Vasily Denisov in the novel "War and Peace"

Among the heroes of "War and Peace" there are historical, real-life faces: Kutuzov, Napoleon, Alexander I, Bagration, Weyrother ... Tolstoy draws each of them as he sees, sometimes not at all objectively; for example, Napoleon, of course, was not really the way Tolstoy portrayed him.

The writer invented many of the heroes of the novel, but what does it mean - he invented it? In the old Prince Bolkonsky, in Andrei and Pierre, in Natasha, in Prince Vasily and Dolokhov, the features of many people whom Tolstoy knew were combined. It is believed that Nikolai Ilyich Rostov and Marya Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya are to some extent copied from Tolstoy's parents, but these are not accurate portraits, and much in Nikolai and Princess Mary does not at all resemble the writer's father and mother.

Only one person in the novel has a very definite prototype - Denisov. It is "written off" from the famous partisan poet, hero of the war of 1812 Denis Davydov. Even the name emphasizes the connection between literary hero and a living person: Davydov's name was Denis Vasilievich, in Tolstoy's novel, Vasily Denisov.

But, describing the partisan war in the fourth volume, Tolstoy will mention the activities of Denis Davydov, which are in no way connected with Denisov - and this, as it were, separates him from the hero of the novel.

And, besides, does it really matter to us, who are reading the novel today, what living person Tolstoy had in mind? The people described in the novel live so clearly in our imagination that Prince Andrei turns out to be more familiar and more alive than, for example, the really existing Decembrists Batenkov or Fonvizin, and Pierre is closer to me than, say, Sergei Grigoryevich Volkonsky, and the wives of the Decembrists I understand through Natasha ... Therefore, we will talk about Vasily Denisov - the way we see him in the novel, without trying to compare him with the prototype and decide what Tolstoy took from life and what he invented.

"Denisov was little man with a red face, shining black eyes, black tousled mustache and hair.

A dashing cavalryman, a grunt, a gambler and a master of drinking, he is at the same time romantically in love with a woman called “she”, and tells Rostov in the most exalted terms: “I am writing to her ... We sleep until we love. We are children of dust... but you fell in love - and you are a god, you are pure, as on the first day of creation...”

For Rostov, Denisov is a model, an ideal of a real man: a brave, desperate little man with open mind. In battle, he "hell" spins under the bullets on his dashing horse; he never has money - he drinks it and loses it, but when Telyanin stole his wallet, Denisov is ready to sacrifice the last one, if only to save the honor of the regiment.

After Austerlitz, Denisov, together with Rostov, goes on vacation to Moscow - on the way, of course, he gets drunk and, barely opening his eyes, is present at the meeting of Nikolai with his relatives. When the old countess entered and leaned her face against her son's chest, "Denisov, not noticed by anyone, entered the room, stood right there and, looking at them, rubbed his eyes."

Unlike Dolokhov, he is a good person. Just a good person, kind and able to feel, able to think about other people. Therefore, during the duel, where he was Dolokhov's second, he, unable to stand it, shouted to Pierre: “Close up!”, Therefore, he hesitated, trying to delay the start of the duel.

Having met Denisov in the war, we see him through the eyes of Rostov - we admire his courage; reluctantly, we agree with his concern for the honor of the regiment. But we do not yet know this bold and pure man; he will open up before us in Moscow, when, for no apparent reason, just as desperately as he rode into battle, he suddenly proposes to Natasha.

In front of himself and in front of all people, he pretends that he is jokingly courting a young girl, and does not understand that this girl seriously took possession of his thoughts. Here he is with Rostov at a children's ball patronizingly looking around at the dancers:

“- How sweet she is, she will be beautiful,” said Denisov.

Countess Natasha, answered Denisov.

And how she dances, what grace! - without saying a word

a lot, he said again.

Who are you talking about?

About your sister, about yours, Denisov shouted angrily.

Tolstoy notes several times that Denisov admired Natasha's singing, "looked at her with enthusiastic eyes", "the whole ball did not leave her" after Natasha persuaded him to dance the mazurka.

“Only on a horse and in a mazurka Denisov’s small stature was not visible, and he seemed to be the same fine fellow as he himself felt.” And we always see him as a fine fellow - and therefore we feel unbearably sorry for him when he - probably unexpectedly for himself - proposes to Natasha.

Natasha's mother, the old countess, could not believe her ears.

“- Natasha, full of nonsense! she said, still hoping it was a joke.

Well, nonsense! I’m talking to you,” Natasha said angrily. - I came to ask what to do, and you tell me: "nonsense" ...

The countess shrugged.

If it is true that Monsieur Denisov proposed to you, although it is ridiculous, then tell him that he is a fool, that's all.

No, he is not a fool, - Natasha said offendedly and seriously.

The Countess is right in her indignation, "that they dared to look at her little Natasha as if they were big." But in vain does she speak so mockingly of Denisov: “Monsieur”, in vain she calls him a fool; Natasha understands Denisov in her heart better than her mother. This desperate man seeks and waits pure love just as impatient as the insolent Dolokhov. All his romantic loves are only searches, only waiting. true love. And then he met the girl he dreamed about, but she is still a child; why did he, so brave and kind, get this ordeal?

