View in brownau. Analysis of the episode "View under Brownau" from the work "War and Peace" (Lev N. Tolstoy) Who is the main character of the review under Brownau

Viewing under Braunau Tolstoy begins the depiction of the war of 1805. Russia did not need this war, the young emperor Alexander the First and the Austrian emperor Franz simply demonstrated their ambitions, because of which the blood of Russian soldiers was shed. In the scene of the review, the main problems of the war of 1805 are clearly manifested, which will later be depicted in more detail by Tolstoy.

Even before the review, there is turmoil in the Russian camp: no one knows in what form the commander-in-chief wants to see the soldiers. According to the principle: “It is better to bow than not to bow,” soldiers are ordered to put on full dress uniforms. Then an order arrives that Kutuzov wants to see marching uniforms on the soldiers. As a result, the soldiers, instead of resting, spend the whole night busying themselves with their uniforms. Finally, Kutuzov arrives. Everyone is excited: both the soldiers and the commanders: “The regimental commander, blushing, ran up to the horse, with trembling hands took hold of the stirrup, threw the body over, recovered, took out his sword and with a happy, determined face ... prepared to shout.” The regimental commander "performed his duties as a subordinate with even greater pleasure than those of a superior." Thanks to his efforts, everything was fine in the regiment, except for the shoes that were supplied by the Austrian government. It is precisely this deplorable state of the shoes of Russian soldiers that Kutuzov wants to show to the Austrian general, who also accepts a review along with Kutuzov.

Kutuzov is the main face of this episode. Already in this small scene, the author shows Kutuzov’s attitude towards soldiers and military officers: “Kutuzov walked through the ranks, occasionally stopping and saying a few kind words to the officers whom he knew from the Turkish war, and sometimes to the soldiers. Glancing at the shoes, he shook his head sadly several times and pointed to it to the Austrian general. Passing by the formation, the commander-in-chief notices Captain Timokhin, whom he remembers from the Turkish campaign, and praises him for his courage: “... At the minute the commander-in-chief addressed him, the captain stretched out so that it seemed that if the commander-in-chief had looked at him for a few more times, the captain would not have been able to stand it ; and therefore Kutuzov, apparently understanding his position and wishing, on the contrary, every good for the captain, hastily turned away. The soldiers, feeling Kutuzov's attitude towards them, also pay him with love and respect. They are happy to fight with such a commander in chief who understands all their needs and aspirations.

But not everyone shares this feeling. Tolstoy contrasts the attitude of ordinary soldiers and officers of the retinue towards Kutuzov: retinue officers talk to each other during the review, one of the hussar officers, Zherkov, mimics the regimental commander, who did not deserve this at all. The demoted Dolokhov approaches Kutuzov to remind himself, says that he will make amends and prove his loyalty to the emperor and Russia. Kutuzov “turned away and grimaced, as if he wanted to express by this that everything that Dolokhov told him, and everything that he could tell him, he had known for a long, long time that all this bored him and that all this was not at all what he needed. ". Kutuzov can perfectly distinguish the silent devotion of Timokhin, whom the author will later make one of the heroes of the Shengraben battle, and Dolokhov’s desire to regain the officer rank at any cost, which he lost for his drunken antics and outrages. The true value of the relationship between the officers of the retinue can be seen in the conversation between Zherkov and Dolokhov. Zherkov once belonged to a violent society led by Dolokhov, but, having met him abroad demoted, he pretended not to notice, and after Dolokhov spoke with Kutuzov, “entered mercy”, Zherkov himself drives up to him and starts a conversation. They cannot have any sincere feelings, sincerely only the desire to exalt at any cost and one and the other.

Tolstoy for the first time in the scene of the review near Braunau shows us the soldier's world, the unity of all the soldiers who received a charge of vivacity from Kutuzov, faith in victory. The songwriter, the spoon-maker, is wonderfully portrayed, who, “despite the heaviness of the ammunition, briskly jumped forward and walked backwards in front of the company, moving his shoulders and threatening someone with spoons.” Passing Kutuzov is conveyed this joy of the soldiers, they are connected by a single feeling: “The commander-in-chief gave a sign that people should continue to go freely, and pleasure was expressed on his face and on all the faces of his retinue at the sound of a song, at the sight of a dancing soldier and cheerfully and briskly marching company soldiers ". But Tolstoy does not forget to remind us that these wonderful people are going to fight, to give their lives, that now, at this moment, they are cheerful and happy, but may soon be maimed and killed.

