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The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude The Cossacks is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1863 in the popular literary magazine The Russian Messenger.
The Captain Butler mentioned earlier was captured after his escape from Astrakhan and brought before Razin : ' the General sat at the Gates of the Bishop's Palace crosslegg'd after the Turkish manner drinking Brandy and was so drunk ...
This is the place -- here among the Tatars, the Chechens, and the Old Believers -- this is the place where Olenin will find love in the arms of a beautiful Cossack girl -- a young woman who is promised to a Cossack warrior
This book covers 500 years of the history of the Cossacks -- the recklessly brave, wild horsemen, or the romantic hero of the steppe, or the brutal mounted policemen, as...
The Cossacks have always exerted a strong pull on the imagination, whether as the ferocious horsemen who harassed the retreating Grande Armee of Napoleon all the way to the gates...
The Cossacks in Luhansk (southeastern Ukraine) and Crimea had been swearing loyalty to Russia since the 1990s and were enthusiastic supporters of the Russian campaign.
Olenin, a wealthy orphan from Moscow, joins the Russian army and is sent to the Caucasus, where he rediscovers the beauty of nature, unrequited love, and the colorful culture of...
It was originally called Young Manhood. Both Ivan Turgenev and the Nobel prize-winning Russian writer Ivan Bunin gave the work great praise, Turgenev calling it his favorite work by Tolstoy. Tolstoy began work on the story in August 1853.
A young man, Olenin, is stationed in the Caucasus, where he falls in love with the place, the people, and the simple way of life.
This novel of love, adventure, and male rivalry on the Russian frontier—completed in 1862, when the author was in his early thirties—has always surprised readers who know Tolstoy best through the vast, panoramic fictions of his middle ...
The Cossacks
A panoramic view of Cossack history from the 15th to the 20th centuries begins with an exploration of the Cossacks' complex origins, describes their role as border guards and their...
A beautiful narrative, The Cossacks reveals a story about soldiers deployed at frontiers of Russia in the nineteenth century.
The Cossacks
Tolstoy began work on the story in August 1853. In August 1857, after having reread Iliad, he vowed to completely rewrite The Cossacks. In February 1862, after having lost badly at cards he finished the novel to help pay his debts.
The Cossacks
Published in 1919, this is a history of the Cossack people and The Ukraine and its dealings with Russia.
In 'The Cossacks, ' William Penn Cresson traces the history and culture of these legendary Slavic warriors
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