Tolstoy "War and Peace" chapter by chapter. Description of the third part of the third volume of the novel L

Prince Vasily's plans always depended on external circumstances. If the people he knew were useful to him in one way or another, Prince Vasily approached them and flattered them. Having learned about the inheritance, he does everything to marry Pierre to his daughter. Kuragin arranges for Pierre an appointment to the chamber junkers, takes him to Petersburg and insists that Pierre stay at his house.

Pierre, suddenly becoming rich, is experiencing the attention of people. All around are convinced of his high merits. His former enemies become friends. The angry senior princess asks for forgiveness for the previous misunderstandings. Pierre in response apologizes to her, it is not clear why. The princess begins to knit a striped scarf for Pierre as a sign of goodwill. Prince Vasily is trying to get Pierre to sign a bill of thirty thousand in favor of the princesses. He is trying to get rid of their claims to the inheritance.

Pierre is naive. It does not seem unnatural to him that everyone suddenly fell in love with him. Prince Vasily deals with his affairs, allegedly out of pure compassion, because he cannot leave the helpless young man. He arranges Pierre's career. He dreamed of something completely different, but does not dare to object. Meanwhile, Prince Vasily is slowly stealing from Pierre.

In St. Petersburg, Pierre does not find his former company: the guards went on a campaign, Dolokhov was demoted, Anatole was in the army, Prince Andrei was abroad. Pierre has to constantly attend dinners, balls, mainly with Prince Vasily. The beautiful Helen is always present there.

Anna Pavlovna Sherer, who used to consider everything he said indecent, now also shows disposition towards Pierre. She invites him to visit, noticing that Helen will be there too. Pierre felt that recently their names were often linked together, this both frightens him and pleases him. He looks at Helen in a new way, feels that she already has power over him. Anna Pavlovna mentions a luxurious house in St. Petersburg, which is being completed for Pierre. At night, Pierre thinks about Helen, that she is stupid and that this is not love, but, on the contrary, something forbidden.

In November 1805, Prince Vasily arranges a revision trip to four provinces. At the same time, he plans to take his son Anatole from the regiment and call with him to Prince Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky. Prince Vasily wants to marry his son to the daughter of the rich Bolkonsky. Before leaving, he decides at all costs to get Pierre to propose to Helen.

Pierre continues to live with Prince Vasily. With growing horror, he feels that he is increasingly connected with Helen. She always addresses him with a joyful, trusting smile, referring to him alone, thereby distinguishing him from the rest.

On the name day of Helen Pierre is in the center of everyone's attention. He is either happy about this, or ashamed and embarrassed. The guests are leaving, Pierre is left alone with Helen, the rest are peeping outside the door. Nothing happens. Prince Vasily resolutely goes into the small living room, joyfully approaches Pierre and, with triumph in his voice, says how happy he is. He says that his wife told him everything, that he loved Father Pierre, that Helen would be a good wife to him. A month and a half later, Pierre and Helen were married. Pierre settled in the newly decorated house of the Counts Bezukhovs.

Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky receives a letter from Prince Vasily, in which he announces his arrival. Contempt is born in the soul of the old man. On the day of the arrival of the guests, he is in a bad mood, breaks down on his family, orders the cleared path to be covered with snow again.

Prince Vasily and Anatole arrive in the evening. For Anatole, life is like continuous entertainment, and he also applies to this trip. Princess Mary is anxiously waiting to meet the guests.

The little princess and Mademoiselle Bourienne, her friend, are discussing the handsome man who has arrived. They dress up and begin to think about how to dress up Princess Mary. Marya is worried, feels offended, she does not like that no one understands this. Marya is ugly, so the little princess and Mademoiselle Bourienne are not afraid to dress her up. Marya is ready to burst into tears, asks to be left alone. However, she wants to get married, be loved and have a child of her own. Before going down to the living room, she prays.

Marya was captivated by Anatole's beauty and slightly contemptuous manner. He, having seen Mademoiselle Bourienne, believes that one can have a good time in the Bald Mountains.

The old prince is considering whether it is worth parting with Princess Marya, for love they will not marry her, only because of her wealth. He is not opposed to this, but wants to see a worthy challenger.

Going out to the guests, Bolkonsky makes unceremonious remarks to Marya and tells Prince Vasily that he would like to get to know his son better. He is invited to live in the estate. Princess Mary Anatole seems kind and courageous. Mademoiselle Bourienne also decides that this man is quite suitable for her.

The old prince is talking to Marya about marriage. She agrees to get married. Marya returns through the winter garden and sees Anatole, who is embracing Mademoiselle Bourienne. Marya decides not to interfere with her happiness and refuses Anatole.

In the middle of winter, after a long break, the Rostovs received a letter from Nikolai. He said that he was promoted to officer, was wounded. Natasha talks to Sonya about Nikolai, she is surprised at her constancy - she still loves him. Natasha herself has already forgotten Boris, now, it seems, she is carried away by Count Bezukhov. The family reads Nikolai's letter to the holes, collectively write an answer to him, and collect money.

On November 12, Kutuzov's army in the parking lot near Olmutz is preparing for the review of two emperors, Russian and Austrian. Nikolai Rostov receives a message from Boris, in which he says that his regiment is spending the night nearby.

Boris offers Rostov to hand over a letter from home and money. The money will be very handy for Nikolai, he spent a lot.

During the campaign, Boris was next to Berg, the current company commander. He was a very neat person who was on a special account with his superiors, and therefore his financial position was stable. During the campaign, Boris met many people who could be useful to him.

Boris and Berg are playing chess when Nikolai Rostov suddenly rushes in. He was awarded the George Cross. Nikolai expresses dissatisfaction with the fact that Berg does not leave - he prevents him from talking alone with a friend. A letter of recommendation to Prince Bagration is enclosed in a letter from home, Nikolai discards it with a contemptuous air, considering service at the headquarters to be a lackey's occupation. Nikolai begins to tell how he was wounded. At this time, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky enters, whom Boris was waiting for.

Andrei sympathizes with Boris, so he wants to fulfill his request. He hoped to find him alone, disappointed that he also meets Rostov. Bolkonsky reproaches Rostov for talking about the Shengraben case, although in fact he has not been there. Rostov argues, insists that he has been, which embitters Andrey even more. He is sure that all these are empty stories, and nothing more. Rostov speaks with contempt about the "staff thugs." Prince Andrei understands that he is challenging him to a duel. At the same time, she understands that she is now unacceptable, and recommends that Rostov forget everything.

Bolkonsky leaves, Rostov leaves for his regiment, thinking about a strange feature on the way. Of all the people he knew, he would not want to see anyone among his friends as this hated adjutant.

The next day, a review of the Austrian and Russian troops, who came from Russia and returned from a campaign with Kutuzov, takes place. Generals and soldiers feel a strange paradox: on the one hand, nothing depends on them, but at the same time they can do everything. Emperors are approaching, the army is actively welcoming Alexander. Rostov stands in the forefront of the Kutuzov troops. The emperor drives up to them first.

Each officer in the ranks feels a sense of pride, is aware of his power and is filled with great respect for the sovereign. Rostov thinks that he would be happy if he could die for his Tsar. After the review, all the officers are united in their ardent desire to serve under the leadership of the sovereign himself, to go under his command against the enemy. Everyone was sure of victory. Among the royal retinue, Rostov notices Bolkonsky.

The next day, Boris Drubetskoy, recommended to him, goes to the prince. He has a great desire to serve as an adjutant to a high-ranking person. He does not find Prince Andrei and the next day he again goes to Olmutz. At the time of his arrival, Prince Andrei communicates with an elderly Russian general in orders, but, noticing Boris, he approaches him, which makes him extremely happy: they say, Boris is more interesting for him than a respected military man.

Prince Andrei offers to arrange for Boris to Dolgorukov. There is a military council in the palace. Despite the objections of Kutuzov and Prince Schwantsenberg, it was decided to immediately advance and give a general battle. There is no way to talk about Boris. The next day, the troops set out on a campaign, and until the battle of Austerlitz, Boris remains in the Izmailovsky regiment.

Squadron Denisov left in reserve. In the morning, Rostov hears firing ahead, sees how the wounded are brought back and how the Cossacks are escorting a detachment of French cavalry. Returning soldiers and officers talk about the brilliant victory, gather in mugs, drink and eat. A captured French dragoon is being brought in. Rostov buys a horse from him and promises that he will take care of it. He gives the Frenchman money, Emperor Alexander sees this.

Nicholas is delighted, the sovereign himself honored him with attention. Both the emperor and the officers are extremely pleased with the supposedly brilliant victory, behind which, in fact, lies only the capture of the French garrison. At the celebration in honor of Denisov's promotion to major, a tipsy Rostov pronounces a very intricate toast to the emperor and a brilliantly won victory.

The next day, there is a rumor that the sovereign fell ill from the sight of seriously wounded and dead people. The French truce Savary arrives, offers to establish peace and arrange a personal meeting between the emperors Alexander and Napoleon. The meeting was refused, together with the parliamentarian they sent Prince Dolgorukov for negotiations.

Russian troops continue to move forward, the French division retreats. There is a general revival. The movement of the eighty thousandth army begins.

The concentrated movement was similar to the first movement of the middle wheel of a large tower clock, followed by another, a third, and the wheels, blocks, gears began to spin faster and faster, chimes began to play, figures jumped out, and the arrows moved measuredly, showing the result of the movement. Generals are discussing battle plans.

Dolgorukov believes that it is impossible to delay, Napoleon is afraid of a general battle. Prince Andrei promotes his own plan for a flank movement. He asks Kutuzov a question about his expectations regarding tomorrow's performance. He is sure that the battle will be lost. A military council is being held at Kutuzov's apartment. All the leaders of the columns are present with battle plans. Bagration refused to come.

Weyreuther is assigned to command the battle. He reports his plan, but Kutuzov does not listen to him. The troops face a very difficult task. There is a danger of an attack by the French division.

There is a great risk of losing the battle, but Kutuzov says that it is impossible to change the battle plan, so the only thing left is to get a good night's sleep before the battle. Everyone disperses.

Prince Andrei reflects on the possibility of imminent death. Memories run through his mind. The last farewell to his father, to his wife is imagined, the first bright feeling that he felt for her is remembered. Andrei feels sorry for his wife and feels sorry for himself too.

On the eve of the battle, all the leaders are in confusion. Andrew lays out his battle plan. Everyone understands that this is really salvation, but no one is able to fulfill what was proposed. Bolkonsky himself takes a regiment, a division, demands that no one interfere with his orders, and leads his division to a decisive point. The victory was won.

Andrei admits to himself that only military glory interests him and awakens the desire to act. He feels sorry for his relatives and loved ones, but even this cannot stop him, turn him away from a military career.

“Death, wounds, loss of family, nothing scares me. And no matter how dear or sweet to me many people are - father, sister, wife - the people dearest to me, I will give them all now for a moment of glory, triumph over people, for the love of people whom I do not know and will not know. ".

Rostov in semi-oblivion goes around the front line. Suddenly he hears the drawn-out cries of thousands of people coming from where the enemy was. Fires are burning all along the line of French troops. Prince Bagration and Prince Dolgorukov leave for the place. Rostov remains an orderly under Bagration. The cries and fires in the enemy army are caused by the appearance of the emperor.

The next morning, the chaos begins. During the movement of the Austrian cavalry, marching on the left flank, the higher authorities decided that the center of the allied division was too far from the right flank. All cavalry were ordered to move to the right side. Several thousand men advanced in front of the infantry, forced to stand idle in anticipation. An Austrian column leader has a row with a Russian general. Troops in idle time lose heart. The Russians from the first, second and third columns do not expect to meet the enemy down above the river. There is thick fog around, people do not see that they are already surrounded. The firefight is slow, the orders of the commanders do not come in time. Chiefs and adjutants wander through unfamiliar terrain, losing their own. The fourth column, together with Kutuzov, stands on the Pratsen Heights.

At the village of Slapanice, Napoleon stands on a height surrounded by his marshals. Visibility is excellent, light around. Today is a solemn day for the French army, the anniversary of Napoleon's coronation. At dawn, he gives a sign to the marshals. The offensive begins. The main forces of the French are heading towards the Pratzen Heights, from which the Russian troops descended to the left into the hollow.

Kutuzov is in a bad mood, dissatisfied with the plan and how it is being carried out. Prince Andrei understands that there is complete chaos around. It seemed that the enemy was still far away. The Russian and Austrian emperors appear with their retinues, showing impatience. Kutuzov responds sharply to Alexander, but orders to advance.

Kutuzov, driving away, stops at a lonely abandoned house, talking with an Austrian general. The adjutant, looking through a telescope, shouts about the approach of the French. General confusion, vanity, running around. Bolkonsky tries to keep up with Kutuzov, Nesvitsky shouts to him that if he does not leave now, he will be taken prisoner. Kutuzov continues to stand in the same place. Blood flows from his cheek, he takes out a handkerchief. To Andrey, when asked if he was wounded, he points to the fugitives and calls them his wound.

It is impossible to stop the running. The French attack the battery. Seeing Kutuzov, they shoot at him. The lieutenant who stood with the banner let go of it. Kutuzov pointed it out to Bolkonsky. Prince Andrei jumped off his horse, grabbed the banner and shouted "Hurrah!" ran forward. The whole battalion rushes after him. Bolkonsky is already not far from the battery, and then one of the nearest soldiers seems to hit him on the head with a strong stick with all his might. He falls on his back, above him there is nothing but a high sky with gray clouds quietly creeping across it. Andrei thinks about the sky, wonders how he has not seen it before. Bolkonsky is happy. Because he finally recognized the sky, because, apart from him, there is nothing.

On the right flank of Bagration, the performance had not yet begun. The commander does not want to accept Dolgorukov's demand for a start. In an effort to avoid responsibility, he suggests that Dolgorukov send an envoy to the commander-in-chief to find out his will. Send Rostov.

This morning, Nikolai feels courage and determination in himself, he is cheerful and in a good mood. When he saw the fight, he stopped to watch. Several riders galloped in his direction. Rostov moved on.

In front of him appeared a mass of cavalrymen in shiny white uniforms that could crush him. Everything worked out. On the road ahead of him, in the rear of the Russian troops, Nikolai hears close gunfire. It's Russians and Austrians shooting at each other. Russian and Austrian soldiers fled across Rostov in droves.

