Cossacks and Other Stories

In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, "The Cossacks" describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people.

In 1851, la varsta de douazeci si doi de ani, Tolstoi s-a alaturat armatei ruse si a calatorit in Caucaz ca soldat. Inceput in 1852, dar neterminat de un deceniu, ,,Cazacii" descrie experientele lui Olenin, un tanar rus de cultura care ajunge sa dispretuiasca civilizatia dupa ce a petrecut timp cu oamenii salbatici cazaci.