The Cossacks (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- First Published: 1863
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Villages, Ethnic relations, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Soldiers, Hunting or hunters, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Caucasus
Places Discussed
*Caucasus Mountains. Mountain range south of Moscow between the Black and Caspian Seas that has historically been regarded as the dividing line between Europe and Asia. Now divided among several former Soviet republics, the region was under Russian domination in the nineteenth century. With its picturesque mountains and many fiercely independent tribes, the region occupies a place in Russian literary tradition similar to that of the Wild West in American literature. The various tribes of Tatars, Chechens, Circassians, Azeris, Georgians, Armenians, and others...
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