The main idea of Tolstoy in describing the war of 1805 is the uselessness of violence, death, the author shows the unity of people who should have a different goal than the destruction of their own kind, and the scene of the review near Braunau confirms this idea.

Even before the review, there is turmoil in the Russian camp: no one knows in what form the commander-in-chief wants to see the soldiers. According to the principle: "It is better to bow than not to bow" - the soldier is ordered to put on his dress uniform. Then an order arrives that Kutuzov wants to see marching uniforms on the soldiers. As a result, the soldiers, instead of resting, spend the whole night busying themselves with their uniforms. Finally, Kutuzov arrives. Everyone is excited: both soldiers and commanders: The regimental commander, blushing, ran up to the horse, with trembling hands took hold of the stirrup, threw the body over, recovered, took out his sword and with a happy, determined face ... prepared to shout.

The regimental commander "performed his duties as a subordinate with even greater pleasure than the duties of a superior." Thanks to his efforts, everything was fine in the regiment, except for the shoes that were supplied by the Austrian government. It is precisely this deplorable state of the shoes of Russian soldiers that Kutuzov wants to show to the Austrian general, who also accepts a review along with Kutuzov.

The main face of this episode is Kutuzov. Already in this small scene, the author shows Kutuzov’s attitude towards soldiers and military officers: “Kutuzov walked through the ranks, occasionally stopping and saying a few kind words to the officers whom he knew from the Turkish war, and sometimes to the soldiers. Glancing at the shoes, he shook his head sadly several times and pointed to it to the Austrian general. Passing by the formation, the commander-in-chief notices Captain Timokhin, whom he remembers from the Turkish campaign, and praises him for his courage: “... At the minute the commander-in-chief addressed him, the captain stretched out so that it seemed that if the commander-in-chief had looked at him for a few more times, the captain would not have been able to stand it ; and therefore Kutuzov, apparently understanding his position and wishing, on the contrary, all the best for the captain, hastily turned away. The soldiers, feeling Kutuzov's attitude towards them, also pay him with love and respect. They are happy to fight with such a commander in chief who understands all their needs and aspirations.

Kutuzov

Kutuzov, according to the author, was not only an outstanding historical figure, but also a wonderful person, an integral and uncompromising personality - "a simple, modest and therefore truly majestic figure." His behavior is always simple and natural, his speech is devoid of pomposity and theatricality. He is sensitive to the slightest manifestations of falsehood and hates exaggerated feelings, sincerely and deeply experiences the failures of the military campaign of 1812. This is how he appears to the reader at the beginning of his career as a commander. “To what ... brought! - Kutuzov suddenly said in an excited voice, clearly imagining the situation in which Russia was. And Prince Andrei, who was next to Kutuzov when these words were spoken, noticed tears in the eyes of the old man.

Looking under Braunau

For the first time in the novel, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army appeared before us in the scene of the review of the Russian regiment in Braunau. Passing along the lined ranks, he carefully peers into the faces of officers and soldiers, stops near those whom he knows from the Turkish war, and says a few kind words to almost everyone. Recognizing Timokhin, a brave Russian officer who distinguished himself in the battle of Shengraben, Kutuzov stops and says that Timokhin is an “Izmaylovsky comrade”, a “brave officer”, and, alluding to Timokhin’s commitment to wine, adds: “We are all not without weaknesses.” Possessing a remarkable memory and deep respect for people, Kutuzov remembers the exploits, names, individual characteristics of many participants in previous campaigns. He carefully notes the smallest details of the appearance of the soldiers, in order to draw a conclusion about the state of the army based on this. The high position of the commander-in-chief does not separate him from the soldiers and officers.

The epic novel by Leo Tolstoy "War and Peace" covers a significant time space. All the heroes are connected with historical events in such a way that practically every one reflects the events that have become fateful for the fatherland. It is through their eyes that we see the reviews of troops, military councils, the exploits of soldiers on the battlefields, we hear the orders of the commanders-in-chief, we see the wounded and the dead, the torment and suffering of people, victories and defeats. One of these moments is the battle of Austerlitz, which, according to the author, is absolutely meaningless for the Russian army and the Russian people.

In October 1805, Russia moved its regiments to the west, to the territory of Austria, in order to oppose Napoleon's army together with the allies.

Describing the events of 1805-1807, Tolstoy shows that this war was imposed on the peoples. Russian soldiers, being far from their homeland, do not understand the purpose of this war, they do not want to lay down their lives senselessly.