Prince Andrey will understand this later: having met Denisov after the break with Natasha, he, the proud and jealous Prince Bolkonsky, will fondly remember Natasha's stories about this good person about his love for her; and it is not pain, not anger that will cause him the thought that he and Denisov loved the same woman, but sad regret.

And ahead of Denisov there are still many sorrows, precisely because he is kind and honest. He is in a hurry to join the regiment - why should he now remain in Moscow. He hurries to the regiment - he is needed there, they love him there, there he belongs. But a lot has changed in the regiment.

During the time that Denisov was on vacation, Napoleon managed to enter the war with Prussia, defeat the Prussian army in a few days and move his troops towards the Russians. The position of the Russian troops was terrible, primarily because they stood in the German villages completely devastated.

“The Pavlograd regiment lost only two wounded in business; but from hunger and disease lost almost half of the people.

Returning to the regiment and seeing that the soldiers were starving, Denisov went to the road and simply recaptured the convoy with provisions from the infantry by force. This act of his had the most serious consequences, because in the food department, where Denisov was sent to explain himself, he saw ... Telyanin! That's when it turned out that in vain the officers of the Pavlograd regiment spared Telyanin - he would not give Denisov mercy.

But the direct and honest Denisov is not able to understand everything that happened to him. He took provisions, "to feed his soldiers," and Telyanin sits in the food department, "to put in his pocket"! Unable to restrain himself, Denisov beat Telyanin - now he faces a trial "for robbery."

According to the laws of officer honor, Denisov is right, and his comrades understand this. But according to the laws of the bureaucratic machine, he is to blame; papers and requests come to the regiment - and Denisov, reluctantly, decides to go to the hospital with a slight wound in order to avoid the need to go to the authorities.

The scene in the hospital, where Rostov came to visit Denisov, is very sad. It is no coincidence that Captain Tushin, who lost his arm, turns up here - we remember how, in the eyes of Bagration, Zherkov turned out to be a more reliable officer than Tushin. And now he looks with his big sad eyes at Denisov, fearing for him.

Denisov still does not understand anything and does not want to ask for pardon: “If I were a robber, I would ask for mercy, otherwise I am suing for what I take out on clean water robbers. Let them judge, I'm not afraid of anyone; I honestly served the tsar and the fatherland and did not steal!”

But Denisov is no longer the same as before. The court case knocked him down - he no longer asks Rostov about his comrades, about the affairs of the regiment; he is only interested in litigation with the food department. They broke Denisov. And, the most offensive, not the enemies broke, not in battle, but their own. And his comrades also persuade him to stop fighting for justice and write to the king a petition for pardon.

“It seems that you can’t break a butt with a whip,” he said, handing Rostov a large envelope. It was a request addressed to the sovereign ... in which Denisov, without mentioning anything about the faults of the food department, asked only for pardon.

Pass it on, apparently ... - He did not finish and smiled a painfully fake smile.

But that didn't help either. The king turned down the request.

Now he's on long years- disgraced, gloomy loser. Until now, life seemed clear to him: be honest and brave - and you will earn respect and honor. Everything turned out to be not so simple. No one remembered his merits, his courage - Telyanin won, and he was condemned.

Unhappy love for Natasha also played a role in Denisov's deep despair. It turned out that you can love a girl purely and faithfully, but this is still not enough for her to love you too.

The main thing that broke Denisov was the injustice of that world in which until recently everything was simple and clear.

And yet Denisov will remain true to the moral ideal that he dreamed of from his youth. In 1812, he will forget his grievances, not up to them; he will go to the partisans and will not defend the king - the fatherland.

After the war, no one will need him again, he will again grumble, but one day he will say to Pierre: “Rebellion - that's it!” - and maybe he will also come to the Senate Square, because it is very different ways will come there different people, united by only one thing - the dream of justice.

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Vasily Denisov in the novel "War and Peace"

Among the heroes of "War and Peace" there are historical, real-life faces: Kutuzov, Napoleon, Alexander I, Bagration, Weyrother ... Tolstoy draws each of them as he sees, sometimes not at all objectively; for example, Napoleon, of course, was not really the way Tolstoy portrayed him.

The writer invented many of the heroes of the novel, but what does it mean - he invented it? In the old Prince Bolkonsky, in Andrei and Pierre, in Natasha, in Prince Vasily and Dolokhov, the features of many people whom Tolstoy knew were combined. It is believed that Nikolai Ilyich Rostov and Marya Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya are to some extent copied from Tolstoy's parents, but these are not accurate portraits, and much in Nikolai and Princess Mary does not at all resemble the writer's father and mother.

Only one person in the novel has a very definite prototype - Denisov. It is "written off" from the famous partisan poet, hero of the war of 1812 Denis Davydov. Even the name emphasizes the connection between the literary hero and a living person: Davydov's name was Denis Vasilyevich, Tolstoy's name in the novel is Vasily Denisov.

But, describing the partisan war in the fourth volume, Tolstoy will mention the activities of Denis Davydov, which are in no way connected with Denisov - and this, as it were, separates him from the hero of the novel.

And, besides, does it really matter to us, who are reading the novel today, what living person Tolstoy had in mind? The people described in the novel live so clearly in our imagination that Prince Andrei turns out to be more familiar and more alive than, for example, the really existing Decembrists Batenkov or Fonvizin, and Pierre is closer to me than, say, Sergei Grigoryevich Volkonsky, and the wives of the Decembrists I understand through Natasha ... Therefore, we will talk about Vasily Denisov - the way we see him in the novel, without trying to compare him with the prototype and decide what Tolstoy took from life and what he invented.

