The Tolstoy Defence 2018
7.1 /10
The shrill and tragic story about an event that involved Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. In an infantry regiment of the military based in the Tula region an offence occurs. In this regiment, the capital’s lieutenant Grigory Kolokoltsev — inspired by progressive ideas — does his service. A military tribunal and execution await the soldier charged with the offence. Kolokoltsev asks Count Tolstoy for help — and he decides to protect the innocent man. The pointed history about the complexity of choice and fidelity to one’s ideals is based on real events.
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Grigoriy Apollonovich Kolokoltsev, porochik
Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Sergey Tolstoy
Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Apollon Kolokoltsev, general
Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
Bobylyov, feldfebel
Dashutka
Akulina
mama Dashutki
Aleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya
Milyutin
tolstyak
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Vasily Stepanovich Shabunin, rotnyi pisar
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Sofya Andreyevna Tolstaya, zhena Lva
Kazimir Bronislavovich Yatsevich, kapitan, komandir roty
Aleksandr Matveyevich Stasyulevich, praporschik
Tatyana Andreevna Bers, sestra Sofyi Tolstoy
Sergey Tolstoy
Anna Ivanovna, uchitelnitsa nigilistka
Nikolay Ilyich, upravlyayuchi
Apollon Kolokoltsev, general
Pyotr Alekseevich Yunosha, polkovnik
Bobylyov, feldfebel
Dashutka
Akulina
mama Dashutki
Aleksandra Andreyevna Tolstaya
Milyutin
tolstyak
unylyi
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