The episode of the review of troops in Braunau showed the complete stratification of the troops into soldiers and commanders. Among the rank and file, we see complete indifference to the upcoming campaign. Kutuzov is the embodiment of popular thought, he understands better than others the uselessness of this campaign for Russia. He sees the indifference of the allies to his army, the desire of Austria to fight by proxy, without sacrificing anything. “In the evening, on the last transition, an order was received that the commander-in-chief would watch the regiment on the campaign ... And the soldiers, after a thirty-verst transition, without closing their eyes, repaired and cleaned all night ... everyone knew his place, his business ... on each every button and strap were in place and shiny clean. Only with shoes was a disaster: “More than half of the people had their boots broken. But this shortcoming did not come from the fault of the regimental commander, since, despite repeated demands, the goods from the Austrian department were not released to him, and the regiment traveled a thousand miles.

The regimental commander was pleased with the preparations for the review. Kutuzov, on the contrary, wanted to show how unprepared the Russian army was for the upcoming battle, he tried to ensure that our troops did not take part in this battle of the “three emperors”. The day before, allies arrived at Kutuzov, demanding a connection with the Russian army. But Mikhail Illarionovich considered such a formation not in the interests of the Russian army, he wanted to justify his opinion by the deplorable state of the troops. To do this, he created an impossible situation: a review of the troops on the march, wanting to show their deplorable state. The adjutants came to prepare the regiment for the arrival of Kutuzov and his allies and brought an order - not to bring everything into proper shape, otherwise Kutuzov would be dissatisfied.

The regimental authorities were discouraged, because the people already had a ceremonial appearance, but they had to appear in overcoats. In half an hour, the regiment again changed into gray overcoats, only on Dolokhov, demoted to soldiers, was blue, officer's, allowed him on the march. Soon, Kutuzov, who arrived with the Austrians, walked along the ranks, affectionately talking to the officers whom he knew from the Turkish war, recognizing ordinary soldiers, greeting them by name.
- Ah, Timokhin! - said the commander-in-chief, recognizing the captain with a red nose, who suffered for the blue overcoat.
It seemed that it was impossible to stretch more than Timokhin stretched. Glancing at the shoes, he shook his head sadly several times and pointed to it to the Austrian general with such an expression that he did not reproach anyone for this, but could not help but see how bad it was. The gentlemen of the retinues were talking among themselves and laughing. Closest to the commander-in-chief were Prince Andrei and Nesvitsky. Nesvitsky could hardly restrain himself from laughter excited by a blackish hussar officer walking beside him. The hussar officer imitated every movement of the regimental commander, walking behind him.

After the review, the regiment moved to the apartments, where they hoped to rest and change their shoes. The soldiers praised Kutuzov, who was “crooked”, but saw their broken shoes better than those who could see in both eyes. And they moved forward, dragging out a cheerful marching song. “The commander-in-chief gave a sign that people should continue to go freely, and pleasure was expressed on his face and on all the faces of his retinue at the sound of a song, at the sight of a dancing soldier and the merrily and briskly marching soldiers of the company.” The atmosphere of general joy from such an attentive attitude of Kutuzov was reflected in the behavior of the soldiers.

In a conversation with the allies, Kutuzov tries to defend the interests of the Russian army, delaying their entry into battle, explaining by unpreparedness and fatigue after the march. The author is close to such a position of the commander-in-chief, pitying the soldiers. Kutuzov does not want the senseless death of his soldiers for the ambitious interests of others, on foreign soil, but he is not free to change the policy determined by the sovereign.

Viewing under Braunau Tolstoy begins the depiction of the war of 1805. In the scene of the review, the main problems of the war of 1805 are clearly manifested, which will later be depicted in more detail by Tolstoy.
Even before the review, there is turmoil in the Russian camp: no one knows in what form the commander-in-chief wants to see the soldiers. According to the principle: "It is better to bow than not to bow" - the soldier is ordered to put on his dress uniform. Then an order arrives that Kutuzov wants to see marching uniforms on the soldiers. As a result, the soldiers, instead of resting, spend the whole night busying themselves with their uniforms. Finally, Kutuzov arrives. Everyone is excited: both the soldiers and the commanders: - The regimental commander, blushing, ran up to the horse, with trembling hands took hold of the stirrup, threw the body over, recovered, took out his sword and with a happy, determined face ... prepared to shout. The regimental commander "performed his duties as a subordinate with even greater pleasure than the duties of the chief." Thanks to his efforts, everything was fine in the regiment, except for the shoes that the Austrian government supplied. It is precisely this deplorable state of the shoes of Russian soldiers that Kutuzov wants to show to the Austrian general, who also accepts review on a par with Kutuzov.
The main face of this episode is Kutuzov. Already in this small scene, the author shows Kutuzov’s attitude towards soldiers and military officers: “Kutuzov walked through the ranks, occasionally stopping and saying a few kind words to the officers whom he knew from the Turkish war, and sometimes to the soldiers. Glancing at the shoes, he shook his head sadly several times and pointed to it to the Austrian general. Passing by the formation, the commander-in-chief notices Captain Timokhin, whom he remembers from the Turkish campaign, and praises him for his courage: would endure; and therefore Kutuzov, apparently understanding his position and wishing, on the contrary, all the best for the captain, hastily turned away. The soldiers, feeling Kutuzov's attitude towards them, also pay him with love and respect. They are happy to fight with such a commander in chief who understands all their needs and aspirations.
but not everyone shares this feeling, Tolstoy contrasts the attitude of ordinary soldiers and officers of the retinue towards Kutuzov: retinue officers talk to each other during the review, one of the hussar officers, Zherkov, mimics the regimental commander, who did not deserve this at all. The demoted Dolokhov approaches Kutuzov to remind himself, says that he will make amends and prove his loyalty to the emperor and Russia. Kutuzov turned away and grimaced, as if he wanted to express by this that everything that Dolokhov told him, and everything that he could tell him, he had known for a long, long time that all this bored him and that all this was not at all the same, what is needed. ”Kutuzov can perfectly distinguish Timokhin’s tacit devotion, whom the author will later make one of the heroes of the Shengraben battle, and Dolokhov’s desire at any cost to regain the officer rank he lost for his drunken antics and outrages. The true value of the relationship between the officers of the retinue can be seen in the conversation between Zherkov and Dolokhov. Zherkov once belonged to a violent society led by Dolokhov, but "having met him abroad demoted, he pretended not to notice, and after Dolokhov spoke with Kutuzov," he entered into mercy ", Zherkov himself drives up to him and starts a conversation. They cannot have any sincere feelings, sparking is only a desire to rise at any cost, both in one and in the other.
Tolstoy for the first time in the scene of the review near Braunau shows us the soldier's world, the unity of all the soldiers who received a charge of vivacity from Kutuzov, faith in victory. The songwriter, the spoon-maker, is wonderfully portrayed, who, “despite the heaviness of the ammunition, briskly jumped forward and walked backwards in front of the company, moving his shoulders and threatening someone with spoons.” Passing Kutuzov is conveyed this joy of the soldiers, they are connected by a single feeling. But Tolstoy does not forget to remind us that these wonderful people are going to fight, to give their lives, that now, at this moment, they are cheerful and happy, but may soon be maimed and killed.
The main idea of Tolstoy in describing the war of 1805 is the uselessness of violence, death, the author shows the unity of people who should have a different goal than the destruction of their own kind, and the scene of the review near Braunau confirms this idea.