"Denisov was a little man with a red face, shining black eyes, black tousled mustache and hair."

A dashing cavalryman, a grunt, a gambler and a master of drinking, he is at the same time romantically in love with a woman called “she”, and tells Rostov in the most exalted terms: “I am writing to her ... We sleep until we love. We are children of dust... but you fell in love - and you are a god, you are pure, as on the first day of creation...”

For Rostov, Denisov is a model, an ideal of a real man: a brave, desperate little man with an open soul. In battle, he "hell" spins under the bullets on his dashing horse; he never has money - he drinks it and loses it, but when Telyanin stole his wallet, Denisov is ready to sacrifice the last one, if only to save the honor of the regiment.

After Austerlitz, Denisov, together with Rostov, goes on vacation to Moscow - on the way, of course, he gets drunk and, barely opening his eyes, is present at the meeting of Nikolai with his relatives. When the old countess entered and leaned her face against her son's chest, "Denisov, not noticed by anyone, entered the room, stood right there and, looking at them, rubbed his eyes."

Unlike Dolokhov, he is a good person. Just a good person, kind and able to feel, able to think about other people. Therefore, during the duel, where he was Dolokhov's second, he, unable to stand it, shouted to Pierre: “Close up!”, Therefore, he hesitated, trying to delay the start of the duel.

Having met Denisov in the war, we see him through the eyes of Rostov - we admire his courage; reluctantly, we agree with his concern for the honor of the regiment. But we do not yet know this bold and pure man; he will open up before us in Moscow, when for no apparent reason, just as desperately as he rode into battle, he suddenly proposes to Natasha.

In front of himself and in front of all people, he pretends that he is jokingly courting a young girl, and does not understand that this girl has seriously taken possession of his thoughts. Here he is with Rostov at a children's ball patronizingly looking around at the dancers:

“- How sweet she is, she will be beautiful,” said Denisov.

Countess Natasha, answered Denisov.

And how she dances, what grace! - without saying a word

a lot, he said again.

Who are you talking about?

About your sister, about yours, Denisov shouted angrily.

Tolstoy notes several times that Denisov admired Natasha's singing, "looked at her with enthusiastic eyes", "the whole ball did not leave her" after Natasha persuaded him to dance the mazurka.

“Only on a horse and in a mazurka it was not visible vertically challenged Denisov, and he seemed to be the very young man he felt himself to be. And we always see him as a fine fellow - and therefore we feel unbearably sorry for him when he - probably unexpectedly for himself - proposes to Natasha.

Natasha's mother, the old countess, could not believe her ears.

“- Natasha, full of nonsense! she said, still hoping it was a joke.

Well, nonsense! I’m talking to you,” Natasha said angrily. - I came to ask what to do, and you tell me: "nonsense" ...

The countess shrugged.

If it is true that Monsieur Denisov proposed to you, although it is ridiculous, then tell him that he is a fool, that's all.

No, he is not a fool, - Natasha said offendedly and seriously.

The Countess is right in her indignation, "that they dared to look at her little Natasha as if they were big." But in vain does she speak so mockingly of Denisov: “Monsieur”, in vain she calls him a fool; Natasha understands Denisov in her heart better than her mother. This desperate man seeks and waits for pure love as impatiently as the insolent Dolokhov. All his romantic loves are only searches, only the expectation of true love. And then he met the girl he dreamed about, but she is still a child; why did he, so brave and kind, fall through this ordeal?

Prince Andrei will understand this later: having met Denisov after the break with Natasha, he, the proud and jealous Prince Bolkonsky, will fondly remember Natasha's stories about this good man, about his love for her; and it is not pain, not anger that will cause him the thought that he and Denisov loved the same woman, but sad regret.

And ahead of Denisov there are still many sorrows, precisely because he is kind and honest. He is in a hurry to join the regiment - why should he now remain in Moscow. He hurries to the regiment - he is needed there, they love him there, there he belongs. But a lot has changed in the regiment.

During the time that Denisov was on vacation, Napoleon managed to enter the war with Prussia, defeat the Prussian army in a few days and move his troops towards the Russians. The position of the Russian troops was terrible, primarily because they stood in the German villages completely devastated.

“The Pavlograd regiment lost only two wounded in business; but from hunger and disease lost almost half of the people.

Returning to the regiment and seeing that the soldiers were starving, Denisov went to the road and simply recaptured the convoy with provisions from the infantry by force. This act of his had the most serious consequences, because in the food department, where Denisov was sent to explain himself, he saw ... Telyanin! That's when it turned out that in vain the officers of the Pavlograd regiment spared Telyanin - he would not give Denisov mercy.

But the direct and honest Denisov is not able to understand everything that happened to him. He took provisions, "to feed his soldiers," and Telyanin sits in the food department, "to put in his pocket"! Unable to restrain himself, Denisov beat Telyanin - now he faces a trial "for robbery."

According to the laws of officer honor, Denisov is right, and his comrades understand this. But according to the laws of the bureaucratic machine, he is to blame; papers and requests come to the regiment - and Denisov, reluctantly, decides to go to the hospital with a slight wound in order to avoid the need to go to the authorities.

