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Characters (137)
Anna Pávlovna Schérer — Maid of honor and favorite of the Dowager Empress; hostess of the fashionable Petersburg salon.
Prince Vasíli Kurágin — A high-ranking, self-interested courtier; father of Hélène, Hippolyte, and Anatole.
Márya Fëdorovna — The Dowager Empress, whose favor the courtiers anxiously court.
Hélène Kurágina — Prince Vasíli's beautiful daughter and a celebrated society beauty.
Hippolyte Kurágin — Prince Vasíli's elder son; in his father's words, "a quiet fool."
Anatole Kurágin — Prince Vasíli's profligate younger son; "an active fool."
Lise Bolkónskaya — "The little princess"; young, pregnant wife of Prince Andrew, celebrated for her charm.
Prince Andrew Bolkónski — Lise's husband and an aide-de-camp to General Kutúzov.
Princess Mary Bolkónskaya — Prince Andrew's sister; rich, unhappy, and kept in the country by her exacting father.
Prince Bolkónski — Mary's eccentric, miserly father; nicknamed "the King of Prussia."
Pierre — Illegitimate son of Count Bezúkhov; recently returned from abroad, shy but observant and natural.
Count Bezúkhov — A wealthy grandee of Catherine's time, now lying dying in Moscow; Pierre's father.
Vicomte de Mortemart — A French émigré guest, connected to the Montmorencys through the Rohans.
Abbé Morio — A thinker received by the Emperor, known for a scheme for perpetual peace.
Kutúzov — The Russian general; Prince Andrew serves as his aide-de-camp.
Boris Drubetskoy — A young ambitious officer and friend of Nicholas Rostov.
Berg — An ambitious, self-satisfied officer of German descent.
Fyodor Dolokhov — A reckless, hard-living officer; Pierre fought a duel with him over Hélène.
Nicholas Rostov — A young Russian officer, naive and enthusiastic.
Prince Nesvitsky — A stout, good-natured staff officer.
General Weyrother — An Austrian general directing the allied troops.
Prince Dolgorukov — An adjutant general, close to Emperor Alexander.
Prince Schwarzenberg — An Austrian field marshal.
Napoleon Bonaparte — Emperor of the French.
Emperor Alexander I — The Tsar of Russia.
Bilibin — A witty Russian diplomat.
Count Markov — A Russian envoy.
Czartoryski — Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Vasíli Dmítrich Denísov — A hussar officer and Nicholas Rostov's squadron commander and friend.
Prince Bagration — A revered Russian general and hero of Schöngrabern.
Kirsten — A staff-captain in the Pavlograd hussars.
Villiers — James Wylie, the physician-in-ordinary to Emperor Alexander.
Savary — A French officer and envoy sent by Napoleon.
Count Tolstoy — Ober-Hofmarschall Nikolai Tolstoy, an official at the Emperor's headquarters.
Alexander Suvorov — The legendary Russian general and military strategist.
General Wimpffen — A column commander in the allied army.
Langeron — Count Alexandre-Louis Andrault de Langeron, a French émigré general serving in the Russian army.
Prince Lichtenstein — An allied column commander.
Prince Hohenlohe — An allied column commander.
Przebyszewski — An allied column commander.
Miloradovich — A Russian general and column commander.
Dokhturov — A Russian general and column commander.
Count Arakcheyev — A Russian general with a reputation for severity.
Mikhail Speransky — Secretary of State and the Emperor's chief reformer; of humble seminarian origin, mysterious and brilliant.
Count Kochubey — A prominent reform-minded Russian statesman.
General Buxhowden — A Russian general commanding a wing of the allied army.
Tit — An old house serf belonging to Kutuzov.
Natasha — Countess Rostova, sister to Nikolai Rostov.
Sonya — The Rostovs' orphaned niece, Natasha's cousin and devoted companion, secretly in love with Nikolai.
Vera Rostova — The eldest Rostov daughter; cold, correct, and unloved, engaged to Berg.
Count Guriev — An old Russian count whose house was on Tverskaya in Moscow.
Fedchenko — A hussar non-commissioned officer in Denisov's squadron.
Count Ilya Andreich Rostov — A wealthy Moscow nobleman, father of Nikolai Rostov.
Countess Natalya Rostova — The old countess, wife of Count Ilya Rostov and mother of Natasha, Nikolai, and Vera.
Anna Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya — Boris's mother, an impoverished but well-connected noblewoman and old friend of the Rostovs.