Rostov is looking for Kutuzov and the sovereign near the village of Pratsa. Towards him are crowds of upset troops. The road is dammed up, French batteries are shelling it. Someone tells Rostov that the sovereign is wounded, and Kutuzov is killed.

Rostov continues to drive in the direction he was told. All the signs of a lost battle were there. Unexpectedly, Rostov comes across the sovereign. He is pale, his eyes are sunken. Rostov decided not to ask him for any orders, it is clear that the battle is lost. In desperation, he drives past.

It soon became clear that the battle was lost on all counts. Andrei Bolkonsky lies, clutching the staff of the banner in his hand, bleeds and unconsciously groans with a quiet childish moan. By evening he woke up. He hears the sound of approaching horses and a conversation in French. He opens his eyes and sees Napoleon with two adjutants. Napoleon says it's a beautiful death. At that moment, Napoleon seemed to Andrei a small and insignificant person in comparison with what was now happening between his soul and this high, endless sky with clouds running across it. Bolkonsky did not care at that moment who was standing over him, what he was talking about; he was only glad that people had stopped over him, and only wished that these people would help him and bring him back to life, which seemed to him so beautiful, because he understood it differently now. Napoleon notices that Prince Andrei is alive and orders to take care of him.

Prince Andrei woke up in a hospital among Russian wounded and captured officers. Napoleon arrives, praises the Russians for their courage, they cheerfully answer him. Andrew is silent. All the interests that occupied Napoleon at that moment seemed petty to him, like the French emperor himself, who had previously been his hero. Vanity and the joy of victory lost in comparison with that high, fair and kind sky that Bolkonsky saw and understood. Looking into the eyes of Napoleon, Andrei thinks about the insignificance of greatness, the insignificance of life, the meaning of which no one could understand, and the even greater insignificance of death, the meaning of which none of the living could explain.

Andrey is returned the golden icon taken from him, presented by Marya. Bolkonsky starts delirium. A quiet life and calm family happiness in the Bald Mountains are presented. Suddenly, little Napoleon appears and brings doubts and torments. Only heaven promises peace.

Among other hopelessly wounded, Prince Andrei was handed over to the care of the inhabitants.

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The third volume of the novel "War and Peace" covers mainly the military events of 1812: the offensive of the French troops, the Battle of Borodino and the capture of Moscow by Napoleon. Numerous "military" episodes are tightly intertwined with descriptions of the "peaceful" life of the characters, in which the author emphasizes the influence of historical changes on the fate and worldview not only of the characters in the novel, but of the entire Russian people. A summary of the 3rd volume of "War and Peace", which can be read online on our website without downloading, will allow you to quickly get acquainted with the main events of this part of the novel.

Important quotations are highlighted in gray, this will help to more accurately convey the meaning of the third volume.

Part 1

Chapter 1

On June 12, 1812, the forces of Western Europe crossed the borders of the Russian Empire. Starting the first part of the third volume of "War and Peace" with reflections on the coming war, the author comes to the conclusion that it was inevitable.

Chapter 2

On May 29, Napoleon travels from Dresden, Germany, to Poland, where his army is stationed. On the way, Bonaparte orders the French army to move to the borders of Russia, although he had previously written to Emperor Alexander that he did not want war. French troops cross the Neman River and begin an offensive against Russia.

Chapter 3

Russian Emperor Alexander is in Vilna. The emperor did not have an exact plan of action - they expected the war, but did not prepare for it. On the day when the French troops crossed the Neman, Alexander was at a ball in his honor.

Upon learning of the French offensive, Alexander writes a letter to Napoleon stating that if the French do not leave the territory of Russia, he will be forced to repel the attack.

Chapters 4-5

Alexander sends Adjutant General Balashev to deliver the letter personally to Napoleon. Balashev is not given due respect at the French outposts (even having learned his high rank), but they still promise to take him to Napoleon. Balashev spent several days in the French camp, after which he was transferred to Vilna, now occupied by the French.

Chapter 6

Reception of Balashev by Bonaparte (in the same house where the Russian emperor sent him a few days ago). Napoleon reports that he has read Alexander's letter and claims that he does not want war. Balashev replies that peace is possible only if the French troops retreat. In anger, Napoleon says that it was not he who started the war, but Alexander, who “was the first to come to the army”, made peace with the Turks and an alliance with England.

Chapter 7

Balashev receives an invitation to dinner from Napoleon. Over coffee, Napoleon talks about the fact that Alexander brought all his personal enemies closer to him. Bonaparte does not understand why Alexander "took command of the troops": "war is my trade, and his business is to reign, not to command the troops."

Balashev leaves, hands Bonaparte's letter and retells the details of their conversation to Alexander. The war begins.

Chapter 8

Prince Andrei goes to St. Petersburg in search of Anatole Kuragin (to challenge him to a duel), but instead of an opponent he meets Kutuzov, who offers to join the Turkish army as part of the Russian army. After receiving news of the war in 1812, Andrei was transferred to the Western army.

On the way, Andrey calls in Bald Mountains. There was a split in the family: the elder Bolkonsky was courting Bourien, blaming Marya for ill-bringing Nikolushka, Andrei's son. Bolkonsky is angry with his father because of his attitude towards Marya, moreover, he does not feel the same tenderness for his son. Leaving, Bolkonsky thinks that he does not know why he is going to war.

Chapter 9

Bolkonsky arrives in the Drissa camp, in the main apartment (headquarters) of the Russian. Existing Russian political parties are dissatisfied with the course of hostilities, but not everyone is aware of their real threat. Officials write a letter to Alexander, advising the sovereign to leave the army (located near the Drissa camp) and begin to rule from the capital.

Chapter 10

Another offensive of Bonaparte. Alexander inspects the Drissa camp set up by General Pfulem, with which many military leaders are dissatisfied. At the apartment of General Benigsen, Bolkonsky personally meets with Pfuel (a typical German theorist who feels himself in place only behind the map).

Chapter 11

At the military council, Pfuel puts forward his plan of action, those present are arguing for a long time about its correctness, suggesting other options for action: "everyone is good, and everyone is bad, and the benefits of any situation can be obvious only at the moment when the event happens" . Andrey thinks that "there is and cannot be any military science," since in war there are no predetermined conditions and circumstances. The next day, Bolkonsky decides to serve in the army, and not in the headquarters.

Chapter 12

The Pavlograd regiment, in which Nikolai Rostov serves, retreats to Poland. Bypassing the river Drissa, they are approaching the Russian borders.

Having learned about the feat of Raevsky, who, having brought two sons, still boys, to the dam, went on the attack with them, Rostov doubts his heroism, since he considers it wrong and unreasonable to lead the boys on the attack. In addition, he knows that any stories about exploits are exaggerated and are needed only to glorify the Russian army.

Chapter 13

The officers have fun in an abandoned tavern.

Chapters 14-15

The squadron of Rostov acts to Ostrovna. The beginning of the battle. At the time of the French pursuit of the Russian lancers (lightly armed cavalry), Rostov noticed that if the French were hit now, they would not resist, and would attack the enemy with their squadron. The French retreat. Nikolai captures a French officer with a "quiet, roomy face", for which Rostov is awarded the St. George Cross and given a battalion of hussars.

Nikolai is tormented by conflicting thoughts about his feat and heroism, he does not understand why to kill the French, because they are "even more afraid of us."

Chapter 16

The Rostovs with the whole family returned to their home in Moscow. After the break with Prince Andrei, Natasha began a serious illness - the girl did not drink, did not eat, coughed. The doctors could not understand the causes of Natasha's illness, not realizing that the reasons lay in the depressed state of mind of the girl. However, youth took its toll, and Natasha gradually began to forget her grief and recover.

Chapter 17

Natasha avoids any entertainment, refuses to sing, she is very worried about her betrayal of Andrei. The girl recalls happy moments, thinking that there will be no more joyful days. Natasha moves away from her relatives and is glad only for Pierre to come to them, but she does not realize that Bezukhov loves her.

Following the example of Agrafena Ivanovna (a neighbor of the Rostovs in Otradnoye), Natasha decides to attend all church services that awaken in her a sense of "the possibility of a new, pure life and happiness." After Communion (a church ceremony, one of the seven Sacraments, which consists in the consecration of bread and wine and their subsequent eating), the girl felt calm and happy.

Chapter 18

Disturbing rumors about the course of the war are spreading in Moscow. On July 11, a manifesto was received on the collection of the Russian militia against the French. On Sunday, the Rostovs, as usual, go to the house church of the Razumovskys. During the service, the priest begins to read a prayer for the salvation of Russia from enemy invasion. Natasha asks God to forgive her and everyone, and give them peace and happiness in life.

Chapter 19

All Pierre's thoughts are filled with memories of Natasha, but he feels that a catastrophe is coming that will change his life. The Freemason brother told Pierre that the Apocalypse of John predicted a prophecy about the appearance of Napoleon. Carrying out calculations, Bezukhov writes the name of Bonaparte in numbers, and, adding them up, gets the “number of the beast” - 666. And then his own, and also gets 666. Pierre decides that he is connected with Napoleon, and stopping Bonaparte is his highest mission.

Chapter 20

Bezukhov at a dinner at the Rostovs. Natasha admits to Pierre that he is important to her. The girl is interested in whether Prince Andrei will ever be able to forgive her. Pierre is unable to finish his answer, as he is overcome by a feeling of tenderness and love for Natasha.

The Rostovs read out a manifesto out loud, which refers to "the dangers threatening Russia, the hopes placed by the sovereign on Moscow." Petya asks his parents to assign him to military service, but the count claims that all this is nonsense.

Pierre decides not to visit the Rostovs anymore because of his love for Natasha.

Chapter 21

Alexander I arrives in Moscow. Petya is going to personally ask the sovereign to send him to military service, but when he finds himself in a screaming, excited crowd at the Kremlin, he changes his mind. After dinner, Alexander comes out with a biscuit, a piece of which falls into the crowd. In the crush, Petya manages to grab a piece, although he himself does not understand why. Returning home, Petya says that if he is not allowed to fight, he will run away.

Chapters 22-23

A meeting of nobles and merchants takes place in the Sloboda yard. They don't want to help the militia. Alexander appears and everyone, with tears in their eyes, listens to his inspired speech about the need to immediately help the Russian army and then give significant amounts. Pierre, feeling that he was ready to sacrifice everything, gave a thousand people. Old man Rostov, impressed by Alexander's speech, immediately went to enlist Petya in the army.

Part 2

Chapter 1

At the beginning of the second part of the third volume of "War and Peace" the author discusses the events of the war of 1812 and the role of Alexander and Napoleon in it. Tolstoy writes that their will, in fact, did not matter.

Napoleon moves inland, approaches Smolensk. Residents of Smolensk burn the city and head towards Moscow, "inciting hatred for the enemy" among residents of other cities.

Chapter 2

Bald Mountains. After the last quarrel with his son Andrei, the elder Bolkonsky alienates Bourien from himself. A letter arrives from Andrey, in which the prince writes about the course of the war and the approach of the enemy, advises the family to move away from the epicenter of the battles - to Moscow. The old prince has little idea of ​​the scale of the war, he is sure that the French will never penetrate further than the Neman.

Chapters 3-4

The old prince Bolkonsky sends Alpatych (manager of the estate) to Smolensk to find out the situation. In Smolensk, Alpatych observes the accumulation of Russian troops, people are fleeing the city.
Siege of Smolensk. The city is rented out, people collect things and set fire to their houses. Among the crowd, Prince Andrei meets Alpatych and sends a letter through him to his relatives so that they immediately leave for Moscow.

Chapter 5

Having visited the Bald Mountains (from where his relatives had already left), Andrei returns to the regiment and on the way he sees bathing soldiers: “naked, white human meat floundered in this dirty puddle with laughter and a boom.” From what he sees, Bolkonsky shudders, feeling disgust and horror.

Bagration's letter to Arakcheev, in which the military leader accuses the Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief Barclay de Tolly. He writes that they left Smolensk in vain, because Napoleon was at a disadvantage. Bagration emphasizes that the army should be commanded by one, not two.

Chapter 6

Petersburg. In Helen's salon, the war is treated as empty demonstrations that will soon end. Prince Vasily speaks sharply about Kutuzov, but after the appointment of Kutuzov as commander-in-chief of "the armies and the entire region occupied by the troops," he warmly stands up for the commander.

Chapter 7

The French are moving from Smolensk to Moscow.

Chapter 8

Bald Mountains. Old Bolkonsky realizes the approach of the war and orders his daughter and grandson to leave for Bogucharovo. The prince has a stroke, he is paralyzed. Old Bolkonsky is transported to Bogucharovo, where he lies unconscious and delirious. Being next to her seriously ill father, Marya "often watched him, not with the hope of finding signs of relief, but watched, often wanting to find signs of approaching the end." The girl begins to think about what has not occurred to her for years: “thoughts about a free life without the eternal fear of a father, even thoughts about the possibility of love and family happiness, like the temptations of the devil, were constantly rushing in her imagination.” The old prince gets better for a while and he asks his daughter for forgiveness for everything he did. He says Russia is dead. Before his death, the prince is delirious, he has a second stroke, and he dies.

Chapters 9-12

Marya is very worried about the death of her father, reproaching herself for waiting for his death. Upon learning of the approach of the French, Marya decides to leave immediately, as she does not want to be captured by the enemy.

The Bogucharov peasants (people with a “wild character”) do not want to let Mary go to Moscow, and the head of the peasants, Dron, refuses even to give the princess horses and carts for her things.

Chapter 13

Nikolai Rostov, Ilyin (a young officer) and Lavrushka (former Denisov's serf serving at Rostov) visit Bogucharovo in search of hay for horses. Meeting of Nicholas and Mary. The princess, seeing in him a man of her own circle, tells in a broken voice about the rebellion of the peasants. Rostov was struck by the look of Marya, he assures the girl that he will accompany her, and no one will dare to prevent her from leaving.

Chapter 14

Rostov pacifies the rioting peasants in Bogucharovo. Marya's departure from Bogucharov. The princess is grateful to Nikolai for his help. The girl understands that she loves Rostov, reassuring herself that no one will know about it. Nikolai also really liked Marya, he thinks that their wedding would make everyone happy.