The scene in the hospital, where Rostov came to visit Denisov, is very sad. It is no coincidence that Captain Tushin, who lost his arm, turns up here - we remember how, in the eyes of Bagration, Zherkov turned out to be a more reliable officer than Tushin. And now he looks with his big sad eyes at Denisov, fearing for him.

Denisov still does not understand anything and does not want to ask for mercy: “If I were a robber, I would ask for mercy, otherwise I am suing for bringing robbers to clean water. Let them judge, I'm not afraid of anyone; I honestly served the tsar and the fatherland and did not steal!”

But Denisov is no longer the same as before. The court case knocked him down - he no longer asks Rostov about his comrades, about the affairs of the regiment; he is only interested in litigation with the food department. They broke Denisov. And, the most offensive, not the enemies broke, not in battle, but their own. And his comrades also persuade him to stop fighting for justice and write to the king a petition for pardon.

“It seems that you can’t break a butt with a whip,” he said, handing Rostov a large envelope. It was a request addressed to the sovereign ... in which Denisov, without mentioning anything about the faults of the food department, asked only for pardon.

Pass it on, apparently ... - He did not finish and smiled a painfully fake smile.

But that didn't help either. The king turned down the request.

Now he is a disgraced, gloomy loser for many years. Until now, life seemed clear to him: be honest and brave - and you will earn respect and honor. Everything turned out to be not so simple. No one remembered his merits, his courage - Telyanin won, and he was condemned.

Unhappy love for Natasha also played a role in Denisov's deep despair. It turned out that you can love a girl purely and faithfully, but this is still not enough for her to love you too.

The main thing that broke Denisov was the injustice of that world in which until recently everything was simple and clear.

And yet Denisov will remain true to that moral ideal dreamed about from a young age. In 1812, he will forget his grievances, not up to them; he will go to the partisans and will not defend the king - the fatherland.

After the war, no one will need him again, he will grumble again, but one day he will say to Pierre: “Rebellion - that's it!” - and, perhaps, he will also come to Senate Square, because different people will come there in very different ways, united by only one thing - the dream of justice.

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Many character traits the heroes of the novel "War and Peace" were "written off" by Tolstoy from real historical figures.

Such is the image of Vasily Denisov. He is a vivid prototype of the partisan of the war of 1812 Denis Dovydov. It is difficult to judge how much the image of Denisov is similar to historical hero. The main thing is how the author vividly presents the reader who has fallen in love with him.

"Denisov was a little man with a red face, shining black eyes, black tousled mustache and hair." He burred slightly, did not pronounce the letter "r" and spoke in a hoarse, confident voice.

It's amazing how a dashing cavalryman, a drinker and a romantic with an open soul coexisted in one person. He danced the "mazurka" admirably. And with the same clarity and thoroughness he prepared for serious battles.

Rostov was delighted with Denisov, his courage in battle, openness and kindness. Being a gambler, Vasily is easy on money. He often plays them or drinks them down.

The kindness and humanity of Denisov can be noted during the duel between Dolokhov and Pierre. Acting as a second, he tried to delay the start of the duel, and, worrying about Pierre, shouted to him “Close up!”.

The romantic nature of Denisov is fully revealed in love for Natasha. He tenderly admires this sweet girl, her singing and grace. Unexpectedly for himself, this brave and daring cavalryman proposes to her.

Despair covers Denisov when he returns from vacation to his regiment. It was then that his courage and ability to do rash acts manifested in full force. Seeing that his soldiers were starving, he forcefully recaptured the convoy with provisions from the infantrymen.

Denisov acts according to his conscience, like a real commander. But for stealing and beating Telyanin, he faces a trial.

A sense of injustice and pride do not allow Denisov to ask for mercy. He says: "If I were a robber, I would ask for mercy, otherwise I am suing for bringing robbers to clean water."

Long litigation breaks Denisov's way of life. He communicates less with his comrades, is not interested in the affairs of the regiment, and becomes more and more gloomy and distrustful. Unhappy love for Natasha leaves despair and emptiness in his heart.

Later we see Denisov in the war of 1812, where he remains true to his principles and sense of duty. Vasily is no longer a cheerful drunkard. He became wiser and more reasonable, but with the same zeal he fights for justice and the fatherland, and not for the king.

Composition on the topic Vasily Denisov

For no one, it's no secret that Leo Tolstoy embodied the characters completely real personalities in the characters of his novel War and Peace. One of these actors became an officer of the combat hussar regiment Vasily Denisov, whose image and character was inspired by the personality of Denis Vasilyevich Davydov, poet and hero of the Russian-French war.

The author describes the character as " little man with a red face, with shining black eyes, black tousled mustache and hair. Vasily is a nobleman by birth, but because of the gambling nature of the money in his pocket, he never has. But despite this, he is a good person, unlike the same Dolokhov. In battle, he "spins like hell" - this is how soldiers describe him, who sincerely respect their commander for courage in battle. Through the eyes of Rostov, the character is the standard of a real, independent, sometimes desperate and brave young man.

Despite his dashing tricks, Denisov is a rather romantic person: for his beloved, Natasha Rostova, he writes poetry, then putting music on them, and staying in Moscow desperately, as if just like in battle, he proposes to his lady of the heart.

