"Pierre Bezukhov Count (Graf) Pyotr ""Pierre"" Kirillovich Bezukhov (, or ""Pierre Bezuhov"" according to Rosemary Edmonds' translation) is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel ""War and Peace"". He is the favourite of several illegitimate sons of the wealthy nobleman Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov, one of the richest people in the Russian Empire. Pierre is best friends with Andrei Bolkonsky. Tolstoy based Pierre on himself more than any other ""War and Peace"" character. Described as: The large-bodied, ungainly, and socially awkward illegitimate son of an old Russian grandee. Pierre, educated abroad, returns to Russia as a misfit. His unexpected"
"The Duel (Chekhov story) ""The Duel"" () is a novella by Anton Chekhov first published in 1891. It was adapted for the screen by Iosif Kheifits in 1973 (as ""The Bad Good Man"", starring Vladimir Vysotsky) and by Dover Kosashvili in 2010 (as ""The Duel""). ""The Duel"" was first serialized in Aleksey Suvorin's newspaper ""Novoye Vremya"" in October–November, 1891. Edited and divided into chapters, the novella came out as a separate edition in December, 1891; published by Suvorin, the book enjoyed nine re-issues during the 1890s. Chekhov included ""The Duel"" into Volume 6 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf"
"adaptation was shown on Russian TV 1 June 9 and 10, 2014. The Duel (Kuprin novel) The Duel (; ""Poedinok"") is a novel by Russian author Aleksandr Kuprin published in 1905. It is generally considered his best work; even though Kuprin's 1896 short story ""Moloch"" first made his name known as a writer it was ""The Duel"" (1905) which made him famous. Because of it ""Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Nobel Prize-winning Ivan Bunin"" and Leo Tolstoy who acclaimed him a true successor to Chekhov. It concerns an intelligent young officer,"
"The Duel (Kuprin novel) The Duel (; ""Poedinok"") is a novel by Russian author Aleksandr Kuprin published in 1905. It is generally considered his best work; even though Kuprin's 1896 short story ""Moloch"" first made his name known as a writer it was ""The Duel"" (1905) which made him famous. Because of it ""Kuprin was highly praised by fellow writers including Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leonid Andreyev, Nobel Prize-winning Ivan Bunin"" and Leo Tolstoy who acclaimed him a true successor to Chekhov. It concerns an intelligent young officer, Second Lieutenant Romashov, stationed at a dull military garrison in southern Russia"
"go home, and Laevsky finally recovers. He falls in love with Nadya again. Three weeks later, they have been married, and Laevsky is transformed. He is working hard to pay off his debts. Von Koren is finally leaving. He is amazed at Laevsky's transformation, and says that if Laevsky had been like this originally, they could have been good friends. He stops by Laevsky's house before he leaves. Laevsky and Nadya greet him warmly, he shakes hands, and they say emotional goodbyes. The Duel (Chekhov story) ""The Duel"" () is a novella by Anton Chekhov first published in 1891. It"
"appeared in The Canadian Journal from December 1866 to May 1867. It happened during the expedition of New France against Corlar (Schenectady) in the colony of New York in 1689. Canadians showed their courage and endurance. The hero of the novel Charles Couillard-Dupuis falls in love with the orphan Eva Frantova and brings her back to Quebec. The book marks a novelty in the novelistic genre of Quebec literature, placing fictitious action in a real event and compelling an important historiographical research. A posthumous edition is made in 1945 by Éditions Lumen. The novel ""François de Bienville"" (1870), scenes from"
"main characters; his great-grandparents would have been of the generation of Prince Vassily or Count Ilya Rostov. The novel begins in July 1805 in Saint Petersburg, at a soirée given by Anna Pavlovna Scherer—the maid of honour and confidante to the dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. Many of the main characters are introduced as they enter the salon. Pierre (Pyotr Kirilovich) Bezukhov is the illegitimate son of a wealthy count, who is dying after a series of strokes. Pierre is about to become embroiled in a struggle for his inheritance. Educated abroad at his father's expense following his mother's death, Pierre"
"in which Hitler was kept is walled off forever. The New York Times reviews this novel: The Berkut The Berkut is a 1987 secret history novel by Joseph Heywood in which Adolf Hitler survives World War II. It is set in the period immediately after the fall of The Third Reich. This book pits a German colonel and a Russian soldier from a secret organization against each other. The German, Günter Brumm, has been given orders to safely get the Führer out of Germany with the remaining resources of the Reich at his disposal, while Vasily Petrov, the Russian, has"
"killed with his second. In 1843, two other Frenchmen are said to have fought a duel by means of throwing billiard balls at each other. The Russian poet Alexander Pushkin prophetically described a number of duels in his works, notably Onegin's duel with Lensky in ""Eugene Onegin"". The poet was mortally wounded in a controversial duel with Georges d'Anthès, a French officer rumoured to be his wife's lover. D'Anthès, who was accused of cheating in this duel, married Pushkin's sister-in-law and went on to become a French minister and senator. In 1864, American writer Mark Twain, then a contributor to"
"than land it makes temperatures less extreme in a place so close to the polar zone. Chernaya River (Saint Petersburg) The Chernaya River (), originally Mustajogi (in the Karelian), also known as the Chyornaya Rechka or Black River, is a small river in Saint Petersburg. It flows for 8.1 kilometres. The Chernaya is known for famous duels that took place there, including the 1909 duel between Nikolai Gumilyov and Maximilian Voloshin over the matter of a fictitious poet called Cherubina de Gabriak [in the Finnish language: Kaprijakin (Kaprion) Kerubitar], and the fatal duel between poet-playwright Alexander Pushkin and Georges d'Anthès."
