In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the
Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens. During this war a great Avar
chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled
to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue
his family from Shamil’s prison, Hadji Murád was pursued by those he
had betrayed and, after fighting the most heroic battle of his life,
was killed.Tolstoy, witness to many of the events leading to Hadji
Murád’s death, set down this story with painstaking accuracy to
preserve for future generations the horror, nobility, and destruction
inherent in war.
Walk in the light & twenty-three tales
(Leo Tolstoy; translated from the Russian by Louise and Aylmer Maude; ISBN: 0874869676;
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