The events of the novel, in which Tolstoy merged many characters, major and minor, historical and fictional, were invented by Tolstoy himself. It also gives a broad and illustrative picture of the life of luxury that the nobility lived in Russia during the era of tsarist rule. There are those who believe that the main characters Kabir Buzukub and Prince Andrey represent different aspects of Tolstoy himself
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