"of society and their lovers. Pierre finds his wife's familiarity with Dolokhov offensive and drunkenly challenges him to a duel, accidentally wounding Dolokhov. When it is Dolokhov's turn to shoot, Pierre stands openly in front of the bullet, but Dolokhov miraculously misses him (""The Duel""). Before they all leave, Anatole asks Hélène to convince Natasha to come to the costume ball that she is hosting that evening. She agrees and they leave Pierre. Alone, Pierre reflects on his near-death experience and realizes that despite wasting his life, he wishes to live (""Dust and Ashes""). Natasha and her family go to"
"English version, the book ends with a hand-to-hand fight between the two superheroes, and 07 is pushed into the icy precipice, presumably to his death. In the original, the two adversaries exchange threats, but do not touch each other. The plane from Mirny arrives, while Franklin is still a few hours away. While Avakoum and Konstantin Trofimov's secretary Natalia are busy getting the professor into the plane, 07 manages to disappear. Although morally defeated and unsuccessful in his mission, 07 remains alive, and even free. Avakoum Zahov versus 07 Avakoum Zakhov vs. 07 () is an espionage novel by the"
"the First. Both Frenchmen face various dangers along their way. They witness the grand battle of Poltava from opposite sides. Court plots and romantic adventures stay in the past as both our milksops are plunged head first in the boiling pot of war and the horrors it brings into their lives, until they face on the Battle of Poltava. After a duel, Charles is killed in the duel by De La Bouche. Then, Tsar Peter I asks Bouche about why he was exiled to Russia. He just wonders back to the past, where he and Charles prepared to be exiled."
"Chernaya River (Saint Petersburg) The Chernaya River (), originally Mustajogi (in the Karelian), also known as the Chyornaya Rechka or Black River, is a small river in Saint Petersburg. It flows for 8.1 kilometres. The Chernaya is known for famous duels that took place there, including the 1909 duel between Nikolai Gumilyov and Maximilian Voloshin over the matter of a fictitious poet called Cherubina de Gabriak [in the Finnish language: Kaprijakin (Kaprion) Kerubitar], and the fatal duel between poet-playwright Alexander Pushkin and Georges d'Anthès. The Chernaya River contributes to St. Petersburg's weather - since water absorbs and radiates heat slower"
"The Berkut The Berkut is a 1987 secret history novel by Joseph Heywood in which Adolf Hitler survives World War II. It is set in the period immediately after the fall of The Third Reich. This book pits a German colonel and a Russian soldier from a secret organization against each other. The German, Günter Brumm, has been given orders to safely get the Führer out of Germany with the remaining resources of the Reich at his disposal, while Vasily Petrov, the Russian, has been given orders by Joseph Stalin to capture Hitler with the full resources of the Soviet"
"which Jean mortally wounds Maurice, who fights on the side of the insurgents. The novel ends by bringing three of its main characters together: Jean, the dying Maurice and his sister Henriette who has travelled to Paris after having lost contact with her brother for more than two months. La Débâcle La Débâcle is a novel by Émile Zola published in 1892, the penultimate in les Rougon-Macquart series. The story is set against the background of the political and military events that ended the reign of Napoléon III and the Second Empire in 1870, in particular the Franco-Prussian War, the"
"(Gogol's ""Dead Souls"", another main contender, was referred to by the author as a poem or epic in prose as in the style of Dante's ""Divine Comedy"", and was at any rate never completed). The novel introduces a dual character study, as seen with the gradual breakdown of Bazarov's and Arkady's nihilistic opposition to emotional display, especially in the case of Bazarov's love for Madame Odintsova. The novel is also the first Russian work to gain prominence in the Western world, eventually gaining the approval of well established novelists Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, and Henry James. The Bolshevik revolutionary"