The further fate of the hero is sad. From vacation, he returns to the regiment, where a terrible picture appears before him: the soldiers are starving. He cannot watch how they die, and in despair, the commander gives the order to recapture a small part of the provisions from the soldiers of the Russian infantry. Then Denisov gets to talk in the office of his sworn enemy - Telyatin, who was known as a thief and a deceiver. As expected, there is a violent scene where an annoyed officer beats Telyatin. Judgment is expected. Despite the persuasion of Rostov, the proud Denisov does not ask for pardon, arguing his position by the fact that he is not going to sue for "bringing the robbers to clean water."

Though injustice judicial system and gave a tough rebuff to the brave hussar, her moral guidelines he didn't change. During the war, Denisov became the head of the partisan army, destroying enemy forces and helping the prisoners to escape. His courage and loyalty to ideals are truly amazing and make you empathize with the hero in difficult situations and rejoice for him in moments of happiness.

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This character is quite vividly represented in the novel "War and Peace", but is only a minor character.

He is a middle-aged man, also with growth - not big, and not small. He is from noble family, also has in his submission a serf lackey, whose name is Lavrushka. In the regiment he is considered a rogue, since this serf invents a lot of things that cannot be in reality. Denisov himself was an officer in the service, he commanded the 2nd squadron of the Pavlograd Hussar Regiment in the war.

Rostov served in this very squadron. It was there that Denisov met him, and it so happened that he was both his commander and friend at the same time. Vasily has a hoarse but true voice. He also burrs, as he can't pronounce the letter "r". They talk about him as a nice and nice person. He likes to drink and play cards for anything. By nature, he is very romantic, and most likely because of this he believes in love. He dances well, knows how to sing and play the clavichord, and sometimes composes poetry. As an officer, he is spoken of as a brave and courageous man, very honest and compassionate. When the French were taken prisoner, there was never any talk of killing them. Everyone in the office loves him.

After meeting Rostov, after some time Denisov appears in their house with Nikolai. There he really liked Natasha. Having visited them several times, he nevertheless decided to propose to her. However, the girl was still very young then, and saw only a friend in his face. But, at the time of the matchmaking, Natasha refuses him, as her mother said, calling him a "fool". After this disappointment, he leaves back to the regiment without saying goodbye to Rostov and his family.

Uncle Denisov was a good friend of Kutuzov, but nothing more is known about him.

In 1812, Denisov, together with Dolokhov, led two partisan detachments, each with his own. Denisov had about 200 people in the detachment. In one of the operations, where Petya Rostov also dies, Denisov, together with Dolokhov, deal with the French and free the captured Russians. And one of these prisoners was Pierre Bezukhov.

At the beginning of the novel, in 1805, Denisov was a captain. After that, he successfully advances in the service and receives the rank of major. At the beginning of the war in 1812, he was a hussar lieutenant colonel. And when the war as such ends, and begins new stage- guerrilla warfare, he commands one of the guerrilla units. 8 years later, in 1820, he holds the rank of retired general, as we learn from the epilogue. He is still a friend of Rostov and keeps in touch with him. But alas, still not found any love. In this he is even sorry.

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Vasily Denisov in the novel "War and Peace"

Among the heroes of "War and Peace" there are historical, real-life faces: Kutuzov, Napoleon, Alexander I, Bagration, Weyrother ... Tolstoy draws each of them as he sees, sometimes not at all objectively; for example, Napoleon, of course, was not really the way Tolstoy portrayed him.

The writer invented many of the heroes of the novel, but what does it mean - he invented it? In the old Prince Bolkonsky, in Andrei and Pierre, in Natasha, in Prince Vasily and Dolokhov, the features of many people whom Tolstoy knew were combined. It is believed that Nikolai Ilyich Rostov and Marya Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya are to some extent copied from Tolstoy's parents, but these are not accurate portraits, and much in Nikolai and Princess Mary does not at all resemble the writer's father and mother.

Only one person in the novel has a very definite prototype - Denisov. It is "written off" from the famous partisan poet, hero of the war of 1812 Denis Davydov. Even the name emphasizes the connection between the literary hero and a living person: Davydov's name was Denis Vasilyevich, Tolstoy's name in the novel is Vasily Denisov.

But, describing the partisan war in the fourth volume, Tolstoy will mention the activities of Denis Davydov, which are in no way connected with Denisov - and this, as it were, separates him from the hero of the novel.

And, besides, does it really matter to us, who are reading the novel today, what living person Tolstoy had in mind? The people described in the novel live so clearly in our imagination that Prince Andrei turns out to be more familiar and more alive than, for example, the really existing Decembrists Batenkov or Fonvizin, and Pierre is closer to me than, say, Sergei Grigoryevich Volkonsky, and the wives of the Decembrists I understand through Natasha ... Therefore, we will talk about Vasily Denisov - the way we see him in the novel, without trying to compare him with the prototype and decide what Tolstoy took from life and what he invented.

"Denisov was a little man with a red face, shining black eyes, black tousled mustache and hair."

A dashing cavalryman, a grunt, a gambler and a master of drinking, he is at the same time romantically in love with a woman called “she”, and tells Rostov in the most exalted terms: “I am writing to her ... We sleep until we love. We are children of dust... but you fell in love - and you are a god, you are pure, as on the first day of creation...”

