Prisoner of the Caucasus. Haji Murat

The “Caucasian captive "and" Haji Murat ", created on the basis of real events, are devoted to the events of the Russian-Caucasian war of the mid-19th century. In these works, L. N. Tolstoy with great artistic force shows the meaninglessness and cruelty of war. The writer with great sympathy tells the story of the Russian officer Zhilin, the "Caucasian captive", the fortitude and the stamina of which helped him find a way out of a seemingly hopeless situation. The story of an unprecedented tragic intensity "Haji-Murat", which is rightfully considered the pearl of late creativity of the great classic, is a hymn to a man of honor, proud and courageous, faithful to his people, despising death