THE IDEA OF CREATING THE STORY OF L. N. TOLSTOY “HADJI MURAT”

Abstract

The idea of creating the story “Hadji Murat” appeared in Tolstoy in the Caucasus in 1896, when he saw a mangled Burr that reminded him of Hadji Murat. Tolstoy persistently and enthusiastically began to study literature on the history of Hadji Murat and the fighting in the Caucasus. To create one first draft of the Caucasian story “Hadji Murat”, the writer got acquainted with the works of about 5000 pages. The story was created during the difficult years when Patriarchal Russia was falling into decline. The work on the story began in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The first edition appeared in 1896, the second and third drafts were made at the end of 1897, completed in December 1904, and published in 1912, after the writer’s death. Tolstoy was an opponent of the war, called on man to improve morally in the spirit of Christian morality, and saw his salvation only in peace and harmony between people.