For Rostov, Denisov is a model, an ideal of a real man: a brave, desperate little man with an open soul. In battle, he "hell" spins under the bullets on his dashing horse; he never has money - he drinks it and loses it, but when Telyanin stole his wallet, Denisov is ready to sacrifice the last one, if only to save the honor of the regiment.

After Austerlitz, Denisov, together with Rostov, goes on vacation to Moscow - on the way, of course, he gets drunk and, barely opening his eyes, is present at the meeting of Nikolai with his relatives. When the old countess entered and leaned her face against her son's chest, "Denisov, not noticed by anyone, entered the room, stood right there and, looking at them, rubbed his eyes."

Unlike Dolokhov, he is a good person. Just a good person, kind and able to feel, able to think about other people. Therefore, during the duel, where he was Dolokhov's second, he, unable to stand it, shouted to Pierre: “Close up!”, Therefore, he hesitated, trying to delay the start of the duel.

Having met Denisov in the war, we see him through the eyes of Rostov - we admire his courage; reluctantly, we agree with his concern for the honor of the regiment. But we do not yet know this bold and pure man; he will open up before us in Moscow, when, for no apparent reason, just as desperately as he rode into battle, he suddenly proposes to Natasha.

In front of himself and in front of all people, he pretends that he is jokingly courting a young girl, and does not understand that this girl has seriously taken possession of his thoughts. Here he is with Rostov at a children's ball patronizingly looking around at the dancers:

“- How sweet she is, she will be beautiful,” said Denisov.

Countess Natasha, answered Denisov.

And how she dances, what grace! - without saying a word

a lot, he said again.

Who are you talking about?

About your sister, about yours, Denisov shouted angrily.

Tolstoy notes several times that Denisov admired Natasha's singing, "looked at her with enthusiastic eyes", "the whole ball did not leave her" after Natasha persuaded him to dance the mazurka.

“Only on a horse and in a mazurka Denisov’s small stature was not visible, and he seemed to be the same fine fellow as he himself felt.” And we always see him as a fine fellow - and therefore we feel unbearably sorry for him when he - probably unexpectedly for himself - proposes to Natasha.

Natasha's mother, the old countess, could not believe her ears.

“- Natasha, full of nonsense! she said, still hoping it was a joke.

Well, nonsense! I’m talking to you,” Natasha said angrily. - I came to ask what to do, and you tell me: "nonsense" ...

The countess shrugged.

If it is true that Monsieur Denisov proposed to you, although it is ridiculous, then tell him that he is a fool, that's all.

No, he is not a fool, - Natasha said offendedly and seriously.

The Countess is right in her indignation, "that they dared to look at her little Natasha as if they were big." But in vain does she speak so mockingly of Denisov: “Monsieur”, in vain she calls him a fool; Natasha understands Denisov in her heart better than her mother. This desperate man seeks and waits for pure love as impatiently as the insolent Dolokhov. All his romantic loves are only searches, only the expectation of true love. And then he met the girl he dreamed about, but she is still a child; why did he, so brave and kind, fall through this ordeal?

Prince Andrei will understand this later: having met Denisov after the break with Natasha, he, the proud and jealous Prince Bolkonsky, will fondly remember Natasha's stories about this good man, about his love for her; and it is not pain, not anger that will cause him the thought that he and Denisov loved the same woman, but sad regret.

And ahead of Denisov there are still many sorrows, precisely because he is kind and honest. He is in a hurry to join the regiment - why should he now remain in Moscow. He hurries to the regiment - he is needed there, they love him there, there he belongs. But a lot has changed in the regiment.

During the time that Denisov was on vacation, Napoleon managed to enter the war with Prussia, defeat the Prussian army in a few days and move his troops towards the Russians. The position of the Russian troops was terrible, primarily because they stood in the German villages completely devastated.

“The Pavlograd regiment lost only two wounded in business; but from hunger and disease lost almost half of the people.

Returning to the regiment and seeing that the soldiers were starving, Denisov went to the road and simply recaptured the convoy with provisions from the infantry by force. This act of his had the most serious consequences, because in the food department, where Denisov was sent to explain himself, he saw ... Telyanin! That's when it turned out that in vain the officers of the Pavlograd regiment spared Telyanin - he would not give Denisov mercy.

But the direct and honest Denisov is not able to understand everything that happened to him. He took provisions, "to feed his soldiers," and Telyanin sits in the food department, "to put in his pocket"! Unable to restrain himself, Denisov beat Telyanin - now he faces a trial "for robbery."

According to the laws of officer honor, Denisov is right, and his comrades understand this. But according to the laws of the bureaucratic machine, he is to blame; papers and requests come to the regiment - and Denisov, reluctantly, decides to go to the hospital with a slight wound in order to avoid the need to go to the authorities.

The scene in the hospital, where Rostov came to visit Denisov, is very sad. It is no coincidence that Captain Tushin, who lost his arm, turns up here - we remember how, in the eyes of Bagration, Zherkov turned out to be a more reliable officer than Tushin. And now he looks with his big sad eyes at Denisov, fearing for him.

Denisov still does not understand anything and does not want to ask for mercy: “If I were a robber, I would ask for mercy, otherwise I am suing for bringing robbers to clean water. Let them judge, I'm not afraid of anyone; I honestly served the tsar and the fatherland and did not steal!”