Chapter 15

At the call of Kutuzov, Prince Andrei arrives at the main apartment in Tsarevo-Zaimishche. Bolkonsky meets Denisov, the men remember their love for Natasha, perceiving this as a distant past.
Denisov sets out to Kutuzov his plan for a guerrilla war (in theory, very sensible), but the commander-in-chief almost does not listen to him - Kutuzov despised "knowledge and intelligence in the war and knew something else that should have solved the matter."

Chapter 16

Kutuzov wants to keep Bolkonsky with him, but Andrei, having thanked him, refuses. Kutuzov agrees that "there are always many advisers, but there are no people." He promises Andrei that the French will eat horse meat, the main thing is patience and time.

Chapter 17

In Moscow, the approach of the French is treated lightly, as if there had never been a report of their approach.

Chapter 18

After long hesitation, Bezukhov leaves for the army in Mozhaisk and goes further with the army. Encountering troops everywhere along the way, Pierre feels a sense of unease and restlessness, while feeling the need to sacrifice everything for everyone.

Chapter 19

Reasoning, the author writes that the Battle of Borodino did not matter to both opponents. And the battle itself did not take place as planned in advance: it began suddenly, in an open area, where it was impossible to hold out for more than three hours without losing the entire army.

Chapter 20

On the way to the army, Bezukhov sees militiamen passing by. Pierre was visited by a strange thought that struck him: “that out of those thousands of people alive, healthy, young and old, there were probably twenty thousand doomed to wounds and death.” "They may die tomorrow, why do they think of anything other than death?" .

Chapter 21

Arriving at the army, Bezukhov witnesses a church procession and a prayer service - the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God, taken out by the army from Smolensk, was brought to the battlefield.

Chapters 22-23

Pierre meets with Boris Drubetsky and other acquaintances. On their faces, Bezukhov sees animation and anxiety on their faces. “But it seemed to Pierre that the reason for the excitement expressed in some of these persons lay more in matters of personal success” than in the general victory of the Russian people over the enemy.

Bezukhov also meets Dolokhov. Fedorov reconciles before the battle with Pierre (earlier, Pierre severely wounded Dolokhov in a duel as he courted Helen), saying that he does not know how the coming battle will end and who will survive. Dolokhov regrets what happened and asks for forgiveness for everything, hugs Bezukhov with tears in his eyes.

Chapter 24

On the eve of the battle, Bolkonsky feels the same strong excitement and irritation as before Austerlitz. For the first time he clearly understands the "possibility of death".

Meeting of Andrey and Pierre. Bolkonsky is unpleasant to see Bezukhov reminding him of the past. Pierre becomes uneasy when he notices this.

Chapter 25

Andrei is talking with Pierre and the officers about the disposition of the troops, about Kutuzov, about the upcoming battle. Bolkonsky talks about the war, expressing the same thoughts that guide Kutuzov: that in war everything depends on the people and the case, and success depends on the feeling in every soldier. Andrei is confident in the victory of the Russians.

Left alone, Bolkonsky tells Pierre that the French for him are enemies who have ruined his house, so they need to be destroyed. When Pierre leaves, it seems to him that this is their last meeting.

Chapter 26

In a conversation with Napoleon before the Battle of Borodino, Prefect Bosset assures the emperor that he will see Moscow in three days. Napoleon tells the French army that victory depends only on them.

Chapter 27

Napoleon inspects the battlefield, indicates the disposition and issues orders that, for various reasons, cannot be carried out.

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Before the battle, Napoleon is nervous, but tries not to show it. In a conversation with the adjutant, Bonaparte asks his opinion about the upcoming battle. The adjutant answers with the words of Bonaparte, spoken by him in Smolensk: the wine is uncorked, we must drink it. Napoleon agrees that we must only go forward.

The beginning of the Battle of Borodino at dawn. "The game has begun" .

Chapter 30

Standing on the mound, Pierre admires the panorama of the battle, the area covered with troops and the smoke of shots: “it was all lively, majestic and unexpected.” Wanting to be in the thick of the battle, he goes after the general.

Chapter 31

Pierre is on the front line, while not immediately noticing the wounded and killed and realizing that he is already on the battlefield. General Raevsky's adjutant takes him with him to Raevsky's battery.

The height of the battle. Piera sees that from the moment the battle began, twenty dead have already been taken out of the battery. Russian soldiers, without giving up, beat off the attack of the French, even with a lack of shells. Pierre, wanting to help, runs after the soldier to the boxes of shells. But a terrible push (a cannonball fired by the French fell nearby) threw him back. When he woke up, only the boards remained of the box.

Chapter 32

Attack by the French of Raevsky's battery. Fight Bezukhov with a French officer. Pierre was clearly physically stronger than the enemy, but, trying to dodge the cannonball flying nearby, he releases the Frenchman, and the enemy runs away to his own. Bezukhov runs back to Raevsky's battery, "stumbling over the dead and wounded, who, it seemed to him, were catching him by the legs." Before reaching, he sees that the Russians have recaptured the battery from the French. Pierre is horrified by the number of dead and wounded, he thought that now the French would “be horrified by what they had done” and stop the battle, but the shooting only intensified.

Chapters 33-34

Napoleon leads the Battle of Borodino. Looking through the pipe, he cannot understand where the French troops are and where the enemy troops are. In the heat of battle, it was difficult to make out what was happening now, so Napoleon's orders were not always correct and were late. Everything happened not by the will of the emperor or the military leaders, but by the will of the crowd rushing across the field.

Napoleon begins to doubt victory. He sees that there is no battle as such, there is a senseless murder that will lead to nothing, and for the first time the war seemed to him unnecessary and terrible.

Chapter 35

During the Battle of Borodino, Kutuzov does not try to change anything, allowing what must be done to happen, only following the elusive force - the "spirit of the army", leading it if possible.

Chapter 36

Bolkonsky's regiment is in reserves under heavy French fire. One of the shells falls near Andrei. They shouted to him “Lie down!”, but he, wanting to show fearlessness, remains standing and receives a severe wound in the stomach. The prince is taken to the dressing station. Bolkonsky thinks that he does not want to part with life, because "there was something in this life that I did not understand and do not understand."

Chapter 37

At the dressing station, Andrey notices the wounded, heavily sobbing Anatol Kuragin, after a serious injury, his leg was amputated. In semi-delusion, Bolkonsky recalls Natasha, how he first saw her at the ball and how he is connected with this wounded man (Anatole), he feels sorry for Rostov.

Chapter 38

The terrible sight of the battlefield with thousands of dead amazes Napoleon. It seems to him that the war with Russia took place at his will and is horrified by what happened.

Chapter 39

The author reflects on the results and significance of the Battle of Borodino, which, according to history, the Russians lost. Tolstoy believes that in this battle the Russians won a moral victory - one that "convinces the enemy of the moral superiority of his enemy and of his impotence."

Part 3

Chapters 1-2

The third part of the third volume of "War and Peace", like the previous parts, begins with the author's reflections on the driving forces of history. He believes that historical laws can be understood only by leaving kings, generals and ministers alone, by starting to study "homogeneous, infinitesimal elements that guide the masses."

The Russians are retreating, the French are gradually approaching Moscow.

Chapter 3

Kutuzov's conversation with the generals on Poklonnaya Hill. The Commander-in-Chief understands that physical forces are not enough to protect Moscow.

Chapter 4

Military Council in Fili, which is attended by the generals of the Russian army. Kutuzov asks: is it worth risking the loss of the army and Moscow by accepting the battle, or giving up the city without a fight? Benigsen believes that giving up Moscow is unacceptable. Disputes begin in the council, as a result, Kutuzov gives the order to retreat.

Chapter 5

Reflecting on the fact that the inhabitants of Moscow left the city, the author believes that this was inevitable. The rich took everything of value and left the city. Those who could not leave tried to burn everything that was left so that the enemy would not get it. This does not please the Governor-General Count Rostopchin, who tried to convince people to stay in the city.

Chapter 7

In St. Petersburg, Helen becomes close to a nobleman and a foreign prince. Meet a Catholic Jesuit. His words about God impress the woman, and Bezukhov accepts Catholicism (while considering Pierre an adherent of a false religion).

Chapter 7

Helen wants to get married a second time, preparing secular society for this. A woman spreads a rumor that she cannot choose between two applicants. Hélène writes a letter to Pierre asking for a divorce.

Chapters 8-9

After the Battle of Borodino, Pierre goes to Mozhaisk. He reflects on what he saw in the war and wants to return to normal living conditions as soon as possible. Pierre arranges to spend the night at an inn in Mozhaisk. Before going to sleep, he recalls the behavior of soldiers on the battlefield, their firmness and calmness, he wants to be a simple soldier.

In a dream, Bezukhov sees a dinner attended by Dolokhov, Anatole, Denisov, Nesvitsky. They all have fun, sing and shout loudly, but this does not prevent them from hearing the "voice of the benefactor." “Pierre did not understand what the benefactor was saying, but he knew that the benefactor was talking about good”, about the possibility of being like “they”, because all “they” were good. Pierre tries to attract their attention to himself, but wakes up and understands that “simplicity is obedience to God”, “and they (Dolokhov, Anatol, Denisov, Nesvitsky) are simple. They don't talk, they do."

Pierre goes to Moscow. On the way, he is informed of the deaths of Anatole Kuragin and Andrei Bolkonsky.

Chapters 10-11

In Moscow, Bezukhov summons Rostopchin. Upon learning that Pierre is a Freemason, the Count reports that many prominent figures of Freemasonry have been arrested on suspicion of spreading French propaganda, and therefore advises Pierre to break ties with the Freemasons and leave himself.

Pierre reads Helen's letter and does not understand the meaning of what is written. In the morning, a police official sent by Rastopchin comes to Pierre. Not accepting him, Bezukhov hurriedly leaves through the back porch of the house and "disappears".

Chapter 12

Peter's return home. There are various rumors in Moscow before the French invasion, but people understand that the city will be surrendered. The Rostovs are about to leave.

Chapter 13

Natasha meets a convoy with the wounded on the street and seeks permission for the wounded to stop at their house. Petya arrives at lunchtime with a message that Rostopchin calls on everyone to go and fight on the Three Mountains tomorrow. The countess is very worried about her son and wants to leave as soon as possible.

Chapter 14

Natasha is busy collecting things for departure - she packs only the necessary and expensive ones. A carriage with the wounded Bolkonsky stops at the Rostovs' house.

Chapters 15-16

The last day before the surrender of Moscow to the French. The wounded ask Count Rostov to take them with him. Ilya Andreevich orders some carts to be unloaded, but the countess is dissatisfied with her husband, reproaching him for ruining his children with this, and forbids this. Natasha is angry with her mother, calling her act an abomination and disgusting. The girl screams at her mother, but then asks for forgiveness. The Countess gives in.

Chapter 17

The Rostovs are leaving Moscow. The Countess and Sonya decide not to tell Natasha yet that the mortally wounded Bolkonsky is in the very first wagon.

On the way, the Rostovs meet Bezukhov dressed up in a coachman's caftan. He looks confused, hesitantly answers their questions and, kissing Natasha's hand, leaves.

Chapter 18

After returning to Moscow, Pierre experienced a feeling of hopelessness and confusion, it seemed to him that “everything is now over, everything is mixed up, everything has collapsed, that there is neither right nor guilty, that there will be nothing ahead and that there is no way out of this situation.” Bezukhov settles in the apartment of the widow of the freemason Bazdeev, finds peasant clothes for himself and is going to buy a gun.

Chapters 19-20

The author compares the deserted Moscow with a beehive that has become de-matured. Being on Poklonnaya Hill, Napoleon waits in vain for the deputation of the "boyars". Looking at Moscow, he thinks that his long-standing desire, which seemed impossible to him, has finally come true. Napoleon is informed that the city is empty, he cannot believe it.

Chapters 21-23

Description of the movement of Russian troops in Moscow, who took away the last wounded and those who wanted to leave the city. Crush on the Moskvoretsky bridge. Some, taking advantage of the tightness and confusion, robbed the abandoned shops. Before the enemy enters Moscow, riots begin in the city among those who remain in the city: street fights, a revelry of factory workers, a procession of a crowd along the street, etc.

Chapters 24-25

The authority of Rostopchin among those who remained in Moscow is weakening. Wanting to regain the trust of the people, he brings Vereshchagin to them (translator, writer, who was dubbed a traitor and the main culprit in the surrender of Moscow). Gives him to be torn to pieces by a fierce crowd, which brutally kills a man in a matter of minutes. The count believes that he gave Vereshchagin to the crowd for the good of the people.

Chapter 26

French troops have entered Moscow, and robberies and looting continue in the empty city, although the military leaders are trying to stop the soldiers. The Kremlin tried to protect four people who were quickly killed.

The author reflects on the causes of the fire in Moscow. He believes that "it was placed in such conditions under which any wooden city should burn down." After all, the city could not help but burn down, where soldiers live, smoking pipes and kindling fires in the streets. The author points out that "Moscow was burned by the inhabitants who left it", due to the fact that they "did not bring bread and salt and keys to the French", simply leaving the city.

Chapters 27-29

Being at Bazdeev's apartment, Pierre is in a state close to insanity. He is determined to kill Napoleon, although he does not know how.

Having accidentally witnessed the attack of an old madman (Bazdeev's brother) on the French officer Rambal, Pierre saves the Frenchman by knocking out a pistol aimed at Rambal from the hands of Bazdeev's brother. The Frenchman begins to consider Bezukhov his friend. During dinner, men discuss love topics. Pierre's confessions. He says that “all his life he loved and loves only one woman”, but she “can never belong to him”, tells the story of Natasha and Andrei, reveals her name and position in society to the Frenchman.

Chapters 30-31

While lodging for the night in Mytishchi, the Rostovs see the glow of the Moscow fire. Natasha learns that the wounded Andrey is traveling with them. All day thinking about what she will see him, the girl makes her way to him at night. “He was the same as always,” but the girl is struck by his “special, innocent, childish appearance, which, however, she had never seen in Prince Andrei.” Bolkonsky smiled and extended his hand to her.

