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Year

1869

Text

Tolstoy, Leo. 1812 god v Vojne I mire. In : Russkiy Vestnik (1869). = (S. Peterburg : V. Tip. Departamenta udelov, 1869). = Tolstoy, Leo. War and peace. Vol. 1-3. (London : Vizetelly, 1886). = Tolstoy, Leo. Krieg und Frieden : historischer Roman. (Berlin : A. Deubner, 1885-1886).
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2600/2600-h/2600-h.htm.
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the wall of China-Town a smaller group of people were gathered round a man in a frieze coat who held a paper in his hand…
If it were an example taken from the history of China, we might say that it was not an historic phenomenon (which is the historians' usual expedient when anything does not fit their standards)…
Moscow, the Asiatic capital of this great empire, the sacred city of Alexander's people, Moscow with its innumerable churches shaped like Chinese pagodas...
All the kings, except the Chinese, wear military uniforms, and he who kills most people receives the highest rewards…

Mentioned People (1)

Tolstoy, Leo  (Jasnaja Poljana 1828-1910 Astapowo) : Schriftsteller

Subjects

Literature : Occident : Russia