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Bagration through the Eyes of Davydov and Tolstoy

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Abstract

The historical background to War and Peace is derived partly from the memoirs of Denis Davydov, who participated in the war. Tolstoy took his description of Bagration from these memoirs, but changed it in significant ways. This paper will document the changes and try to account for them.

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