Chapter 32

For seven days after being wounded, Bolkonsky was unconscious. When he wakes up, he suffers from unbearable pain. The doctor considers his wound fatal, assuming that Andrey will die soon.
Bolkonsky is changing his views on the world. He realizes that love for the sake of love itself is not true, since it is necessary to love everyone: both enemies and relatives with “divine love” - “loving with human love, you can go from love to hatred; but divine love cannot change" - "it is the essence of the soul". Andrei confesses this love to Natasha. The prince asks her forgiveness, saying that he loves her even more now. Natasha takes care of the wounded Bolkonsky without leaving him a single step.

Chapters 33-34

Pierre walks the streets of Moscow, he is delusional, as his plan to kill Napoleon with a dagger fell through - Bonaparte left the city 5 hours ago. Hearing cries for help, which seemed to sober him up, Bezukhov takes a child out of the burning house. Pierre tries to find the mother of the rescued girl and ends up giving the child to a woman who knew her parents. Immediately he notices how the French are robbing a young beautiful Armenian woman and an elderly old man. Bezukhov stands up for them, starting with violent force to strangle one of the French. Pierre is taken into custody by the French patrol, who arrested suspicious Russians. Since Bezukhov seemed the most suspicious, he was placed separately under a strict guard.

Results of the third volume

The third volume of "War and Peace" is the key in the whole epic - it is in it that Tolstoy describes the culminating episode not only of his novel, but of Russian history of the 19th century as a whole - the Battle of Borodino, around which many storylines of the work develop. The author, depicting horrific military episodes, emphasizes that even in the most difficult moments, the only feeling that can withstand any difficulties is a feeling of all-encompassing love for humanity: for relatives, friends, and even an enemy.

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In June 1812 the war begins, Napoleon becomes the head of the army. Emperor Alexander, having learned that the enemy had crossed the border, he sent Adjutant General Balashev to Napoleon. Balashev spends four days with the French, who do not recognize the importance he had at the Russian court, and finally Napoleon receives him in the very palace from which the Russian emperor sent him. Napoleon listens only to himself, not noticing that he often falls into contradictions.

Prince Andrey wants to find Anatole Kuragin and challenge him to a duel; for this he goes to St. Petersburg, and then to the Turkish army, where he serves at the headquarters of Kutuzov. When Bolkonsky learns about the beginning of the war with Napoleon, he asks for a transfer to the Western Army; Kutuzov gives him an assignment to Barclay de Tolly and releases him. On the way, Prince Andrei calls in the Bald Mountains, where outwardly everything is the same, but the old prince is very annoyed with Princess Mary and noticeably brings m-lle Bourienne closer to him. A difficult conversation takes place between the old prince and Andrey, Prince Andrey leaves.

In the Drissa camp, where the main apartment of the Russian army was located, Bolkonsky finds many opposing parties; at the military council, he finally understands that there is no military science, and everything is decided "in the ranks." He asks the sovereign for permission to serve in the army, and not at court.

Pavlograd regiment, which still serves Nikolay Rostov, already a captain, retreats from Poland to the Russian borders; none of the hussars think about where and why they are going. On July 12, one of the officers tells in the presence of Rostov about the feat of Raevsky, who brought two sons to the Saltanovskaya dam and went on the attack next to them; This story raises doubts in Rostov: he does not believe the story and does not see the point in such an act, if it really happened. The next day, at the town of Ostrovne, the Rostov squadron hit the French dragoons, who were pushing the Russian lancers. Nikolai captured a French officer "with a room face" - for this he received the St. George Cross, but he himself could not understand what confuses him in this so-called feat.

Rostov live in Moscow, Natasha is very ill, doctors visit her; at the end of Peter's Lent, Natasha decides to go to fast. On Sunday, July 12, the Rostovs went to mass at the Razumovskys' home church. Natasha is very impressed by the prayer (“Let us pray to the Lord in peace”). She gradually returns to life and even begins to sing again, which she has not done for a long time. Pierre brings the sovereign's appeal to the Muscovites to the Rostovs, everyone is touched, and Petya asks to be allowed to go to war. Having not received permission, Petya decides the next day to go to meet the sovereign, who is coming to Moscow, in order to express to him his desire to serve the fatherland.

In the crowd of Muscovites meeting the tsar, Petya was nearly crushed. Together with others, he stood in front of the Kremlin Palace, when the sovereign went out onto the balcony and began to throw biscuits to the people - Petya got one biscuit. Returning home, Petya resolutely announced that he would certainly go to war, and the next day the old count went to find out how to attach Petya somewhere safer. On the third day of his stay in Moscow, the tsar met with the nobility and merchants. Everyone was in awe. The nobility donated the militia, and the merchants donated money.

The old Prince Bolkonsky is weakening; despite the fact that Prince Andrei informed his father in a letter that the French were already at Vitebsk and that his family's stay in the Bald Mountains was unsafe, the old prince laid a new garden and a new building on his estate. Prince Nikolai Andreevich sends the manager Alpatych to Smolensk with instructions, he, having arrived in the city, stops at the inn, at the familiar owner - Ferapontov. Alpatych gives the governor a letter from the prince and hears advice to go to Moscow. The bombardment begins, and then the fire of Smolensk. Ferapontov, who previously did not want to even hear about the departure, suddenly begins to distribute bags of food to the soldiers: “Bring everything, guys! […] Decided! Race!" Alpatych meets Prince Andrei, and he writes a note to his sister, offering to urgently leave for Moscow.

For Prince Andrei, the fire of Smolensk "was an epoch" - a feeling of anger against the enemy made him forget his grief. He was called in the regiment "our prince", they loved him and were proud of him, and he was kind and meek "with his regimental officers." His father, having sent his family to Moscow, decided to stay in the Bald Mountains and defend them "to the last extremity"; Princess Mary does not agree to leave with her nephews and stays with her father. After the departure of Nikolushka, the old prince has a stroke, and he is transported to Bogucharovo. For three weeks, the paralyzed prince lies in Bogucharovo, and finally he dies, asking for forgiveness from his daughter before his death.

Princess Mary, after her father's funeral, is going to leave Bogucharovo for Moscow, but the Bogucharovo peasants do not want to let the princess go. By chance, Rostov turns up in Bogucharovo, easily pacified the peasants, and the princess can leave. Both she and Nikolai think about the will of providence that arranged their meeting.

When Kutuzov appointed commander in chief, he calls Prince Andrei to him; he arrives in Tsarevo-Zaimishche, at the main apartment. Kutuzov listens with sympathy to the news of the death of the old prince and invites Prince Andrei to serve at the headquarters, but Bolkonsky asks for permission to remain in the regiment. Denisov, who also arrived at the main apartment, hurries to present Kutuzov with a plan for a guerrilla war, but Kutuzov listens to Denisov (as well as the report of the general on duty) obviously inattentively, as if “by his life experience” despising everything that was said to him. And Prince Andrei leaves Kutuzov completely reassured. “He understands,” Bolkonsky thinks about Kutuzov, “that there is something stronger and more significant than his will, this is the inevitable course of events, and he knows how to see them, knows how to understand their meaning […] And the main thing is that he is Russian ".

This is what he says before the battle of Borodino to Pierre, who came to see the battle. “While Russia was healthy, a stranger could serve it and there was a wonderful minister, but as soon as it is in danger, you need your own, dear person,” Bolkonsky explains the appointment of Kutuzov as commander-in-chief instead of Barclay. During the battle, Prince Andrei was mortally wounded; they bring him to the tent to the dressing station, where he sees Anatol Kuragin on the next table - his leg is being amputated. Bolkonsky is seized with a new feeling - a feeling of compassion and love for everyone, including his enemies.

The appearance of Pierre on the Borodino field is preceded by a description of the Moscow society, where they refused to speak French (and even take a fine for a French word or phrase), where Rostopchinsky posters are distributed, with their pseudo-folk rude tone. Pierre feels a special joyful "sacrificial" feeling: "everything is nonsense in comparison with something," which Pierre could not understand to himself. On the way to Borodino, he meets militiamen and wounded soldiers, one of whom says: "They want to pile on all the people." On the field of Borodin, Bezukhov sees a prayer service before the miraculous icon of Smolensk, meets some of his acquaintances, including Dolokhov, who asks for forgiveness from Pierre.

During the battle, Bezukhov ended up on Raevsky's battery. The soldiers soon get used to him, call him "our master"; when the charges run out, Pierre volunteers to bring new ones, but before he could reach the charging boxes, there was a deafening explosion. Pierre runs to the battery, where the French are already in charge; the French officer and Pierre simultaneously grab each other, but the flying cannonball makes them unclench their hands, and the Russian soldiers who run up drive the French away. Pierre is horrified by the sight of the dead and wounded; he leaves the battlefield and walks three miles along the Mozhaisk road. He sits on the side of the road; after a while, three soldiers make a fire nearby and call Pierre to supper. After dinner, they go together to Mozhaisk, on the way they meet the bereator Pierre, who takes Bezukhov to the inn. At night, Pierre has a dream in which a benefactor (as he calls Bazdeev) speaks to him; the voice says that one must be able to unite in one's soul "the meaning of everything." “No,” Pierre hears in a dream, “not to connect, but to match.” Pierre returns to Moscow.

Two more characters are given in close-up during the Battle of Borodino: Napoleon and Kutuzov. On the eve of the battle, Napoleon receives a gift from the Empress from Paris - a portrait of his son; he orders the portrait to be taken out to show it to the old guard. Tolstoy claims that Napoleon's orders before the battle of Borodino were no worse than all his other orders, but nothing depended on the will of the French emperor. Near Borodino, the French army suffered a moral defeat - this, according to Tolstoy, is the most important result of the battle.

Kutuzov did not make any orders during the battle: he knew that "an elusive force called the spirit of the army" decides the outcome of the battle, and he led this force "as far as it was in his power." When the adjutant Wolzogen arrives at the commander-in-chief with news from Barclay that the left flank is upset and the troops are fleeing, Kutuzov violently attacks him, claiming that the enemy has been beaten off everywhere and that tomorrow there will be an offensive. And this mood of Kutuzov is transmitted to the soldiers.

After the battle of Borodino, Russian troops retreat to Fili; the main issue that the military leaders are discussing is the question of protecting Moscow. Kutuzov, realizing that there is no way to defend Moscow, gives the order to retreat. At the same time, Rostopchin, not understanding the meaning of what is happening, ascribes to himself the leading role in the abandonment and fire of Moscow, that is, in an event that could not have happened at the will of one person and could not have happened in the circumstances of that time. He advises Pierre to leave Moscow, reminding him of his connection with the Masons, gives the crowd to be torn apart by the merchant's son Vereshchagin and leaves Moscow. The French enter Moscow. Napoleon is standing on Poklonnaya Hill, waiting for the deputation of the boyars and playing generous scenes in his imagination; he is told that Moscow is empty.

On the eve of leaving Moscow, the Rostovs were getting ready to leave. When the carts were already laid, one of the wounded officers (the day before several wounded were taken into the house by the Rostovs) asked permission to go further with the Rostovs in their cart. The countess at first objected - after all, the last state was lost - but Natasha convinced her parents to give all the carts to the wounded, and leave most of the things. Among the wounded officers who traveled with the Rostovs from Moscow was Andrei Bolkonsky. In Mytishchi, during another stop, Natasha entered the room where Prince Andrei was lying. Since then, she has looked after him on all holidays and overnight stays.

Pierre did not leave Moscow, but left his home and began to live in the house of Bazdeev's widow. even before the trip to Borodino, he learned from one of the Masonic brothers that the Apocalypse predicted the invasion of Napoleon; he began to calculate the meaning of the name of Napoleon ("the beast" from the Apocalypse), and this number was equal to 666; the same amount was obtained from the numerical value of his name. So Pierre discovered his destiny - to kill Napoleon. He remains in Moscow and prepares for a great feat. When the French enter Moscow, officer Rambal comes to Bazdeev's house with his batman. The insane brother of Bazdeev, who lived in the same house, shoots at Rambal, but Pierre snatches the pistol from him. During dinner, Rambal frankly tells Pierre about himself, about his love affairs; Pierre tells the Frenchman the story of his love for Natasha. The next morning he goes to the city, no longer believing his intention to kill Napoleon, saves the girl, stands up for the Armenian family, which is robbed by the French; he is arrested by a detachment of French lancers.

The third volume of the epic novel "War and Peace" tells about the beginning of the war of 1812, called the Patriotic War. The focus is on such historical events as the attack of the French army led by Napoleon Boanaparte on Russia; Battle of Borodino; the burning of Moscow and the inglorious entry into the city of Napoleon Boanaparte; council in Fili and many other facts that characterize not only the era of the early nineteenth century, but also the characters of individual historical figures and characters.

The writing of the third volume was preceded by a huge work of the author with historical documents, letters and memoirs of eyewitnesses of these events. The works of critics and analysts of this historical period were studied. A library on the Patriotic War of 1812 was collected.

According to L.N. Tolstoy, the works of historical figures could not give him the necessary foundation for a realistic recreation of the events described.

Rejecting the idea of ​​the war of 1812 as a confrontation between the powers that be, the author of the novel shows the war of liberation, the people's war, which made it possible to reveal true human qualities and values.

Summary War and peace 3 volume in parts and chapters.

Part 1.

Chapter 1.

June 12, 1812. The borders of the Russian Empire are crossed by detachments of Western Europe. The French army marches under the leadership of Napoleon Boanaparte. Each of his contemporaries (and then descendants) sees and explains the reasons for making this decision in his own way.

Chapter 2

May 29. Napoleon, having expressed his opinion to the emperor, princes and kings, who are in Dresden, goes to Poland. The French detachments are ordered to move towards the Russian border. With this decision, Boanaparte sharply changes the opinion expressed by him in a letter to the Russian emperor about his unwillingness to fight with Russia.

The French force the Neman and attack Russia.

Chapter 3

Russia is not ready for war. The attitude of the emperor and commanders-in-chief to this issue is extremely frivolous. Alexander has fun at balls and holidays arranged for him in Vilna. “... the news of the French crossing the Neman was especially unexpected after a month of unfulfilled expectations, and at the ball!” The Russian emperor invites Napoleon to leave the territory of his state. Otherwise, Russia will resist.

Chapter 4

From June 13 to 14, Adjutant General Balashov was sent with a dispatch to Napoleon. The French non-commissioned officer is in no hurry to comply with the norms of respect towards the envoy. Near the village of Rykotny, Balashov is talking with Murat (who calls himself the Neapolitan king). On Muraton's part, the tone was familiar and good-natured. Moving on, Balashov was again detained by French sentries. The Russian envoy will have a meeting with General Davout.