"in a spectacular, prolonged duel (reputedly the longest in screen history at about seven minutes) that ranges throughout the theater, from the balcony boxes, to the lobby, through the main seats, onto the stage, into the backstage area, and finally back on the stage itself. At the end, Moreau has de Maynes at his mercy, backed against the proscenium arch, defeated, helpless as Philippe de Valmorin had been; but something he cannot explain stays his hand. Moreau stabs his sword into the stage and stalks off, leaving de Maynes bloodied but alive. Later, Moreau learns from Philippe's father (Lewis Stone)"
"War and Peace (film series) War and Peace (, trans. Voyna i mir) is a 1966–67 Soviet war drama film written and directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and a film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel ""War and Peace"". The film, released in four installments throughout 1966 and 1967, starred Bondarchuk in the leading role of Pierre Bezukhov, alongside Vyacheslav Tikhonov and Ludmila Savelyeva, who depicted Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova. The picture was produced by the Mosfilm studios between 1961 and 1967, with considerable support from the Soviet authorities. At a cost of 8.29 million Soviet rubles – equal"
"watch the upcoming confrontation between the armies but, during the Battle of Borodino, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery. Andrei's unit waits in the reserve, but he is hit by a shell and both he and Anatol suffer severe wounds. The French Army is victorious and advances on Moscow. As Moscow is set ablaze by the retreating Russians, the Rostovs flee their estate, taking wounded soldiers with them, and unbeknownst to them, also Andrei. Pierre, dressed as a peasant, tries to assassinate Napoleon but is taken prisoner. As the French are forced to retreat, he is marched for"
"1809. It is generally acknowledged that the battle has been well researched and described vividly; the novel received prestigious awards. There is some critique that the viewpoint was strictly from the French side—although it could be argued that not knowing the other side is a realistic presentation of the fog of war—and that the love affair was ""weak"". Anna Mundow found the novel ""astonishing"" with excellent distillation of the historical events, while Jeff Waggoner complained that the novel was short on characterization. The Battle (Patrick Rimbaud novel) The Battle (French: ""La Bataille"") is a historical novel by the French author"
"The Duel (2010 film) Anton Chekhov's The Duel is a 2010 film directed by Dover Kosashvili. The film is an adaptation of an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov, The Duel. Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on Laevsky (Andrew Scott), an aristocratic civil servant, and his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott), whom Laevsky is trying to abandon. The screenplay was written by Mary Bing. ""The Duel"" was filmed in Croatia. The film's cast is made up of British and Irish actors. It has generally received positive reviews. Ivan Andreitch Laevsky is an educated Russian aristocrat who"
"France) during World War II. The plot concerns two characters, Pierre Dumaine and Ève Charlier. They are predestined to be soulmates, but this destiny is prevented by their premature violent deaths, and they do not meet until passing into the afterlife. Ève and Pierre have never met each other in their respective lives. At the beginning of the book, Ève is very sick, and unknown to her, her husband André is poisoning her in order to marry her sister Lucette and keep the dowry. Pierre on the other hand is planning a revolution, but is killed by his friend Lucien."
