August 1914 (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: August, 1914
- Setting: Russia
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Literature, 1910’s, World War I, Soldiers, Armies, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Poland, St. Petersburg, Russia, Kiev, Ukraine
Characters Discussed
Alexander Vasilich Samsonov (vah- SEE-lihch sahm-SOH-nov), a fifty-five-year- old general in the cavalry. After a number of years of steady, but generally uneventful, service with the cossack regiments, he is called, only three weeks before the outbreak of war, to command the Russian Second Army on the Polish-German front. This responsibility makes him uneasy, because he has not seen serious operational duty for at least seven years. Samsonov attempts to fulfill his tasks with military professionalism, choosing subordinates on the basis of military records,...
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