Ivan Mitrich — A sergeant major in a Russian infantry regiment.
Zhuchka — A company dog belonging to a Russian regiment.
Przhebyshevsky — A Russian general, commander of one of the columns at Austerlitz.
Novosiltsev — Count Nikolay Novosiltsev, a close adviser to Emperor Alexander.
Prince Volkonsky — Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, an adjutant-general to Emperor Alexander.
Stroganov — Count Pavel Stroganov, a close friend and adviser to Emperor Alexander.
Emperor Francis — Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (and Emperor of Austria).
Grand Duke Konstantin — Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, brother of Emperor Alexander I, commanding the Russian Imperial Guard at Austerlitz.
Ilya Ivanych — Coachman of Emperor Alexander I.
Count Nikolai Alexandrovich Tolstoy — Grand Marshal of the Imperial Court during the reign of Emperor Alexander I.
Captain Karl Wilhelm von Toll — Russian officer who assisted Emperor Alexander I at the Battle of Austerlitz.
General Ignaty Yakovlevich Przhebishevsky — Russian general, commander of the 3rd Column at the Battle of Austerlitz.
Marshal Jean Lannes — French Marshal of the Empire who commanded the V Corps at Austerlitz.
Prince Nikolai Grigoryevich Repnin-Volkonsky — Commander of a squadron of the Russian Chevalier Guard Regiment at Austerlitz.
Lieutenant Pavel Petrovich Sukhtelen — A young Russian officer in the Chevalier Guard Regiment.
Dr. Dominique Jean Larrey — Chief surgeon of Napoleon's Imperial Guard.
Zakhar — A cabman in Moscow.
Dmitry — A footman in the Rostov household.
Mikhailo — An old servant in the Rostov household.
Prokofy — A strong footman in the Rostov household.
Grishka — Denisov's servant.
Louis Antoine Duport — A famous French ballet dancer.
Arkharovs — A prominent family in Moscow.
Kamensky, Mikhail Fedotovich — Field Marshal in the Russian army.
Gavrila — A servant of the Rostov family.
Feoktist — The English Club's head cook.
Mitenka — A steward for the Rostovs.
Maksimka — A gardener on the Rostovs' estate.
Ipatka — A coachman.
Ilyushka — A famous gypsy dancer.
Orlov, Alexey Grigoryevich — A prominent Russian nobleman and count.
Valuev, Pyotr Stepanovich — A Russian nobleman and statesman.
Markov, Arkady Ivanovich — Count Markov, a prominent figure in Moscow society.
Vyazemsky, Pyotr Andreyevich — Prince Vyazemsky, a prominent figure in Moscow society.
Przebyszewski, Ignat Yakovlevich — A Polish general in Russian service.
Langeron, Alexander Fedorovich — A French general in Russian service.
Voltaire — The famous French Enlightenment writer and philosopher.
Naryshkin, Alexander Lvovich — A prominent Russian nobleman.
Uvarov, Fyodor Petrovich — A Russian cavalry general.
Vasily Ignatich — An old member of the English Club.
Bekleshov, Alexander Andreyevich — A prominent Russian statesman.
Titus — Roman Emperor.
Ripheus — Trojan hero, symbol of justice.
Caesar, Julius — Roman general and statesman.
Napoleon Bonaparte — Emperor of the French.
Alcides — Another name for Heracles/Hercules.
Kutuzov, Pavel Ivanovich — A Russian poet and senator.
Apraksin, Stepan Stepanovich — A Russian general and nobleman.
Louis XVI — King of France, executed during the French Revolution.
Maximilien Robespierre — A French lawyer and statesman who was one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution.
Molière — A French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature.
Marya Bogdanovna — A midwife from the provincial town near Bald Hills.
Foka — The cook at Bald Hills.
Tikhon — An old servant and valet to Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky.
Praskovya Savishna — The old nurse at Bald Hills.
Philip — A footman at Bald Hills.
Demyan — The butler at Bald Hills.
Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky (the younger) — The newborn son of Prince Andrew and Lise.
Iogel — A dancing master in Moscow.
Princesses Gorchakov — Two pretty princesses who married in 1806.
Belova — An old noblewoman living in the Rostov house.
Osip Alekseevich Bazdeev — A prominent Freemason and Martinist who becomes Pierre's mentor.
Count Villarsky — A young Polish count and Freemason in Petersburg.
Smolyaninov — An acquaintance of Pierre's who acts as a rhetor at his Masonic initiation.