Chapter 5

Davout - "Arakcheev of Emperor Napoleon". The conversation between the French marshal and the Russian adjutant general does not add up. Davout demands to see the package.

Four days later, Balashov again finds himself in Vilna. The only difference is that now this is the place of deployment of the French.

Chapter 6

Napoleon receives Balashov in the house where a few days ago the adjutant spoke with Alexander. The French leader insists on his unwillingness to wage war with Russia. At Balashov's proposal to leave the occupied lands, the enraged Napoleon blames the Russian emperor for what happened. Alexander was not supposed to enter into friendly relations with the British and Turks.

Chapter 7

At dinner, Napoleon shares with Balashov an unpleasant fact for himself - Emperor Alexander recklessly became close to all the enemies of Boanaparte. He is perplexed about Alexander's desire to exercise command of the Russian army - "his business is to reign, and not to command the troops."

The adjutant performs his duties, retelling Alexander in detail the words of Napoleon.

Russia is embarking on the path of war.

Chapter 8

With the aim of a duel with Kuragin, Andrei goes to St. Petersburg. Here Kutuzov offers the prince to join the Turkish army as part of the Russian army. Andrei is part of the Western Army. Following to the place of service, Andrey calls in his parents' house. Family relationships are tense. Andrei is dissatisfied with his father's behavior. He is upset by the coldness demonstrated by the elder Bolkonsky towards his son.

With an absolute misunderstanding of his motives, Andrei continues his way into the army.

Chapter 9

Dris camp. Headquarters of the Russian army. Political parties underestimate the full extent of the impending threat. They are unhappy with the strategy used by the Russian troops. Alexander is sent a letter with a request to leave the theater of operations, and to lead a military company from the capital.

Chapter 10

The French are coming. The Russian emperor inspects the Drissa camp, led by General Pful and causing discontent among the military leaders.

Andrei Bolkonsky communicates with General Pful. The general exhibits the typical traits of a theoretical strategist, good at maps and rather bad at actual warfare.

Chapter 11

The military council discusses long and heatedly the plan of action developed by Pfuel. Several options were proposed, and it was obvious that each of them had both its advantages and disadvantages.

Andrei, watching what is happening, decides to continue serving not at the headquarters, but in the army.

Chapter 12

Nikolai Rostov was assigned to the Pavlograd regiment. The regiment retreats, approaching the Russian borders from Poland.

The story of Raevsky, who took his two underage sons with him into the attack, is spreading among the military. Rostov does not share the admiration of his compatriots. Nikolai considers it irresponsible to expose small children to such danger, while allowing for a considerable degree of exaggeration, allowed to raise the morale of the army.

Chapter 13

Abandoned tavern. Here the regimental doctor with his wife, Rostov Ilyin and three officers take shelter from the rain. Wet and cold "guests" arrange a tea party from a samovar on dirty water and a card game of kings. Those present are amused by the doctor's fit of jealousy towards Marya Genrikhovna.

Chapter 14

Third hour of the night. An order has been received to march on Ostrovna. The French are chasing the Russian cavalry. Among the lancers is the squadron of Nikolai Rostov.

Chapter 15

Nikolai assesses the situation and leads the Russian ulans into the attack. The enemy is defeated. Rostov captures an officer, for which he is appointed commander of a hussar battalion and receives an award - the St. George Cross.

Rostov is philosophical about his heroic deed. He sympathizes with the French, thinking why it is necessary to kill the enemy, who is in fear. “My hand shook. And they gave me the George Cross. I don't understand anything!"

Chapter 16

The Rostovs are returning to Moscow. Natasha is having a hard time parting with Andrei. Doctors are unable to determine the cause of the girl's illness. Gradually, a healthy young body returns Natasha to her usual way of life.

Chapter 17

Natasha avoids everyone, communicating only with Pierre Bezukhov. Bezukhov is hopelessly in love. He does not have the strength to admit this to Natasha. The girl, sincerely responding to Pierre's attention, does not notice his love torment.

Remembering Agrofena Ivanovna, young Rostova begins to attend church. At the same time, the girl feels "the possibilities of a new, pure life and happiness."

Chapter 18

July 11th. A manifesto was issued on the formation of a people's militia. Moscow is disturbed by talk about the results of the military campaign. Sunday. The Rostovs are present at the service held by the Razumovskys. The priest in prayer asks to save Russia from the enemies who attacked her. Natasha joins the requests for salvation, for forgiveness and happiness.

Chapter 19

Bezukhov's thoughts are completely devoted to Natasha. The brother of Pierre, who is a Freemason, speaks of a prediction contained in the Apocalypse of John. Prophecy about the appearance of Napoleon. Bezukhov is fond of digital calculations with the name of Napoleon, receiving, as a result, 666 - "the number of the beast." Pierre gets the same result as a result of calculations of his own name. Bezukhov explains this as the ultimate bond between him and the French invader. Pierre decides - his highest destiny - to stop Napoleon Boanaparte.

Chapter 20

During dinner at the Rostovs, Pierre hears from Natasha words of recognition of the significance of his figure in her life. Natasha is still worried about the question of whether Prince Andrei will forgive her. In a fit of tender feelings, Pierre is unable to answer Natasha.

The Rostovs read out a manifesto about the difficult situation in Russia and about the special hope for Moscow.

Bezukhov intends to go to military service. Parents do not approve of his decisions.

Pierre decides not to visit the Rostovs' house anymore. His feelings for Natasha are too great.

Chapter 21

Alexander I arrives in Moscow. Bezukhov intends to personally ask him for permission to do military service. Caught in the wailing crowd, Pierre decides not to. Without understanding why, Pierre picks up a piece of biscuit that the emperor dropped into the crowd after dinner.

Chapter 22

Sloboda yard. Meeting of merchants and nobles. They do not want to invest in a military company. Pierre Bezukhov wants to object by expressing his opinion, but the exclamations of the audience do not give him such an opportunity.

Chapter 23

The appearance of the emperor and his fiery speech about the heroic actions of the Russian army and the importance of everyone's participation change their minds. Nobles and merchants donate very significant sums to a good cause.

Pierre Bezukhov donates a thousand people along with the maintenance. He is enlisted in the army.

Part 2.

Chapter 1.

Analysis of the War of 1812. Reflections on the role of Napoleon and Alexander in this war. The author's conclusion is that the will of two strong figures in this war did not affect anything.

The French are advancing towards Smolensk. Residents can not allow the capture of the city. They set the city on fire. Heading to Moscow, hoping to find protection and salvation there, the inhabitants of Smolensk go to other cities and set the people up to fight the enemy.

Chapter 2

Andrei Bolkonsky writes a letter to his father with a detailed account of the course of the war and strongly advises the family to move to Moscow. Andrei's father ignores his son's request. He is sure that the Frenchman will not reach the Bald Mountains. Neman - the maximum line where the enemy can advance.

Chapter 3

The manager of the Bolkonsky Alpatych estate is going to Smolensk. Giving orders from the old prince to the manager takes more than two hours.

Chapter 4

August 4th. Evening. Alpatych reached the city. Smolensk is on fire. Smolensk under siege. The local population hastily collects belongings. Russian troops are still in the city. Prince Andrei through Alpatych in a letter asks his family to cross to Moscow as soon as possible.

Chapter 5

Bald Mountains. Here, before returning to the regiment, Andrey Balkonsky calls in. Relatives in Moscow. The sight of bathing soldiers evokes the most terrible feelings in Andrey, associated with the understanding that this is just a fun "cannon fodder".

Bagration writes a letter to Arakcheev with accusations against the Minister of War Barclay de Tolly (who was the commander in chief). It was impossible to leave Smolensk. The position of the French was not in their favor. The reason for the wrong decisions, Bagration believes, is that not one head, but two, controls the Russian army.

Chapter 6

Salon Helen (Petersburg). Visitors to the salon discuss the war as something frivolous and quickly passing. Vasily allows himself rather sharp criticisms of Kutuzov. The appointment of Kutuzov as commander-in-chief of the entire Russian army dramatically changes the prince's opinion about him. Basil takes the position of his intercessor.

Chapter 7

From Smolensk, the French are moving towards Moscow. Napoleon is persistently looking for a new battle (Vyazma, Tsarevo-Zaimishche). "... but it turned out that due to the countless clash of circumstances, one hundred and twenty miles from Moscow, the Russians could not accept the battle."

Chapter 8

Bolkonsky family. The old prince is seriously ill. Marya takes care of her father, catching herself thinking about the speedy liberation from rigid and unquestioning obedience to his will. She thinks about love and family happiness. Such thoughts frighten Mary as a devilish temptation. Feeling better, the old man asks Marya to forgive him. He talks about the last days of Russia, falls into unconsciousness, raves. There is another blow, Balkonsky dies.

Chapter 9

Shortly before the death of the prince, Andrei Alpatych arrived in Bogucharovo with instructions from Andrei. He observes the special character of the men and their opinion about what is happening. The order to collect a cart to leave the estate remains unfulfilled. Alpatych's attempts to convince the local headman to carry out the order do not help either.

Chapter 10

Marya mourns for her father, blaming herself for his death. She is ashamed of her secret desires. Not wanting to be captured by the French, Marya decides to leave for Moscow, taking the peasants with her. Headman Dron (who managed the estate for thirty years) receives an order to prepare the carts.

Chapter 11

The peasants come to the prince's house and rudely express their disagreement to Marya.

Chapter 12

Night. Mary is not sleeping. She relives the loss of her father and the days leading up to his death over and over again.

Chapter 13

Bogucharovo. Princess Mary meets Nikolai Rostov. Marya confidentially tells Nikolai about the arbitrariness of the peasants. Nikolai, who has arrived in Bogucharovo to search for food for horses, promises Marya his protection and help in moving to Moscow.

Chapter 14

Nikolai Rostov keeps his promise. With his help, the Bogucharov peasants stopped the rebellion. Marya falls in love with Rostov, realizing that she will never admit this to anyone. Nikolai also has tender feelings for Marya. Rostov is visited by thoughts that his and Marya's marriage would be a joyful event for everyone.

Chapter 15

Tsarevo-Zaimishche. Main apartment. Meeting of Kutuzov, Andrei Bolkonsky and Denisov. Bolkonsky and Denisov in a conversation share memories of love for Natasha Rostova. They talk about it as something very far away.

Denisov and Kutuzov discuss the current situation. The commander-in-chief does not pay due attention to Denisov's plan for waging a guerrilla war. His principles and views were somewhat different.

Chapter 16

Balkonsky receives an invitation from the commander-in-chief to continue serving alongside him. Andrew refuses. Kutuzov is sympathetic to Andrei's decision. He speaks with confidence about the defeat of the French army, but for this it is necessary to wait.

Chapter 17

The French are approaching Moscow. Moscow itself, without reacting in any way to reports of an imminent threat, continues to live a peaceful life.

Chapter 18

Pierre Bezukhov is heading to the location of the military unit located in Mozhaisk. This decision was preceded by long hesitation and reflection. The pictures that open along the path of Pierre with the army lead him to the idea of ​​the need for self-sacrifice for the sake of liberation.

Chapter 19

Battle of Borodino. It was not significant either for the Russians or for the French. Having completely destroyed all strategic plans, unexpectedly starting on the terrain viewed from all sides, it received a completely logical ending - huge losses on both sides.

Chapter 20

Pierre is carefully examining the militia who were walking past. One thought occupies his head - how many of these people are destined for wounds, suffering, death, how can they think not about death, but about something else.

Chapter 21

Bezukhov arrives at his duty station. On the battlefield, there is a prayer service with the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God, brought from Smolensk.

Chapter 22

Pierre Bezukhov meets his acquaintances. For himself, he notes that the brilliance and excitement in the eyes of officers is caused by aspirations of a personal nature, and not by worries about the fate of Russia. While talking with friends, Kutuzov draws attention to Pierre. At the invitation of Kutuzov, Bezukhov follows him and notices Dolokhov. Kutuzov throws a few words to Bezukhov, inviting him to his halt.

The meeting with Dolokhov, previously wounded by Pierre in a duel that led to a quarrel between young people, brings reconciliation. The expected battle and the unknown are exciting. Dolokhov apologizes to Bezukhov for the offence. Pierre, in a fit of feelings, embraces Dolokhov.

Chapter 23

Retinue of Benisgen, together with Bezukhov, goes to the village of Borodino. Benisgen conducts an inspection of positions, actively discussing it with others.

Chapter 24

The time for battle is coming. Bolkonsky is experiencing great excitement. The same feelings visited him before Austerlitz. Bolkonsky meets Bezukhov. It is unpleasant for him to see a person reminiscent of the past. Bezukhov notices Bolkonsky's mood and feels awkward.

Chapter 25

The officers, among whom are Bolkonsky and Bezukhov, are discussing military operations, the expected battle, and touch on the personality of Kutuzov. Andrei fully shares the views of Kutuzov, who argued that the result depends on chance and the people, and success lies in the feelings of the soldiers. Bolkonsky's faith in victory is unshakable. Andrey characterizes the French as enemies who encroached on his house, which means they must be destroyed. Andrew and Pierre break up. Andrei feels that they will not see each other again.

Chapter 26

Prefect Bosset assures Napoleon that no more than three days separate the emperor from the triumphant entrance to Moscow. On the eve of the Battle of Borodino, Boanaparte addresses his army. Napoleon is confident that they will bring him the long-awaited victory.

Chapter 27

Napoleon Boanaparte on the field of the upcoming battle. There is an assessment of the disposition, orders are given. Many of them turn out to be unrealistic in execution.

Chapter 28

Reflection on key historical events and the role of significant historical figures in them. Peter I, Napoleon Boanaparte, Charles IX are mentioned. The conclusion follows - the path of history is predetermined.

Chapter 29

The Battle of Borodino will begin at dawn. Napoleon carefully hides his excitement. Boanaparte is interested in the opinion of his adjutant about the upcoming meeting with the Russian troops. He repeats the words of his commander, uttered in Smolensk - the wine is uncorked, it is necessary to drink it. Napoleon agrees.

Chapter 30

Bezukhov enjoys the panorama of the battle opening before him. He finds what he sees very unexpected for himself and even majestic. Pierre follows the general, wanting to be at the very center of what is happening.