“War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy is one of the greatest creations of the 19th century, which, without a doubt, is of an epochal character. This is a real epic, in which the life of all strata of Russian society in peacetime and during war is described in great detail and psychologically accurately. The novel can rightly be called a whole gallery of the best Tolstoy's heroes and their antipodes, historical figures and representatives of the masses, who are well known to a wide range of readers.
This immortal work still attracts the minds and imagination of many people. And not only because it contains many highly moral ideas that people lack in our time, but also because a huge number of interconnected storylines do not allow to understand and appreciate its greatness from the first reading to the end.
Of course, the talent of Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, a psychologist who managed to subtly notice and describe the features of the psychology of society, family, and war (which no one had done so thoroughly before him), is also attractive to the reader.
The theme of war occupies a huge part of the narrative canvas of the novel. It is revealed by the writer with amazing accuracy and objectivity, because he himself was a participant in hostilities during the Crimean War, and also did a tremendous job, having studied many materials about the Great Patriotic War of 1812. That is why there is an opinion that according to the novel by L. N. Tolstoy, one can study the history of this period.
The plot-thematic line of the war begins in the second part of the work. The first military episode is dedicated to the review of troops near Braunau. In the second chapter, an exposition of the army masses unfolds - soldiers, middle officers and staff aristocracy, and against its background the figure of Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov stands out, opposed to some extent to the Austrian generals.
The chapter begins with the fact that Kutuzov and the Austrian general, as well as the retinue of the commander-in-chief, consisting of twenty people, arrive at Braunau, where one of the Russian regiments has pulled up. The contrast is immediately striking: “black Russians” and the white uniform of an Austrian general. Apt remark of one of the soldiers: “And another Austrian, with him [Kutuzov], was, as it were, smeared with chalk. Like flour, white. How they clean the ammunition!” - gives us a clear idea of the attitude of the Russians towards a general who is alien to them. Already in these insignificant touches, one of the storylines of the “war” is outlined, connected with the opposition of the Russian and Austrian generals.
From this episode, no doubt, you can get an idea about the image of Kutuzov. The commander-in-chief of the Russian army appears before us as a person who is close in spirit to the soldiers, who understands them: “Kutuzov walked through the ranks, occasionally stopping and saying a few kind words to the officers whom he knew from the Turkish war, and sometimes to the soldiers.” This is evidenced by their scene with the third company, when, stopping next to it, he remembered its captain Timokhin, showing a sincere disposition towards him, calling him a “brave officer”. The scene with Dolokhov, demoted to the soldiers, characterizes Kutuzov as a fair, strict and good-natured person. “I hope that this lesson will correct you, serve well,” the commander-in-chief instructs Dolokhov. “And I won't forget you if you deserve it,” he says.
Kutuzov appears in this chapter as the father of all these soldiers. He takes care of their readiness in terms of uniforms, noticing that they have problems with shoes. He rejoices with the soldiers when they sing songs, being in a good mood after inspecting the troops.
In this episode, we also get our first glimpse of the common people, the soldiers, who were, in fact, the protagonists of the war. This is a strict but fair regimental commander, and the captain of the third company Timokhin, who will prove himself a real hero, and ordinary soldiers talking about the war. It is from their conversations that we learn about the upcoming hostilities: “Now the Prussian is rebelling, the Austrian, therefore, is pacifying him. As soon as he reconciles, then the war will open with Bounaparte.
From the conversations of the soldiers it also becomes clear that Kutuzov's love for them is mutual. It is felt with what adoration they speak of him in the dialogue about boots and undershirts, which the “big-eyed” commander-in-chief saw.
In addition to the figure of Kutuzov, the figure of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, one of the main characters of the novel, also appears in the same chapter. Mentioning about him, the writer anticipates his further participation in hostilities.
Finally, in the same chapter, Tolstoy contrasts characters who later prove themselves as true heroes, and careerists who use their position in society to curry favor. Such are Dolokhov and the hussar cornet Zherkov.
Thus, we can conclude that the episode of the review of troops near Braunau is very important in the chain of military events. Many storylines originate here, the images of historical figures, the main and episodic heroes of the novel, as well as the image of the people, which will then be further developed on the pages of the work, begin to be revealed.

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View under Braunau (analysis of an episode from the novel by L. N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”, Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 2)

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Topic: - View near Braunau. (Analysis of an episode from Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace",