Mr. Krug — Danish chargé d'affaires in Petersburg.
Mr. Shitov — A guest at Anna Pavlovna's, considered a man of great merit.
King Frederick the Great — King of Prussia (Frederick II).
Mademoiselle Bourienne — Companion to Princess Marya at Bald Hills.
Petrusha — A servant at Bald Hills.
Karl Ivanych — Doctor to the Bolkonskys at Bald Hills.
General Bennigsen — Russian general, commander in the 1806-1807 campaign.
Khandrikov — An official in Korcheva responsible for supplies.
Captain Tushin — A modest, brave artillery officer; the unsung hero who commanded a battery at Schöngrabern.
Count Zhilinsky — A wealthy Polish count and adjutant, brought up in Paris and an ardent Francophile; Boris Drubetskoy's roommate at Tilsit.
King Frederick William III — King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840.
Prince Alexander Prozorovsky — Russian Field Marshal.
Count Mikhail Kamensky — Russian Field Marshal.
Count Ostermann-Tolstoy — Russian general during the Napoleonic Wars.
Prince Volkonsky — A Russian prince mentioned by Bilibin.
General Sedmoratsky — A Russian division commander.
Anton — An old servant at Bogucharovo.
Johann Gottfried von Herder — German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic.
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St. Petersburg — The imperial capital and seat of court society, where Anna Pávlovna's salon is held.
Moscow — Where the old Count Bezúkhov lies dying.
Vienna — The diplomatic post over which Prince Vasíli and the Dowager Empress contend.
Olmütz — A city in Moravia where the allied headquarters are stationed.
Austerlitz — The impending battlefield.
Paris — The capital of France.
Wischau — A small German town occupied by the allied forces.
Schöngrabern — The site of an earlier battle where the Russians fought fiercely.
Brünn — A town in Moravia near Austerlitz where Napoleon's forces were positioned.
Ostralitz — A location near Austerlitz where Kutuzov's headquarters were established.
Kobelnitz — A village near Austerlitz relevant to Weyrother's disposition.
Sokolnitz — A village near Austerlitz involved in the battle's disposition.
Schlapanitz — A village near Austerlitz.
Turas — A wood and village near Austerlitz.
Bellowitz — A village near Austerlitz.
Toulon — A city in southern France, site of an early victory by Napoleon, referenced by Prince Andrew as a symbol of military glory.
Tverskaya — A major street in Moscow.
Hollabrunn — A town in Austria, site of a previous battle.
Ulm — A city in Germany, site of a major French victory over the Austrians.
England — A nation in conflict with France.
France — The French nation and empire under Napoleon.
Bohemian mountains — A mountain range forming the border of Bohemia, part of Weyrother's strategic plan.
Goldbach stream — A stream near Austerlitz where early skirmishes took place.
Pratzen — A village and strategically important heights near Austerlitz.
Hostieradek — A village near Austerlitz (Hostěrádky).
Augezd — A village near Austerlitz (Újezd u Brna).
Voronezh — A city in southwestern Russia, Denisov's home town.
Razgulyay — A district in Moscow known for gypsy entertainers.
Sokolniki — A park in Moscow, then a popular suburban area for outings and duels.
Kostroma — A historic city in central Russia.
Povarskaya House — The Rostov family's house in Moscow.
Amstetten — A town in Austria where a battle took place.
Kyiv — A major city in the Russian Empire (now capital of Ukraine).
Odessa — A major port city on the Black Sea in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine).
Potsdam — A city in Prussia, near Berlin.
Glogau — A fortress town in Prussia (now Głogów, Poland).
Jena — A town in Germany where Napoleon defeated the Prussians in 1806.
Auerstedt — A town in Germany near Jena; site of a battle in 1806.
Bald Hills — The Bolkonsky family estate.
Bogucharovo — An estate given to Prince Andrei by his father.
Italy — Country in Southern Europe.
Preussisch-Eylau — Site of the Battle of Eylau in 1807.
Korcheva — A town in the Tver governorate.
Tilsit — A Prussian town on the Neman where Napoleon and Alexander I met in June 1807.
Neman — The river on whose banks the two emperors met at Tilsit.
Pultusk — A town in Poland, site of a battle in 1806.
Ostrolenka — A town in Poland.
Prussia — A historic state in Northern Europe.
Russia — The Russian Empire.
Kiev — Capital city of the Kiev Governorate.
Crimea — A peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea.