THE HISTORY OF CREATION AND THE IDEA OF THE EPIC NOVEL "WAR AND PEACE"
Keywords:
Crimean War, amnesty of the Decembrists, the winner of Napoleon, the warrior of the Moscow militia, the Rumyantsev Museum, the Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest wars of the XIX centuryAbstract
In this article, the author refers to historical facts and eyewitness accounts that touch upon the history of the concept and the stages of creation of the main literary work of L.N. Tolstoy's epic novel "War and Peace". The issues of influence on the worldview of Tolstoy by like-minded people and prominent representatives of the aesthetic thought of Russia of that period are considered.