Chapter 31

Advanced. Bezukhov. Pierre is surrounded by the wounded and the dead. Raevsky's adjutant escorts Pierre to General Raevsky to the location of his battery.

The battle is in full swing. Pierre sees several dozen dead soldiers. He notes the heroism of the Russians in repulsing the French attacks despite a clear lack of ammunition. Feeling a desire to help, Pierre sees what the soldiers are doing and heads for the boxes of shells. An unexpected blow next knocks over Bezukhov. Pierre is thrown aside. When he comes to himself, he sees only the chips left from the box.

Chapter 32

The battery of General Raevsky was attacked by French detachments. Bezukhov engages in hand-to-hand combat with a French soldier. The physical advantage is on Pierre's side. He dodges a nearby cannonball. The Frenchman breaks free and runs away. Bezukhov hurriedly returns to the location of the Raevsky battery. It always seems to him that the dead bodies with which the battlefield is strewn grab his legs. The scale of death terrifies Bezukhov. He hopes that the French, realizing the culprits of what grief they are, will stop the battle. In fact, the attack was getting stronger.

Chapter 33

Napoleon watches the battle through the chimney. It is difficult for him to distinguish his soldiers from the Russians. Everyone was mixed up on the battlefield. Napoleon is increasingly giving the wrong orders. His orders are late. The outcome of the battle increasingly begins to depend not on the will of military strategists, but on the spontaneous will of the fighting crowd.

Chapter 34

Napoleon observes all the senselessness of what is happening. He gets bored, and he leads conversations on abstract topics. Napoleon doubts victory. He sees the war as something terrible and useless to anyone.

Chapter 35

Kutuzov is watching the battle. His plans do not include changing the situation. It provides an opportunity for people and situations to develop according to their own scenario. The main task of Kutuzov is to support the morale of the soldiers.

Chapter 36

The French are shelling the regiment of Andrei Bolkonsky, who is in reserve. Bolkonsky demonstrates excessive heroism and is wounded in the stomach by a cannonball that exploded nearby. Andrei is transported to the hospital. He thinks that he does not want and is not ready to die now.

Chapter 37

Dressing station. Bolkonsky sees Kuragin among the wounded. As a result of the operation, he lost both legs. Bolkonsky is delirious. He sees a ball, Natasha, Kuragin. Andrei feels sorry for Natasha.

Chapter 38

Napoleon sees thousands killed. He is horrified, realizing that all this is his fault.

Chapter 39

Significance and results of the battle near Borodino. From a historical point of view, the Russians were defeated. From the point of view of the author of the novel, the Russians won the Battle of Borodino, proving their moral superiority to the enemy and pointing out to him his moral inferiority.

Part 3

Chapter 1.

Forces influencing the course of historical events - what is it? None of those in power is the legislator of history. The people and their actions are controlled by something small, invisible to the naked eye.

Chapter 2

Napoleon with his troops is steadily moving towards Moscow. Russian troops retreat. And the farther the troops go, the stronger the anger against the enemy grows among the soldiers.

Chapter 3

Bow mountain. Kutuzov. Council of Generals of the Russian Army. It is obvious to everyone that there are no opportunities for the defense of Moscow.

Chapter 4

Kutuzov holds a military council with the generals in Fili. The question is being decided: to accept the battle for Moscow, knowing in advance that a loss is inevitable, or to leave the city without a fight and thereby save strength and people. According to Benigsen, the voluntary surrender of the city is out of the question. Opinions were sharply divided. Kutuzov decides to retreat.

Chapter 5

Muscovites leave the city. Everything of value is loaded onto wagons and taken out. Citizens who are not able to take things with them set fire to houses along with all the contents. Nothing should go to the enemy. Count Rostopchin is extremely dissatisfied with what is happening. The Governor-General urges residents not to leave Moscow.

Chapter 6

Helen Bezukhova makes new acquaintances. Among them are a nobleman and a foreign prince, as well as a Catholic Jesuit. Succumbing to his influence, Helen accepts the Catholic faith, thinking of Bezukhov as a supporter of a false religion.

Chapter 7

In a letter, Helen asks Pierre for consent to a divorce. She intends to get married a second time and in every possible way prepares the society in which she rotates for this event. The piquancy of the rumors spread by Helen lies in the fact that she will have to choose between two applicants who are eager for her hand.

Chapter 8

Impressed by the Battle of Borodino, Bezukhov feels the desire to return to his usual life as soon as possible. Mozhaisk. Inn. Pierre thinks about the soldiers, their endurance, calmness, prudence. He would like to be like them.

Chapter 9

Bezukhov dreams of dinner. He sees Anatoly, Nesvitsky, Dolokhov, Denisov. Through their conversations and singing, Pierre hears a benefactor addressing him. He is unable to make out the words, but he understands that it is about good. The benefactor encourages Pierre to be like them. Bezukhov wants to attract the attention of the diners and wakes up. Bezukhov makes a discovery - obedience to God is simplicity. And Anatole, Nesvitsky, Dolokhov, Denisov are simple. "They don't talk, they do."

The next morning, the troops leave Mozhaisk, leaving about ten thousand wounded.

Pierre sets off on foot, ordering the carriage to catch up with him. On the way to Moscow, Bezukhov is informed of the deaths of Andrei Bolkonsky and Anatole Kuragin.

Chapter 10

On the thirtieth Bezukhov in Moscow. Adjutant Rostopchin is looking for him with a message about the need to urgently report to the commander-in-chief.

Chapter 11

Count Rostopchin, having learned about Pierre's belonging to the Freemasons, warns him against a possible arrest, since some prominent figures, supporters of Freemasonry were arrested for complicity with the French army. Rostopchin's advice is to break with the Masons and run away.

Bezukhov receives a letter written by Helen. He fails to understand what his wife wants.

Rostopchin sends a policeman to Bezukhov. Pierre refuses to accept him and hastily, in secret from everyone, leaves the house.

Chapter 12

A lot of different things are being said about the future of Moscow. Everyone understands that the city will be left to the French. The Rostovs are making preparations for their departure.

Chapter 13

Convoys with the wounded are arriving in the city. Natasha Rostova insists on placing the soldiers in their house.

Count Rostopchin appeals to go to the Three Mountains and accept the battle.

The Countess of Rostova is trying to finish the preparations for her departure as soon as possible.

Chapter 14

Young Rostova is preparing to leave. At the count's house, a carriage slows down in which the wounded Bolkonsky is located.

Chapter 15

One day and Moscow will be surrendered to the enemy. At the request of the military, Count Rostov is preparing several carts for their transportation. The countess shows dissatisfaction with her husband's act. She encourages him to think about his own children.

Chapter 16

Natasha, having learned the countess's opinion, yells at her. She accuses her mother of misbehavior. Having calmed down, Natasha apologizes to the countess. Rostova is inferior to her husband and daughter.

Chapter 17

Departure of the Rostovs from Moscow. Natasha does not know about Bolkonsky being in one of the wagons. Countess Rostova believes that this will be the right thing to do.

The Rostovs meet Pierre Bezukhov. He is dressed in a coachman's caftan, disheveled and confused.

Hastily kissing Natasha's hand, Bezukhov disappears.

Chapter 18

Bezukhov in despair. The situation in Moscow gave him restless feelings. Pierre is convinced that nothing will return, that it is no longer possible to understand who is right and who is wrong in what is happening. Confusion of spiritual feelings and thoughts. Bezukhov finds shelter with the widow Bazdeeva (whose husband was also a Freemason). He dresses up as a peasant and decides to get a gun.

Chapter 19

September 1. By order of Kutuzov, the Russian retreat to the Ryazan road began at night. Moscow is empty. Napoleon settled down on Poklonnaya Hill. At the Kamer-kollezhsky shaft, he is waiting for the boyars and is in a sweet anticipation of the fulfillment of a long-standing goal.

Chapter 20

Boanaparte receives a message that there is no one in the city. The victor refuses to believe it. He does not go to the city, but stops in the Drogomilovsky suburb.

Chapter 21

The remnants of the Russian troops leave Moscow. The wounded and civilians are serving with them. There is a strong crush on the Kamenny and Moskvoretsky bridges. Marauders are operating in the city, taking advantage of the current situation.

Chapter 22

The deserted house of the Rostovs. Around the mess and traces of a hasty departure. There are only the janitor Ignat, the Cossack Mishka and Mavra Kuzminishna in the house. Suddenly, the nephew of Count Rostov appears at the gate. His clothes and shoes are torn. The officer needs help.

Chapter 23

Those who remain in the city arrange loud processions, get drunk and fight.

Chapter 24.

Evening September 1st. Rastopchin in Moscow. The count is offended by Kutuzov's decision not to invite him to the military council. He doesn't understand what needs to be done. All his active undertakings did not bring the desired result.

Chapter 25

The Count loses authority among the townspeople. In order to improve the situation, Rostopchin gives the writer Vereshchagin, who was considered the main culprit in the decision to leave Moscow to the French, to be torn to pieces by the crowd. He is sure that this cruelty was created for the sake of the people and their well-being.

Chapter 26

Moscow meets the French soldiers with looting and looting. The military leaders are unable to establish any semblance of order. Four residents of Moscow stood up to defend the Kremlin, and they were quickly dealt with.

Wooden Moscow burned down. It couldn't have been otherwise. Moscow burned down at the will of the inhabitants, who did not want to take out bread and salt and the keys to the city to the next invader. They burned and left the city.

Chapters 27-28.

Pierre Bezukhov's health is on the verge of insanity. He is obsessed with the idea of ​​killing Napoleon Boanaparte, in the absence of any understanding of how this can be done.

Bezukhov saves Rambal, an officer of the French army, from an attack. He knocks out the gun from the attacker, the old man who has lost his mind (the brother of the owner of the apartment where Pierre lives). The Frenchman is impressed. He puts Bezukhov on the list of his friends.

Chapter 29

Rambal and Pierre are having dinner at Bazdeev's apartment. Tepa conversation - love. The conversation proceeds quite frankly from Bezukhov. Pierre talks about the only and hopeless love in his life, talks about himself, reveals his origin and name.

Chapter 30.

Mytishchi. The Rostovs stop for the night. From here you can clearly see how Moscow is burning.

Chapter 31

Natasha, having learned about Bolkonsky's presence in their convoy, is waiting for darkness to meet him.

At night, Natasha finds Andrey. He seems completely unchanged to her. However, a childish appearance makes a special impression on the girl, the naivety skillfully hidden by Bolkonsky before. Andrei is glad to meet Natasha.

Chapter 32

Seven days Andrei remains unconscious. The doctor, assessing Andrei's condition and his severe pain, predicts an early death.

Bolkonsky's worldview is changing dramatically. The understanding of divine love comes to him. Understanding the need to love both friend and foe. Human love tends to grow into hatred - he thinks, divine love is eternal.

Bolkonsky, with pleas for forgiveness, opens up to Natasha in his highest feelings for her.

Natasha is constantly near Bolkonsky.

Chapter 33.

September 3rd. The plan of attack on Napoleon, invented by Bezukhov, is frustrated. The French leader left Moscow 5 hours ago. Pierre is on the verge of insanity. Bezukhov is brought to his senses by a cry for help. There was a child left in the burning house. Bezukhov saves a child.

Chapter 34

Bezukhov rushes about in search of the mother of the child, and not finding it, gives it to another woman. He notices French soldiers robbing an Armenian girl and an old man. Bezukhov rushes to help and strangles one of the soldiers with all his might.

Bezukhov was taken into custody as especially suspicious. For this reason, he is placed separately from the others and put on guard.

Results of Volume 3 War and Peace of Tolstoy.

The third volume of the novel included the main climactic event of the entire work as a whole. It is the Battle of Borodino, which influenced the historical course of events of the 19th century as a whole.

The central line in the third volume is the antithesis of opinions: to fight according to the rules and science, or relying on the spiritual strength and patriotic spirit of the people. On one side of the opinion the author puts Barclay, Berg, on the other Kutuzov, Denisov, Rostov.

The author of the novel is a supporter of the idea of ​​the national nature of the war. Proving this statement, he, through the prism of the Battle of Borodino, draws not only military, but also everyday storylines. The problems of the peaceful life of the main characters often come to the fore and are fundamental in making important wartime decisions.

Tolstoy does not divide life into military and peaceful. In his opinion, shown through the position of Kutuzov, the laws of peaceful life should be preserved in times of war.

The episodes of hostilities shown through the eyes of a peaceful person and even a child are indicative.

Having completely devoted the third volume to the Patriotic War of 1812, Tolstoy composes a hymn to the main laws of life - the close connection of generations and all strata of society, unanimity and solidarity for the sake of world peace.

Summary of Red Flower Garshin

Once a lunatic asylum in one of the small towns was replenished with a new patient. Exhausted by sleepless nights, the employees hardly brought the violent man because of another attack.

Summary of Shelley Cenci

All events take place in the 18th century in Italy. Before us appears Count Chenci, who became famous for his shameless and cruel villainous deeds.

Summary of Hobbes Leviathan

An essay on political theory, it is often called the book of the transition from medieval ideology to modern political thought. This is the basis for the formation of the liberal ideological paradigm.

• Natalia Rostova- in this part, this heroine is shown as a selfless girl who, seeing the situation of the wounded, convinces her parents to donate carts for them. When, due to the war, the Rostov family was forced to leave Moscow, Natasha found out that in one of the huts, in the village of Mytishchi, where they temporarily stopped, there was a wounded Andrei Bolkonsky - and began to selflessly look after him.
• Andrey Bolkonsky- this part describes the case of how, after being wounded on the Borodino field, Andrey first gets to the dressing station, then to the village of Mytishchi. He asks for the gospel and thinks about the love of God. Here Andrei is found by Natalya and selflessly cares for her beloved.
• Pierre Bezukhov- in this part of the novel "War and Peace" is shown as a person who, being in a war, on the one hand, feels fear, wanting to be in normal conditions, on the other, he wants to do, as he believes, a good deed for his Fatherland, destroying main enemy - Napoleon. This plan fails. During a fire in Moscow, Pierre Bezukhov takes part in the rescue of a three-year-old girl, yielding to her mother's tearful pleas. He stood up for an Armenian girl, fighting with a Frenchman who was trying to rob her, for which he was captured.
• Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov - the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, who takes care of saving his army, for the purpose of which, during the Patriotic War of 1812, he orders the retreat of Russian troops from Moscow.
• Count Rostopchin- Moscow Governor General. Under the guise of taking care of the people, he simply plays the role of "the leader of the people's feelings." Having received an order from Kutuzov to carry out the retreat of the Russian troops through Moscow without hindrance, he failed to organize anything.