Tolstoy came to the creation of "War and Peace" from the idea of the story "Decembrists", begun in 1860, the Decembrist theme determined at an early stage of work the composition of the conceived monumental work about the history of Russian society. In the early 60s, very important and significant shifts took place in Tolstoy's worldview. He recognizes the decisive role of the people in the historical process. It is the people who are the main character of the epic novel "War and Peace".
To reveal the character of an entire people, a character that manifests itself with equal force in a peaceful, everyday life and in large, milestone historical events, during military failures and defeats and at moments of the highest glory - this is the most important artistic task of "War and Peace".
The epic beginning of the novel connects the pictures of war and peace into a single whole. War means not only the military actions of the warring armies, but also the militant hostility of the people. Peace is the life of a people not in a state of war, peace is the brotherhood of people, regardless of national and class differences. Peace and war go side by side, intertwine, interpenetrate and condition each other.
The first volume is a story about both the “peace” and the initial stage of the war between Russia and Bonapartist France. The first picture of the war that Tolstoy paints is not a battle, not an offensive, not a defense. The first military picture is a review that could take place in peacetime. And from the very first lines telling about the war, Tolstoy makes it clear that this war is not needed by the people, neither Russian nor Austrian: “In October 1805, Russian troops occupied the villages and cities of the Archduchy of Austria, and even new regiments came from Russia, dwellings of the inhabitants, located near the Braunau fortress.
Braunau is a small Austrian town where Kutuzov's main apartment is located, and where Russian troops gather among them - an infantry regiment. The soldiers traveled a thousand miles from Russia. Their boots are broken, the Austrian department was supposed to deliver new shoes, and did not deliver: the regimental commander cares little about this. The regiment is not ready for combat operations, because it is impossible to fight barefoot, but the regimental commander wants to show the commander in chief just the opposite: everything is in order, the regiment is ready for war.
Only Kutuzov just "intended to show the Austrian general the sad situation in which the troops came from Russia." He knows how important shoes are.
Everything that Kutuzov does and says is the opposite of what the regimental commander does and says. Kutuzov is old, Tolstoy emphasizes that he, "stepping heavily ... lowering his foot from the bandwagon," that his voice was weak, that he walked "slowly and sluggishly." The regimental commander is also not young, but he tries to look young, he is unnatural - Kutuzov is simple in every movement, easy to deal with soldiers.
While passing through the ranks of the troops, Kutuzov suddenly stopped. He recognized the “Captain with the Red Nose” Timokhin, his Izmailovsky comrade. Kutuzov knew how to see other people, understand his subordinates, so he remembered Timokhin from the Turkish war. There, in the battle of Izmail, Kutuzov lost an eye, and Timokhin remembers this battle. Kutuzov was glad of this meeting, but when he saw that Timokhin "stretched out so that it seemed that if the commander-in-chief had looked at him for a few more times, the captain would not have been able to stand it," he turned away, wanting to alleviate the position of his old comrade.
Kutuzov not only knows a lot about people, he understands them and pities them as much as possible. Kutuzov's life behavior is, first of all, the behavior of a simple Russian person. Tolstoy argued that no historical figure can, at will, turn the course of historical or military events. Therefore, he considers the true heroes of history only those people who, in their activities, are closely connected with the movements of the masses. In accordance with this, the image of the commander Kutuzov combines historical greatness and folk simplicity.

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy begins the second part of the first volume of "War and Peace" with a description of the review by Commander-in-Chief Kutuzov of one of the infantry regiments that approached the Braunau fortress in the Archduchy of Austria.

On the eve of the review, it was decided to present the regiment to Kutuzov in full dress, and the soldiers prepared for this all night. Yesterday they were a tired crowd, and today they were standing in an even formation and waiting for the arrival of Kutuzov. Regimental commanders behaved more freely, joking and talking. When Kutuzov arrived, the first thing he did was walk through the ranks, personally greeting the soldiers and officers with whom he had known since the Turkish War. In general, we can say that he treated the soldiers quite kindly during the review.

During the review, a close-up shows a former officer, now demoted to the soldier for drunken adventures in St. Petersburg, Dolokhov.

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He is still rather self-confident and arrogant, feels himself superior to ordinary soldiers, allows himself to contradict the orders of the general, but, apparently, the punishments imposed on him benefited, and Dolokhov, who recently drank a bottle of rum in one gulp on a dare and was a well-known reveler of St. Petersburg, now promises Kutuzov serve Russia and the emperor.

Also, in addition to Dolokhov, we meet here another character of the first part - Andrei Bolkonsky, who is now Kutuzov's adjutant. Tolstoy writes that in St. Petersburg society and among fellow colleagues at Kutuzov's headquarters, Bolkonsky had completely different reputations. Some respected Bolkonsky, but most did not like him, considering him a cold and unpleasant person. Apparently, Bolkonsky, communicating with fellow-colleagues, as with the inhabitants of the capital's salons, did not inspire much confidence in them.

Of the new characters, Tolstoy describes Dolokhov's old acquaintance, the hussar cornet Zherkov, who, like Dolokhov, loved to drink and play cards. He tries to persuade Dolokhov to do this, but he does not give in, saying that he does not drink and does not play until he is promoted to officer.

On the part of ordinary soldiers, there is a rather responsible attitude to the review, they all respect the commander-in-chief Kutuzov, and he respects them, warmly welcoming officers and ordinary soldiers. The battalion commanders stand talking and joking. Tolstoy probably considers it important to show the changes that have taken place with the various characters in the first part in this episode.

In general, this episode is quite important and reflects the historical reality of that time, describing the Russian army and its commander-in-chief Kutuzov, his personality. At the same time, the episode contains a continuation of stories, a description of the fate of fictional literary characters.

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