaptations, and an operatic adaptation as well.
The scheming Hélène Kuragina immediately sets her sights on Pierre and soon he falls in love with her, while her father, Prince Vasily Kuragin, insinuates himself as the administrator of Pierre's vast estates. One day, Pierre runs into Andrei in the country as Andrei is escorting his pregnant wife Lise to his father's house.
Kuragin (Russian: Курагин) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Kuragina. It may refer to Anatole Kuragin, a character in Tolstoy's novel War and Peace; Hélène Kuragina, a character in Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, sister of Anatole; Olga Kuragina (born 1959), Russian pentathlete
In 2014, Šerbedžija appeared in six episodes of Downton Abbey as Prince Kuragin, [32] a Russian exile and long-ago lover of the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley, portrayed by Dame Maggie Smith. In 2019, Šerbedžija was awarded the International Press Academy ’s Mary Pickford Award , an honorary award “for Outstanding Artistic Contribution ...
Pierre, though intelligent, is not dominated by reason, as his friend Prince Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky is. His lack of direction leads him to fall in with a group of profligate young men like Anatole Kuragin and Dolokhov whose pranks and heavy drinking cause mild scandals.
The Dowager Countess reunites Prince Kuragin and his estranged wife. Carson and Mrs Hughes search for a house as an investment together, but Mrs Hughes reveals she has no money and cannot retire as she must support her mentally disabled younger sister. Carson buys a property in both their names, then proposes marriage to Mrs Hughes, which she ...