Talk:Vasily Orlov-Denisov

Not Vasily Denisov from War and Peace
This article makes the erroneous claim that Vasily Orlov-Denisov is depicted in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.

The following is from Some Words About 'War and Peace' by Tolstoy, published in Russian Archive in 1868:

"M.D. Akhrosimova and Denisov are the only persons to whom I involuntarily and unreflectingly gave names closely resembling those of two particularly characteristic and charming people of the real society of that time. This was my mistake, arising from the specially typical character of those two persons, but my mistake in this matter is limited to their mere introduction, and readers will probably agree that nothing resembling the actual facts of their lives is ascribed to these characters in the novel." Spontaneously (talk) 11:02, 12 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I have taken the liberty of correcting the article. Though I'm uncertain if I should have cited the piece in Russian Archive as the source or my copy of War and Peace which contains it as an appendix. I went with the latter, but perhaps that isn't correct. Spontaneously (talk) 11:51, 14 April 2023 (UTC)