num_pages: 153
description: 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.
language: English
title: Hadji Murad
titlecomplete: Hadji Murad
characters: Hadji Murád
genres: Short Stories, Russia, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, War, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 12286
places: Chechnya
publisher: Modern Library