"movie ""The Duellists"" directed by Ridley Scott (1977) and loosely based on the novel by Joseph Conrad's ""Duel"", which, in turn, was inspired by Pushkin's ""The Shot"". Set in Saint Petersburg in 1860, the story revolves around retired officer Yakovlev. A deadly shot, Yakovlev is effectively a kind of mercenary in that he is available for hire through his associate Baron Staroe to stand in for others in formal duels. Much later in the film, flashbacks reveal that years ago an Aleut shaman has predicted he would never die, and so far that seems about right as Yakovlev wins duel"
"Boris Mozhayev Boris Andreyevich Mozhayev (Борис Андреевич Можаев, June 1, 1923, Pitelino village, Ryazan Governorate - March 2, 1996, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian author, dramatist, script-writer and editor, the USSR State Prize (1989) laureate, best known for his novel ""Zhivoy"" (Alive, 1966) and the two-part epic ""Peasant Men and Women"" (Muzhiki i babyi, 1972-1980). Supported by Alexander Tvardovsky and admired by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Mozhayev experienced serious difficulties with publishing his harshly realistic, tinged with bitter humour Village prose, dealing with trials and tribulations of the Soviet peasantry in the years of collectivisation and beyond. Boris Andreyevich Mozhayev was born"
"realm, Dostoyevsky's """" [""Двойник""] (1846) directly engages with ""The Bronze Horseman"", treating Evgenii's madness as parody. The theme of madness parallels many of Gogol's works and became characteristic of 19th and 20th century Russian literature. Andrei Bely's novel ""Petersburg"" [""Петербург""] (1913; 1922) uses the Bronze Horseman as a metaphor for the centre of power in the city of Petersburg, which is itself a living entity and the main character of Bely's novel. The bronze horseman, representing Peter the Great, chases the novel's protagonist, Nikolai Albleukov. He is thus forced to flee the statue just like Evgenii. In this context, Bely"
"rumoured to be involved in an incestuous affair with her brother Anatol, tells Pierre that she will never have children with him. Hélène is also rumoured to have an affair with Dolokhov, who mocks Pierre in public. Pierre loses his temper and challenges Dolokhov to a duel. Unexpectedly (because Dolokhov is a seasoned dueller), Pierre wounds Dolokhov. Hélène denies her affair, but Pierre is convinced of her guilt and leaves her. In his moral and spiritual confusion, Pierre joins the Freemasons. Much of Book Two concerns his struggles with his passions and his spiritual conflicts. He abandons his former carefree"
"warmly, he shakes hands, and they say emotional goodbys. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 81% based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 7 out of 10. Metacritic gives the film a score of 75% based on reviews from 16 critics. The Duel (2010 film) Anton Chekhov's The Duel is a 2010 film directed by Dover Kosashvili. The film is an adaptation of an 1891 novella by Anton Chekhov, The Duel. Set in a seaside resort in the Caucasus, the story centers on Laevsky (Andrew Scott), an aristocratic civil servant, and his mistress Nadya (Fiona Glascott),"
"Robert Helmont Robert Helmont (1874; English: ""Robert Helmont, The Diary of a Recluse, 1870-1871"" (1892)) is a novella by French author Alphonse Daudet. It is partly based on Daudet's actual experiences during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, as described in the Preface. The book was originally published by Dentu in the 1873 ""Musel Universel"" but received little notice. It was re-published in 1891 with illustrations by ""Picard and Montégut"". The forest Sénart is the same described in his novel ""Jack"" and contains some of the same characters. Robert Helmont breaks his leg on the day of the start of the"
"The Battle (Patrick Rimbaud novel) The Battle (French: ""La Bataille"") is a historical novel by the French author Patrick Rambaud that was first published in 1997. The English translation by Will Hobson appeared in 2000. The book describes the 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling between the French Empire under Napoleon and the Austrian Empire. The action in the novel follows closely historical observations and descriptions as seen from the French perspective. ""La Bataille"" is the first book of a trilogy by Rambaud about the decline of Napoleon, describing his first personal defeat in a European battle; the other two books cover"
"usually takes place near a river (usually Safat River). However Tugarin is defeated due to rain, which spoils his papery wings. Tugarin Zmeyevich is best known from the bylina about his duel with Alyosha Popovich, which comes in many different versions. The story is also found in the prose fairytale version. In some versions, they two meet for the duel at Safat River, where they pitch pavilions. Tugarin roars in a booming voice, or else hisses like a snake. He is flying in the sky flapping his paper-like wings, which fail him when it rains. Alyosha Popovich wins the duel,"
"tragic story of s Soviet peasant family struggling through 1930s, is regarded as one of Alekseyev's best. The two-part novel ""Unweeping Willow"" (1970, 1974), a vast panorama of the 1930s-1960s rural Soviet Privolzhye, earned him the USSR State Prize in 1976. Of the films based upon Alekseyev's novels, the best known are director Nikolai Moskalenko's ""Zhuravushka"" (1968, after ""Bread Is a Noun"") and ""Russian Field"" (1971, ""Unweeping Willow""). Mikhail Alekseyev's 1981 controversial novel ""Fighters"" dealt with the 1932-1933 famine. ""The subject was a taboo then. But it lived within and tormented me. Having published so many books, I’ve still failed"
"said that he discovered ""in the Russian ministry of defence archives that the whole story of the sniper duel – portrayed by Jude Law and Ed Harris – had been a clever figment of Soviet propaganda."" David L. Robbins's historical novel, ""War of the Rats"" (1991) includes a sniper duel in Stalingrad, but between Zaitsev and a German adversary named Colonel Heinz Thorvald, identified in the author's introduction as an actual combatant. Vasily Zaytsev Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II."