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"The Prisoner of the Caucasus" (Russian: Кавказский пленник, romanized: Kavkazsky plennik), also translated to "A Prisoner in the Caucausus", is an 1872 novella written by Leo Tolstoy. The story is based on a real incident in his life while he was serving in the Russian military. [1]
The poem is about a Byronic Russian officer who is disillusioned with elite life and decides to escape by seeking adventure in the Caucasus. He is captured by Circassian tribesmen but then saved by a beautiful Circassian woman.
Apr 3, 2019 · the political prisoners chapter vi: kryltzoff’s story chapter vii: nekhludoff seeks an interview with maslova chapter viii: nekhludoff and the officer chapter ix: the political prisoners chapter x: makar devkin chapter xi: maslova and her companions chapter xii: nabatoff and markel
- Chapter 1. Zhilin in Captivity
- Chapter 2. Captured by The Highlanders. Letters Home
- Chapter 3: Zhilin's Life in The Aul
- Chapter 4. Escape Plan
- Chapter 5. Failed Escape
- Chapter 6. Zhilin's Escape. Kostylin's Ransom
An officer, Ivan Zhilin, was serving in the Caucasus. Zhilin received a letter from his mother asking him to come. She wrote that she was already old, that she wanted to see her son before he died, that she had found him a good bride. Zhilin decided to go. At that time there was war in the Caucasus, and it was impossible to pass by day or night: ei...
Zhilin hardly slept. Soon two highlanders, Abdul-Murat among them, came to him, began to say something in their own way, and in Russian they mouthed, "koroshourus!" Zhilin made it clear with his hands and lips that he was thirsty; they understood, called for Dina. Dina fetched water, squatted down, and began to examine Gillin. Then her father told ...
The captives lived in the barn for a month, while the highlanders waited for a ransom for them. Kostylin sent a second letter, but Zhilin wrote no more letters. They were fed poorly, with unleavened bread, or even with uncooked dough. Kostylin was bored and counted the days until the letter arrived. Zhilin kept snooping and prying, deciding how bes...
During the day Zhilin walked around the aul, making handicrafts, and at night he made a dig. He also scouted out which way to run to his own. When Abdul-Murat left, he ordered his young son to watch the prisoner. Telling the boy that he needed herbs to cure the highlanders, Zhilin climbed the mountain and memorized the area. He ventured to flee, fo...
The captives climbed out of the hole under the barn, but Kostylin caught a stone with his foot and it rattled. The owner's angry dog came running, followed by others. Zhilin had foreseen this, baiting the master's dog in advance. Having tamed it, the captives set off. But at that moment the people gathered at the mosque and Zhilin and Kostylin had ...
They lived there very badly: the stocks were not removed and they were fed with unbaked dough. It was stuffy, wet, and smelled in the pit. Kostylin felt very sick, and Zhilin was thinking how to get out of here. Suddenly a tortilla fell on Zhilin and cherries sprinkled - it was Dina. Zhilin molded figures of people, horses, and dogs from the clay i...
Surrender, Caucasus: goes Ermolov! And smolknul fierce war cry, Everything is subject to Russian sword. Proud sons of the Caucasus, fought, you died horribly; But you did not save our blood, Neither enchanted armor, neither mountains, or dashing horses, Neither the wild love of liberty! Like the tribe of Batu, Change forefathers Caucasus,
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Dec 20, 2022 · The “Prisoner of the Caucasus” is set during the war of the Caucasus (1817-1864), in which the Russian Imperial Army took part in the invasion of the Northern Caucasus. Officer Zhilin receives a letter from his mother, in which the woman calls him home.
Pushkin’s ability to create psychological and dramatic unity, despite the episodic construction, and to heighten the dramatic tension by economy of language, detail, and characterization make this outstanding play a revolutionary event in the history of Russian drama. Other articles where The Prisoner of the Caucasus is discussed: Aleksandr ...