But Denisov is no longer the same as before. The court case knocked him down - he no longer asks Rostov about his comrades, about the affairs of the regiment; he is only interested in litigation with the food department. They broke Denisov. And, the most offensive, not the enemies broke, not in battle, but their own. And his comrades also persuade him to stop fighting for justice and write to the king a petition for pardon.

“It seems that you can’t break a butt with a whip,” he said, handing Rostov a large envelope. It was a request addressed to the sovereign ... in which Denisov, without mentioning anything about the faults of the food department, asked only for pardon.

Pass it on, apparently ... - He did not finish and smiled a painfully fake smile.

But that didn't help either. The king turned down the request.

Now he is a disgraced, gloomy loser for many years. Until now, life seemed clear to him: be honest and brave - and you will earn respect and honor. Everything turned out to be not so simple. No one remembered his merits, his courage - Telyanin won, and he was condemned.

Unhappy love for Natasha also played a role in Denisov's deep despair. It turned out that you can love a girl purely and faithfully, but this is still not enough for her to love you too.

The main thing that broke Denisov was the injustice of that world in which until recently everything was simple and clear.

And yet Denisov will remain true to the moral ideal that he dreamed of from his youth. In 1812, he will forget his grievances, not up to them; he will go to the partisans and will not defend the king - the fatherland.

After the war, no one will need him again, he will grumble again, but one day he will say to Pierre: “Rebellion - that's it!” - and, perhaps, he will also come to Senate Square, because different people will come there in very different ways, united by only one thing - the dream of justice.

