Petya Rostov

Fictional character

Petya Rostov

War and Peace character
Created by| Leo Tolstoy
Portrayed by| Seán Barrett
Sergei Yermilov
Otto Farrant
Kit Connor
In-universe information
Full name| Pyotr Ilyich Rostov
Nickname| Petya
Gender| Male
Title| Count
Family| Ilya Rostov (father)
Natalia Rostova (mother)
Nikolai Rostov (brother)
Vera Rostova,
Natasha Rostova (sisters)
Sonya Rostova (cousin)
Nationality| Russian

Count Pyotr "Petya" Ilyich Rostov (1797–1812) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel War and Peace. The youngest member of the Rostov family, Petya is initially a minor character; however, towards the end of the novel, Petya's importance to the plot increases as he joins the Russian army in their defence against the French invasion of 1812. In the latter stages of the book Petya takes part in an attack on a French corps and is fatally wounded. This scene, along with the death of Prince Andrei Nikolaeitch Bolkonski is one of the most famous (and shocking) in classical Russian literature.

## Reception

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George R. Clay asserts that Tolstoy's "choice of fifteen-year old Petya Rostov as the one through whom to dramatize Moscow's response to the arrival of Emperor Alexander is masterful for the number of effects it accomplishes simultaneously".[1]

## See also

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* List of characters in War and Peace

## References

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1. ^ Clay, G.R. (1998). Tolstoy's Phoenix: From Method to Meaning in War and Peace. Studies in Russian Literature. Northwestern University Press. p. 105\. ISBN 978-0-8101-1697-9.

## External links

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* "Petya Rostov (Character) from War and Peace (1956)," IMDb

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Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1869)

Fictional characters|

* Pierre Bezukhov
* Andrei Bolkonsky
* Natasha Rostova
* Marya Bolkonskaya
* Nikolai Rostov
* Hélène Kuragina
* Sonya
* Anatole Kuragin
* Petya Rostov
* All characters

Historical characters|

* Napoleon
* Mikhail Kutuzov
* Barclay de Tolly
* Pyotr Bagration
* Fyodor Rostopchin
* Alexander I of Russia
* Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov

Events|

* Napoleonic Wars
* Battle of Schöngrabern
* Battle of Austerlitz
* Treaties of Tilsit
* French invasion of Russia
* Battle of Borodino
* Fire of Moscow
* Battle of Krasnoi
* Great Comet of 1811

Film|

* War and Peace (1915)
* War and Peace (1956)
* War and Peace (1966–67 series)

TV|

* War and Peace (1972 series)
* War and Peace (2007 miniseries)
* War & Peace (2016 series)

Other adaptations|

* War and Peace (1942 opera)
* Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012 musical)

Related|

* War and Peace (1980 board game)
* War and Peace: 1796–1815 (2002 video game)

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