# The Cossacks and Other Stories

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- Authors: [Lev Tolstoi](https://www.bookquiver.com/leo-tolstoy)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2006-09-28

## Description

In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. The four years that followed were among the most significant in his life, and deeply influenced the stories collected here. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, The Cossacks describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Sevastopol Sketches, based on Tolstoy's own experiences of the siege of Sevastopol in 1854-55, is a compelling consideration of the nature of war, while Hadji Murat, written towards the end of his life, returns to the Caucasus of Tolstoy's youth to explore the life of a great leader torn apart by a conflict of loyalties. Written at the end of the nineteenth century, it is amongst the last and greatest of Tolstoy's shorter works.

## Editions

### The Cossacks and Other Stories

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-959-4
- Pages: 528
- Published: 2006-09-28
- Language: en_GB

### The Cossacks and Other Stories

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4192-687-2
- Published: 2006-09-28
- Language: en_GB