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Vasily Denisov in the novel "War and Peace"
Among the heroes of "War and Peace" there are historical, real-life faces: Kutuzov, Napoleon, Alexander I, Bagration, Weyrother ... Tolstoy draws each of them as he sees, sometimes not at all objectively; for example, Napoleon, of course, was not really the way Tolstoy portrayed him.
The writer invented many of the heroes of the novel, but what does it mean - he invented it? In the old Prince Bolkonsky, in Andrei and Pierre, in Natasha, in Prince Vasily and Dolokhov, the features of many people whom Tolstoy knew were combined. It is believed that Nikolai Ilyich Rostov and Marya Nikolaevna Bolkonskaya are to some extent copied from Tolstoy's parents, but these are not accurate portraits, and much in Nikolai and Princess Mary does not at all resemble the writer's father and mother.
Only one person in the novel has a very definite prototype - Denisov. It is "written off" from the famous partisan poet, hero of the war of 1812 Denis Davydov. Even the name emphasizes the connection between the literary hero and a living person: Davydov's name was Denis Vasilievich, Tolstoy's name in the novel is Vasily Denisov.
But, describing the guerrilla war in the fourth volume, Tolstoy will mention the activities of Denis Davydov, which are in no way connected with Denisov - and this, as it were, separates him from the hero of the novel.
And, besides, does it really matter to us, who are reading the novel today, what living person Tolstoy had in mind? The people described in the novel live so clearly in our imagination that Prince Andrei turns out to be more familiar and more alive than, for example, the really existing Decembrists Batenkov or Fonvizin, and Pierre is closer to me than, say, Sergei Grigoryevich Volkonsky, and the wives of the Decembrists I understand through Natasha ... Therefore, we will talk about Vasily Denisov - the way we see him in the novel, without trying to compare him with the prototype and decide what Tolstoy took from life and what he invented.
"Denisov was a little man with a red face, shining black eyes, black tousled mustache and hair."
A dashing cavalryman, a grunt, a gambler and a master of drinking, he is at the same time romantically in love with a woman called “she”, and tells Rostov in the most exalted terms: “I am writing to her ... We sleep until we love. We are children of dust... but you fell in love - and you are a god, you are pure, as on the first day of creation...”
For Rostov, Denisov is a model, an ideal of a real man: a brave, desperate little man with an open soul. In battle, he "hell" spins under the bullets on his dashing horse; he never has money - he drinks it and loses it, but when Telyanin stole his wallet, Denisov is ready to sacrifice the last one, if only to save the honor of the regiment.
After Austerlitz, Denisov, together with Rostov, goes on vacation to Moscow - on the way, of course, he gets drunk and, barely opening his eyes, is present at the meeting of Nikolai with his relatives. When the old countess entered and leaned her face against her son's chest, "Denisov, not noticed by anyone, entered the room, stood right there and, looking at them, rubbed his eyes."
Unlike Dolokhov, he is a good person. Just a good person, kind and able to feel, able to think about other people. Therefore, during the duel, where he was Dolokhov's second, he, unable to stand it, shouted to Pierre: “Close up!”, Therefore, he hesitated, trying to delay the start of the duel.
Having met Denisov in the war, we see him through the eyes of Rostov - we admire his courage; reluctantly, we agree with his concern for the honor of the regiment. But we do not yet know this bold and pure man; he will open up before us in Moscow, when, for no apparent reason, just as desperately as he rode into battle, he suddenly proposes to Natasha.
In front of himself and in front of all people, he pretends that he is jokingly courting a young girl, and does not understand that this girl has seriously taken possession of his thoughts. Here he is with Rostov at a children's ball patronizingly looking around at the dancers:
“How sweet she is, she will be beautiful,” said Denisov.
Who?
Countess Natasha, Denisov replied.
And how she dances, what grace! - without saying a word
a lot, he said again.
Who are you talking about?
About your sister, about yours, Denisov shouted angrily.
Tolstoy notes several times that Denisov admired Natasha's singing, "looked at her with enthusiastic eyes", "the whole ball did not leave her" after Natasha persuaded him to dance the mazurka.
“Only on a horse and in a mazurka Denisov’s small stature was not visible, and he seemed to be the same fine fellow as he himself felt.” And we always see him as a fine fellow - and therefore we feel unbearably sorry for him when he - probably unexpectedly for himself - proposes to Natasha.
Natasha's mother, the old countess, could not believe her ears.
“Natasha, full of nonsense! she said, still hoping it was a joke.
- Well, nonsense! I’m talking to you,” Natasha said angrily. - I came to ask what to do, and you tell me: "nonsense" ...
The countess shrugged.
If it is true that Monsieur Denisov proposed to you, although it is ridiculous, then tell him that he is a fool, that's all.
No, he is not a fool,” Natasha said offendedly and seriously.
The Countess is right in her indignation, "that they dared to look at her little Natasha as if they were big." But in vain does she speak so mockingly of Denisov: “Monsieur”, in vain she calls him a fool; Natasha understands Denisov in her heart better than her mother. This desperate man seeks and waits for pure love as impatiently as the insolent Dolokhov. All his romantic loves are only searches, only the expectation of true love. And then he met the girl he dreamed about, but she is still a child; why did he, so brave and kind, fall through this ordeal?
Prince Andrei will understand this later: having met Denisov after the break with Natasha, he, the proud and jealous Prince Bolkonsky, will fondly remember Natasha's stories about this good man, about his love for her; and it is not pain, not anger that will cause him the thought that he and Denisov loved the same woman, but sad regret.
And ahead of Denisov there are still many sorrows, precisely because he is kind and honest. He is in a hurry to join the regiment - why should he now remain in Moscow. He hurries to the regiment - he is needed there, they love him there, there he belongs. But a lot has changed in the regiment.
During the time that Denisov was on vacation, Napoleon managed to enter the war with Prussia, defeat the Prussian army in a few days and move his troops towards the Russians. The position of the Russian troops was terrible, primarily because they stood in the German villages completely devastated.
“The Pavlograd regiment lost only two wounded in business; but from hunger and disease lost almost half of the people.
Returning to the regiment and seeing that the soldiers were starving, Denisov went to the road and simply recaptured the convoy with provisions from the infantry by force. This act of his had the most serious consequences, because in the food department, where Denisov was sent to explain himself, he saw ... Telyanin! That's when it turned out that in vain the officers of the Pavlograd regiment spared Telyanin - he would not give Denisov mercy.
But the direct and honest Denisov is not able to understand everything that happened to him. He took provisions, "to feed his soldiers," and Telyanin sits in the food department, "to put in his pocket"! Unable to restrain himself, Denisov beat Telyanin - now he faces a trial "for robbery."
According to the laws of officer honor, Denisov is right, and his comrades understand this. But according to the laws of the bureaucratic machine, he is to blame; papers and requests come to the regiment - and Denisov, reluctantly, decides to go to the hospital with a slight wound in order to avoid the need to appear to the authorities.
The scene in the hospital, where Rostov came to visit Denisov, is very sad. It is no coincidence that Captain Tushin, who lost his arm, turns up here - we remember how, in the eyes of Bagration, Zherkov turned out to be a more reliable officer than Tushin. And now he looks with his big sad eyes at Denisov, fearing for him.
Denisov still does not understand anything and does not want to ask for mercy: “If I were a robber, I would ask for mercy, otherwise I am suing for bringing robbers to clean water. Let them judge, I'm not afraid of anyone; I honestly served the tsar and the fatherland and did not steal!”
But Denisov is no longer the same as before. The court case knocked him down - he no longer asks Rostov about his comrades, about the affairs of the regiment; he is only interested in litigation with the food department. They broke Denisov. And, the most offensive, not the enemies broke, not in battle, but their own. And his comrades also persuade him to stop fighting for justice and write to the king a petition for pardon.
“It seems that you can’t break a butt with a whip,” he said, handing Rostov a large envelope. It was a request addressed to the sovereign ... in which Denisov, without mentioning anything about the faults of the food department, asked only for pardon.
“Pass it on, it’s clear ...” He didn’t finish and smiled a painfully fake smile.
But that didn't help either. The king turned down the request.
Now he is a disgraced, gloomy loser for many years. Until now, life seemed clear to him: be honest and brave - and you will earn respect and honor. Everything turned out to be not so simple. No one remembered his merits, his courage - Telyanin won, and he was condemned.
Unhappy love for Natasha also played a role in Denisov's deep despair. It turned out that you can love a girl purely and faithfully, but this is still not enough for her to love you too.
The main thing that broke Denisov was the injustice of that world in which until recently everything was simple and clear.
And yet Denisov will remain true to the moral ideal that he dreamed of from his youth. In 1812, he will forget his grievances, not up to them; he will go to the partisans and will not defend the king - the fatherland.
After the war, no one will need him again, he will again grumble, but one day he will say to Pierre: “Rebellion - that's it!” - and, perhaps, he will also come to Senate Square, because different people will come there in very different ways, united by only one thing - the dream of justice.