Chapter first

In this chapter, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy talks about the absolute continuity of movement, which is incomprehensible to the human mind.

Chapter Two

The goal of the movement of the French army is Moscow, and it rushes towards it with the force of swiftness. The Russian army is forced to retreat, but as it retreats, bitterness against the enemy grows in it. When Kutuzov and his entire army were already confident that the Battle of Borodino had been won, news began to arrive of heavy losses in the detachments of fighters.

Chapter Three

The Russian troops retreating from Borodino stood at Filey. Suddenly, Yermolov, who was traveling to inspect the positions, informed Kutuzov that there was no way to fight in this position, to which the field marshal reacted with irony, doubting Yermolov's health.

Kutuzov, leaving the carriage, sat down on a bench on the edge of the road. He was surrounded by generals, and many made their proposals for the protection of Moscow from the enemy. The commander-in-chief, listening to the opinions of those close to him, clearly understood that there was no physical possibility to protect Moscow from the enemy in the full sense of these words, and now in no case should you enter into battle, otherwise confusion will occur.

“Is it really I who allowed Napoleon to reach Moscow, and when did I do this?” - experienced Kutuzov and suffered from this question, which he so often asked himself. He clearly understood that the Russian troops must leave Moscow, retreat, and that the order must be given at all costs.

Chapter Four

In this chapter, the author describes the military council, which took place not in a spacious house where the generals gathered, but in a simple, albeit the best, hut of an ordinary peasant Andrei Savastyanov. His granddaughter, six-year-old Malasha, watched with all her eyes as one by one the generals came in and sat down under the icons. Kutuzov also came here.

The council still did not begin, because everyone was waiting for Benisgen, who was late under the pretext of inspecting positions, although in fact the general was having lunch. Finally, he arrived, and Kutuzov, standing up, asked everyone present the question: “Should we leave the sacred and ancient capital of Russia without a fight, or defend it?” Is it necessary to risk the army or give Moscow without a fight? Debate began, but no consensus was reached. The commander-in-chief ordered a retreat.

Chapter Five

In circumstances that were more important than the retreat of the Russian army - the abandonment of Moscow and the burning of the city after the battle of Borodino - Rastopchin acted completely differently than Kutuzov. In all the cities of Russia, the people, with some carelessness, expected the enemy, without rebelling and without worrying about it. As soon as the enemy approached the city, the rich left, leaving their property, the poor - although they remained, burned everything they had acquired. “It is a shame to run from danger; only cowards are fleeing Moscow,” they were told, but those who understood the situation left, realizing that this was now necessary. Count Rostopchin in this case acted contradictoryly: “either he accepted the glory of burning Moscow, then he renounced it, then he ordered the people to catch all spies and bring them to him ...”

Chapter Six

Before Helen Bezukhova, a strange task arose: to maintain close relations with both the nobleman whom she met in St. Petersburg, and with the young prince from abroad - they met in Vilna. She found a way out by acting not by cunning, but by putting herself in the right position and making others feel guilty. When the foreigner began to reproach her, she proudly declared: “See the selfishness and cruelty of men! I didn't expect anything better. The woman sacrifices herself to you; she suffers, and here is her reward. Your highness, what right have you to demand from me an account of my affections and friendships? This is a man who was more than a father to me ... ”The young foreigner persuaded Bezukhov to accept the Catholic faith, taking her to the temple, where she performed certain rites of passage.

Chapter Seven

Helen was afraid that the secular authorities would condemn her conversion to Catholicism, and therefore decided to arouse jealousy in the nobleman, saying that the only way to get the right to her was marriage.

A rumor spread around Petersburg as to which of the two applicants Helen wants to marry, however, attention was not focused on the fact that before that she would have to divorce her husband. Only Maria Dmitrievna, who came to St. Petersburg, dared to express an opinion that was contrary to the whole of society.

Helen's mother, Princess Kuragina, also doubted the legality of the decision being made regarding the upcoming marriage, but she gave her arguments carefully.

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Having finally decided on the choice, Helen wrote a letter to Pierre Bezukhov, where she said that she had converted to the Catholic faith and intended to divorce him in order to subsequently marry.

Chapter Eight

Pierre Bezukhov, having got to the dressing station, seeing blood and hearing the groans and cries of the wounded, became confused. The only thing he wanted now was to be in normal conditions of life and fall asleep in his bed.

After walking about three versts along the high Mozhaisk road, Pierre sat down on its edge. Thinking, he lagged behind his own, but saw soldiers who, having kindled a fire, boiled lard. Taking advantage of the offer to eat, Pierre ate with pleasure what was poured out of the pot (the dish was called “kavardachok”). Then the soldiers led him to Mozhaisk and helped him find his own. There was no place in the hotels of the inn, and therefore Bezukhov had to lie down in his carriage.

Chapter Nine

As soon as Pierre Bezukhov laid his head on the pillow, it seemed to him that shots of cannons and shells were heard and the groans of the wounded were heard. He realized that, fortunately, it was only a dream. There was silence outside. Pierre fell asleep again, and he fancied either the words of a benefactor from the Masonic lodge, or Anatole and Dolokhov, who shouted and sang loudly ... He was awakened by the voice of the bereator: "It is necessary to harness, it's time to harness, your excellency!"

It turned out that the French had advanced into Mozhaisk, and it was necessary to retreat. Pierre went through the city on foot and everywhere he saw the suffering of the wounded left behind. On the way, he learned that his brother-in-law had died.

Chapter Ten

When Pierre Bezukhov returned to Moscow, he was met by the adjutant of Count Rostopchin, who said that they were looking for him everywhere. Pierre obeyed and, without stopping home, took a cab and drove to the commander-in-chief.

In the count's house, both the reception room and the hallway were full of officials. Everyone already knew that it was impossible to defend Moscow and that it would be surrendered to the enemy, and they talked about this topic. While waiting in the waiting room to be called, Pierre talked with those present, who expressed their opinion on what was happening.

Chapter Eleven

Finally, Pierre was called to the commander in chief. The conversation with Rastopchin was unpleasant, because he cited a certain Klyucharev as an example, who, under the guise of building a temple, destroys the "temple of his fatherland." Rostopchin insisted that Pierre end relations with such people and leave as soon as possible.

Bezukhov left Rastopchin very angry and immediately went home. His petitioners were waiting there, wishing to resolve their questions. Reluctantly accepting several of them, Pierre went to bed. The next morning a police official came and asked if Bezukhov had left or was leaving. Ignoring the people waiting for him in the living room, Pierre hurriedly dressed and went out through the back porch through the gate. The family never saw him again.

Chapter Twelve

Until the first of September, that is, until the time when the enemy occupied Moscow, the Rostovs remained in the city. The countess-mother was very worried about her sons - Petya and Nikolai, who served in the army. The thought that they might die terrified the poor woman. And in a dream she dreamed of murdered sons. To reassure Rostov, the count helped to ensure that Petya was transferred to the Bezukhov regiment, which was being formed near Moscow. The countess hoped that her beloved boy would be closer to home and in places of duty where there was no battle. It seemed to her mother that she did not love any of the children as much as Petya.

Although everyone had already left Moscow, Natalya did not want to hear anything until her treasure returned. But when he arrived on the twenty-eighth of August, he deliberately treated his mother coldly and avoided her tenderness, so as not to allow himself to feel sorry for himself. Petya kept the company of his sister Natalya, for whom he had tender brotherly feelings. “From the twenty-eighth to the thirty-first of August, all of Moscow was in trouble and in motion. Every day, thousands of the wounded in the Battle of Borodino were brought into and transported around Moscow to the Dorogomilovskaya outpost, and thousands of carts, with residents and property, went to other outposts ... ”The Rostovs, who were in trouble and on the move, were preparing to leave. Sonya was engaged in folding things, but was especially sad when she learned that Nikolai had mentioned Princess Marya in a letter. But the countess was sincerely happy, seeing God's providence in this and being sure that her son and Marya would unite their destinies.

Petya and Natasha did not help their parents get ready for the trip, but on the contrary, they interfered with everyone. They were cheerful - Petya was in anticipation of new, in his opinion, interesting events related to the battles; Natasha had been sad for too long, and now she had recovered, and there were no more reasons for sadness.

Chapter Thirteen

On the last day of August, there was a fuss in the Rostovs' house connected with the upcoming departure. Doors were thrown open, furniture removed, pictures taken. Natasha could not concentrate on any business, her soul did not lie to anything.

Natasha, instantly assessing the situation, went up to the major and asked permission for the wounded to stay with them. He agreed, but the father's consent was still needed. Count Rostov reacted absently to his daughter's request, allowing the wounded to be with them, but at the same time insisting on the urgent departure of his family.

Petya Rostov said at dinner that there would be a big battle on the Three Mountains and they told him to get ready, which caused great upset to his mother, who did not want her son to go to war again, but could not prevent it, realizing that Petya's sense of patriotism prevailed even over love for relatives. He will not listen to any arguments.

Chapter Fourteen

The fear of Countess Rostova was further aggravated by the stories of the atrocities that are happening in the city.

After dinner, the Rostovs began to pack their things, preparing for their imminent departure. Everyone participated in this - both adults, and Petya, and Sonya, and even Natasha, who believed that it was not necessary to take old dishes and carpets. Because of this, there was a disagreement during the training camp.

However hurried the Rostovs were, the departure had to be postponed until the morning, because not everything was packed by nightfall.

Chapter fifteen

Sunday was the last day of Moscow. It would seem that everything was as before, and only exorbitantly high prices indicated that trouble was approaching, and the city would be surrendered to the enemy.

Thirty loaded wagons belonging to the Rostovs came from the villages, which seemed to those around them to be enormous wealth. They even offered a lot of money for them. But this was not as important as the fact that servants and batmen came from the wounded officers, asking for help to give carts in order to take them out of Moscow. The butler categorically refused, and did not even want to inform the count about this; the countess, having learned that they wanted to use their carts, began to grumble, reproaching Ilya Andreevich: “they don’t give anything for the house, and now you want to destroy all of our children’s fortune ...” This conversation was heard by the daughter of the countess, Natasha Rostova.

Chapter Sixteen

On September 1, just on the eve of the Rostovs' departure from Moscow, Berg, Vera's husband, arrived from the army. Running into the living room, he greeted his relatives, asked about the health of his mother-in-law, but the count, seeing his son-in-law, asked how things were on the military front. "What are the troops? Are they retreating or will there be more fighting? Ilya Andreevich asked. A dialogue began between them.

Meanwhile, Natasha Rostova, having learned about the difficult situation of the wounded, immediately took the situation into her own hands, tearfully and even indignantly asking her parents to help in the officer's request for carts in order to transport them to a safe place. “Mommy, this is impossible; look what's in the yard! she screamed. - They stay! The girl was very worried. And suddenly, under such pressure, the countess gave in, saying: "Do what you want." Ilya Andreevich was delighted that his daughter had ensured that the wounded would not remain in Moscow, because he himself wanted to help the unfortunate. Having asked permission to dispose of the placement of the wounded on carts, Natasha began to actively work in this direction. The family helped a kind girl.

Chapter Seventeen

Everything was ready for departure, carts with the wounded left the yard one after another. Suddenly, Sonya Rostova drew attention to the carriage, in which there was a familiar face. It turned out that it was the wounded Andrei Bolkonsky. “They say at death,” they said about him. Sonya conveyed the sad news to the countess, and she, crying, thought about how to tell Natasha about this, because she foresaw in advance the reaction of a sensitive and impulsive girl to the news of her ex-fiance.

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Finally, everyone was on their way. Natasha has not yet been admitted that Andrei Bolkonsky is dying and is traveling with them.

Suddenly, when they were driving around the Sukharev Tower, Natasha, among the people who were walking and riding in carts, noticed Pierre Bezukhov and cried out joyfully: “Look, it’s him.”

However, Pierre did not share Natasha's joy, moreover, his face was sad, and it turned out that he was staying in Moscow. Count Bezukhov answered questions absently and asked that they not ask him about anything. Leaving behind the carriage, Pierre stepped onto the sidewalk.

Chapter Eighteen

While Pierre's acquaintances were worried about where he had disappeared from the house, Bezukhov lived for two days in the empty apartment of the late Bezdeev. What was the reason for his sudden disappearance? Firstly, the urgent advice of Rostopchin, who ordered to leave the city as soon as possible; secondly - and this was the last straw - Bezukhov was informed that a Frenchman was waiting for him in the waiting room, who brought a letter from his wife Elena Vasilievna. Pierre promised to meet the Frenchman, and he himself, taking his hat, went out through the back door of the office.

Finding Bezdeev's house, which he had not been in for a long time, Bezukhov asked Sofya Danilovna and, having learned that she had left for the Torzhov village, he nevertheless entered under the pretext that he needed to sort out books.

Warning the servant Gerasim not to say who he was in any case, Pierre asked to buy a peasant dress and a pistol. It was when Bezukhov and Gerasim went to buy a gun that he met the Rostovs.

Chapter Nineteen

On the first of September, at night, Kutuzov gave the order for the retreat of Russian troops from Moscow to the Ryazan road.

"Could it be otherwise?" thought Napoleon, believing that the Russian capital was already at his feet. After breakfast, the French emperor again stood on Poklonnaya Hill, thinking and inventing a speech with which he would address the boyars.

Suddenly the emperor, feeling that the majestic moment was going on too long, gave a sign with his hand, and after the signal of the cannon rang out, the troops moved into the city.

Chapter Twenty

Moscow was empty, despite the fact that there was still a certain percentage of inhabitants in it. Restless and tired, Napoleon, wishing to observe the rules of decency, was waiting for the deputation. Finally, he ordered a carriage to be brought in, and, getting into the carriage, with the words “The denouement of the theatrical performance failed,” he drove to the suburbs.

