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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 ...
Prince Nesvitsky – A Russian staff officer who acts as Pierre's second in the duel with Dolokhov. Marshal Ney (1769–1815) – French marshal. Fought at Borodino. Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev (1761–1838) – A Russian statesman and a close aide to Alexander I of Russia.
War and Peace (Op. 91) (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir) is a 1946 230-minute opera in 13 scenes, plus an overture and an epigraph, by Sergei Prokofiev. Based on the 1869 novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, its Russian libretto was prepared by the composer and Mira Mendelson. The first seven scenes are devoted to peace, the latter ...
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.
Today in Russia, holding the book “War and Peace” or a piece of paper with printed asterisks can get people detained. WSJ looks at how far the Kremlin is going to restrict free speech and ...
Russian Count [ 1 ] Pyotr " Pierre " Kirillovich Bezukhov [ 2 ] ( / b ɛ . zj uː ˈ k ɒ v / ; Russian: Пьер Безу́хов, Пётр Кири́ллович Безу́хов ) is the fictional protagonist of Leo Tolstoy 's 1869 novel War and Peace .
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.
On Oct. 3, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted out a poll to his 119 million followers to vote on his idea for a peace plan, which included four parts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.