Chapter twenty one

The Russian army, passing through Moscow, carried away the last inhabitants and the wounded. During the movement of troops there was a stampede. Strong cries of a large crowd were heard on the Moskvoretsky Bridge, and some woman squealed terribly. It turns out that this happened because General Yermolov, having learned that the soldiers were fleeing, ordered to remove the guns and said that he would shoot at the bridge, which was filled with people.

Chapter twenty two

The city itself was deserted. There were no sounds of passing carts, the footsteps of pedestrians were very rare. It was quiet in the Rostovs' yard too. Of the Rostovs' household, only a child remained - the Cossack Mishka, who was the grandson of Vasilyevich, the janitor Ignat, Mavra Kuzminichna and Vasilyich.

Suddenly an officer came up to the gate and began to ask to be allowed to speak with Ilya Andreyevich Rostov. Upon learning that the owners had left, the officer was upset. It turned out that this was a relative of the count, and Mavra Kuzminichna, immediately noticing this, decided to help the poor man in worn boots and gave him twenty rubles.

Chapter twenty three

In an unfinished house, on Varvarka, in a drinking establishment, drunken cries and songs were heard. About ten factory workers sang at random, in drunken voices. Suddenly, blows were heard, a fight broke out in the door between the kisser and the blacksmith, who was killed during the scuffle.

Another, small group of people gathered at the wall of Kitay-gorod and listened to a man who read the decree of August 31st. To make sure that the decree was true, wanting to serve for the good of the Fatherland, the people moved to the chief of police, but he, frightened, ran away from the crowd in leaps and bounds.

Chapter twenty four

Outraged and upset that he was not invited to the military council, Count Rostopchin returned to Moscow. After dinner, he was awakened by a courier who brought a letter from Kutuzov, in which he asked to send police officials in order to lead the troops through the city. Although Rastopchin knew that Moscow would be abandoned, this written request annoyed him. In the future, in his notes, he described the reasons for his attitude to what was happening: thousands of residents were deceived by the fact that Moscow would not be surrendered, the Moscow shrine, bread supplies, even weapons were not taken out.

There was no reason for the revolt of the people, the inhabitants left, the retreating troops filled the city, but for some reason Rostopchin was worried. It turned out that this man did not know the people he led at all, he just played a beautiful role that he liked. But as soon as the event took on real, historical proportions, there was no longer any need for the role of Rostopchin, this game turned out to be meaningless.

All night long, the greatly irritated Count Rostopchin gave orders, ordering the release of the fire brigade, the prisoners from the prison, and even the madmen from the yellow house. Having heard that Vereshchagin had not yet been executed, Rostopchin ordered that he be brought to him.

chapter twenty five

There came a time when no one asked the count's orders anymore: everyone who remained in the city decided for themselves what to do. Rostopchin, gloomy and dissatisfied, left for Raskolniki. The police chief and adjutant came in to tell him that the horses were ready, but also announced that a huge crowd of people were waiting outside the count's door. Rostopchin went to the window to see the assembled people. Then, ignoring the police chief's suggestion as to what to do with so many people, the count thought: "Here it is, folks, these scum of the population, the plebeians whom they raised with their stupidity! They need a sacrifice." And, having gone out, greeted the people, he set the angry people against his enemy Vereshchagin, accusing the poor man of treason. After such words, the massacre of the victim followed, which Rostopchin ordered to be killed. A tall fellow who had the imprudence to cling to Vereshchagin's neck also died. After the anger of the crowd was satisfied, Count Rostopchin got into the carriage and left. Arriving at the country house and doing household chores, he completely calmed down, drowning out the pangs of conscience. After some time, Rostopchin left Sokolniki and went to the Yauzovsky bridge to meet Kutuzov there, to whom he wanted to express angry words. On the way, he met a madman who, seeing him, ran next to the carriage, uttering ridiculous words: “Three times they killed me, three times I rose from the dead. They stoned me, crucified me... I will rise... I shall rise... I shall rise."

Rastopchin nevertheless achieved the intended goal. He met Kutuzov near the Yauzovsky bridge and reproached him for allegedly saying that he would not surrender Moscow without a fight, but he deceived him. And suddenly the Commander-in-Chief quietly said: "I will not give up Moscow without giving battle." These words evoked a strange reaction from Rostopchin: he hastily moved away from Kutuzov and suddenly, picking up a whip, began shouting to disperse the assembled wagons.

Chapter twenty six

At noon, Murat's troops entered Moscow. A small crowd of residents who remained in Moscow gathered around this "long-haired boss" and wondered who it was. Murat, turning to the interpreter, asked where the Russian troops were. The French officer reported to him that the gates to the fortress were closed and, perhaps, there was an ambush. Murat ordered to shoot the gates with light guns. A skirmish began between the French and those who were outside the gates. No one knew who these people were, but they were all killed.

When the soldiers of the army, exhausted and exhausted, dispersed to their apartments, they could not refrain from robbing what was acquired by the owners.

On the same day, French commanders issued orders to, firstly, forbid the troops to disperse around the city, and secondly, to stop all looting and oppression of the inhabitants, but they could not keep the hungry soldiers from looting. As a result of the outrages, fires also started. The city was destroyed. Moscow burned down.

chapter twenty seven

Pierre Bezukhov, in his seclusion, was close to insanity. Looking for a quiet refuge, he found it in the office of the late Iosif Alekseevich. Thinking that he would defend Moscow, Pierre bought a caftan and a pistol. He was haunted by the relentless thought - to kill Napoleon and thereby either die or "stop the misfortune of all of Europe." He drank vodka, slept on a rough bed, on dirty linen, and was in a state that looked like insanity.

But in an even more terrible state was Makar Alekseich, who, being drunk, saw Pierre's pistol on the table, grabbed it and began to shout: “To arms! Aboard!" They tried to take him down.

In this form, they were caught by two mounted Frenchmen approaching the house.

Chapter twenty eight

The French soldiers entered the dwelling and were pleased that they got into such a good apartment. They began to talk with Gerasim and Pierre, but the first did not know French, the second - pretended not to know - until the drunken Makar Alekseich shot at the French officer. Thank God, there were no casualties, because Pierre defended the Frenchman in time, snatching a pistol from the insane Makar. Further, Bezukhov, forgetting his intention not to betray his knowledge of a foreign language, turned to the Frenchman with the words: “Are you injured?” He began to beg the officer not to deal with Makar Alekseich, convincing him that he had done it in madness. Hearing that Pierre was fluent in French, the officer thought he was French and was convinced of this even when Bezukhov admitted that he was in fact Russian. Grateful for saving his life, the officer pardoned Makar Alekseevich, ordering him to be released.

chapter twenty nine

No matter how Pierre assured the captain that he was not French, the officer did not want to hear anything. He convinced Bezukhov that he was forever connected with him, because he was very grateful for saving his life. In this man, Pierre saw so much nobility, so much good nature, that he involuntarily shook the outstretched hand. "Captain Rambal, 13th Light Regiment, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for the Cause of the Seventh of September," he introduced himself, smiling. In a conversation with this cheerful, kind officer, Pierre felt a sense of satisfaction.

Food was brought, and Rambal invited Pierre, who gladly agreed, because he was very hungry. They were talking in French during the meal, but suddenly the conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Morel, who came to tell the captain that the Wirtemberg hussars had arrived and wanted to put their horses in the same yard where the captain's horses stood. He asked the senior non-commissioned officer on what basis they occupy an apartment that is already occupied. Finally, the German, whose speech was translated by Pierre, surrendered and led his soldiers away.

Pierre was tormented by the consciousness of his own weakness. He understood that now he could not kill Napoleon.

Suddenly, the captain's cheerful conversation, which had previously been amusing for Bezukhov, became disgusting to him. He wanted to leave, but continued to sit in the same place. Rambal opened up with him and spoke about his childhood and youth, Pierre also suddenly, unexpectedly for himself, told the Frenchman that he loved Natasha Rostov, but she could not belong to him. Finally, he revealed to the officer both his position and his real title. The Frenchman was surprised how a man, being so rich, remains in Moscow and tries to hide his rank and even his name.

A fire started on Petrovka, but it was very far away, so there was no reason for unrest yet.

Chapter Thirty

The Rostovs left very late and were forced to stay in one of the huts located in Mytishchi, because the train took them only to this place.
In the autumn darkness of the night, the groans of the wounded man sounded terrible, who was in a hut next to the Rostovs and was in severe pain due to a broken hand.

Suddenly, everyone saw another fire that started in Moscow, and they were already scared. There was no one to put it out. Frightened people sighed, prayed, but could not do anything.

Chapter thirty one

Returning, the valet reported to Count Ilya Andreevich that fires had begun in Moscow. All the Rostovs were horrified by this news: Countess Natalya began to cry, Sonya was frightened, Natasha drooped and turned pale. Struck by the news of the wounding of Andrei Bolkonsky, she now spoke out of place and could focus on little. She sat motionless, some kind of decision was read in her eyes, but what exactly, her relatives could not understand.

First, Natalya pretended to be asleep, and then, under the cover of night, when all her relatives had fallen asleep, she went out into the hallway, and from there into the yard. The girl pursued the goal of seeing Andrei Bolkonsky. And she found her beloved in the hut, among the wounded. “He was the same as always; but the inflamed complexion of his face, the brilliant eyes fixed enthusiastically on her, and especially the tender childish neck protruding from the postponed collar of his shirt, gave him a special, innocent, childish look, which, however, she had never seen in Prince Andrei. Seeing Natalya, he held out his hand to her.

chapter thirty two

After Prince Andrei Bolkonsky woke up at the dressing station, which was located on the Borodino field, he was almost constantly unconscious. The wound seemed so serious that he should have died very soon. However, contrary to forecasts, on the seventh day Andrei ate bread and drank tea. The doctor noticed that the patient's condition improved. But when Bolkonsky was transferred to Mytishchi, once in the hut, due to the severe pain caused by the movement, he again lost consciousness. Recovering, he demanded tea. The patient's pulse improved, and the doctor, being convinced that this wounded man had very little time left to live, was even upset, assuming that Andrei would die anyway, but even in greater suffering than now.

After drinking tea, Andrei asked for the Gospel, but not in order to read it. He wanted to partake of this Holy Book, and feeling it nearby, he thought about God's love for humanity. “Love your neighbors, love your enemies. To love everything is to love God in all manifestations, thought Andrei. - You can love a dear person with human love; but only the enemy can be loved with the love of God.” “God's love cannot change,” Bolkonsky rejoiced in his soul.

Then he began to think about Natasha, scrolling through the events associated with his refusal to her, realizing the cruelty of the breakup, understanding her shame and remorse about what had happened. And suddenly, to his immense surprise, Andrey saw a real living Natasha Rostova near his bed. She knelt down, kissed his hand and asked for forgiveness. “I love you,” Andrey said, “I love you more, better than before.”

Awakened by what was happening, the doctor made a stern remark to the lovers, ordering Natasha to leave. Countess Rostova had already discovered her daughter's disappearance and, guessing where she might be, sent Sophia after her. Natasha returned to the hut, and, sobbing, fell on her bed. Since then, she has constantly looked after the wounded Bolkonsky. The countess did not resist her daughter, despite the fact that Andrei could die at any moment in her arms.

chapter thirty three

On September 3, Pierre Bezukhov woke up broken, with a terrible headache and an incomprehensible feeling of guilt for himself. The reason was yesterday's communication with Rambal.

The clock was already eleven in the morning, and Bezukhov remembered what he had to do that day. He was in a hurry to carry out his plan. Taking a pistol in his hands, Pierre was about to leave, when suddenly the thought came to him - is he doing the right thing, that he carries a weapon without carefully hiding it. He thought about the better to destroy the main enemy of Russia - with a pistol or, after all, with a dagger. On reflection, he quickly took the dagger he had bought the day before and hid it under his waistcoat.

The fire that Pierre saw yesterday has intensified significantly. The count decided to go to the place where he was going to implement the plan he had conceived. The streets and lanes were deserted, the smell of burning and smoke was everywhere.

Pierre was afraid that he would not be able to carry out his intention, but at the same time he did not know that Napoleon Bonaparte was already in the Kremlin and, sitting in the royal office, being in a gloomy mood, gave orders.

Bezukhov was approaching Povarskaya Street, but the fire in this place grew stronger and stronger, the fire flared up more and more. As if not realizing the danger of the situation, Pierre walked forward. Suddenly he heard the desperate cry of a woman and, stopping, raised his head. Away from the road, on a pile of household belongings, sat a family of fire victims. Already an elderly woman, crying heavily, was saying something, little dirty, very poorly dressed girls looked at their mother with mute horror, in the arms of an old nanny a frightened boy of about seven was crying angrily, a dirty barefoot girl, scorched by a fire, pulled her burnt hair with horror sitting on the chest. Nearby, a short man, dressed in a uniform, with a stone face, was raking chests, looking for at least some clothes from there.

It was the father of the family. The woman, seeing Pierre, ran up to him and, falling to her knees, began to tearfully beg for help. Crying and wailing, she said that during the fire they had lost their youngest daughter, Katenka, whom they had not managed to snatch out of the fire. Compassionate Pierre hurried to help, where the girl named Aniska led him. The whole street was covered with black acrid smoke. Approaching the house, Pierre began to ask the French who were there if they had seen the child. They pointed him to a circle where a little three-year-old girl was lying under a bench. Bezukhov grabbed her in his arms and ran back to give the biting and resisting child to a desperate mother.

chapter thirty four

In a short time, while Pierre took measures to save the girl, the appearance of Povarskaya Street changed for the worse: everything was filled with fleeing people and dragged out belongings. Pierre was carrying a girl who was sitting in his arms and, like a wild animal, looked around. He was looking for Katya's mother, but for some reason he did not find this family, which had been here until recently.

Suddenly he noticed an Armenian family, and most of all drew attention to a beautiful young woman who looked at the ground with large black eyes, as if afraid of her beauty.

Pierre and the child were noticed and began to ask who he was looking for. Having found out whose child it was, Bezukhov wanted to go and give the child away, when he suddenly saw how two French soldiers first approached the Armenian family, and then one of them began to loot, forcibly removing an expensive necklace from the beautiful Armenian woman. Bezukhov, seeing this lawlessness, quickly gave the child to one woman, and began to stand up for the girl, fighting with the Frenchman. For this, he was taken prisoner and placed under strict guard, because he seemed the most suspicious of the remaining native residents of Moscow, who were also captured.