The Characters of War and Peace

As we work our way through the book, this list of characters will become more complete. Click on a character to read a summary of their story so far.

Minor characters are grouped with the main family with which they are most closely associated.

Fictional Characters

The Bezukhovs

Kirill Bezukhov
Pierre Bezukhov
Katerina Semyonovna (Katiche, Catiche)

Lorrain

The Rostovs

Ilya Rostov
Natalya Rostova
Vera Rostova
Natasha Rostova
Nikolai Rostov
Petya Rostov
Sonya

Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova
Pyotr Nikolaevich Shinshin
Berg
Mitenka Vasilievich (Steward)
Taras (Cook)
Danilo (Huntsman)
Semyon Chekmar
Uncle
Natasha Ivanovna

The Bolkonskys

Nikolai Bolkonsky (The old prince)
Andrei Bolkonsky
Marya Bolkonskaya
Liza Bolkonskaya (“The little princess”)
Nikolai Andreevich Bolkonsky (Andrei’s son)

Mademoiselle Bourienne (companion)
Mikhail Ivanovich (architect)
Tikhon (the old valet)
Alpatych (overseer)
Monsieur Dessalles
Dron (village elder)
Dunyasha (Marya’s maid)

The Kuragins

Vasili Kuragin
Ippolit Kuragin
Anatole Kuragin
Hélène Kuragina

Officers and soldiers

Fedor Dolokhov
Boris Drubetskoy
Prokhor Ignatych Timokhin
Zherkov
Prince Nesvitsky
Vasily "Vas'ka" Denisov
Prince Kozlovsky
Captain Tushin
Prince Dolgorukov
Ilyin

Other characters

Marya Dolokhova
Anna Drubetskaya
Julie Karagina
Marya Karagina
Anna Pavlovna
Abbé Morio
Mortemart
Bilibin
Osip Alexeevich Bazdeev
Gerasim
Makar Alexeevich
Captain Ramballe
Platon Karataev

Historical Characters

The Russians

Paul I
Tsar Alexander I
Marya Fyodorovna
Tsarevich Konstantin Pavlovich

Kutuzov
Novosiltsev
Tolstoy
Wintzingerode
Alexander Balashov
Prince Pyotr Bagration
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
Dmitry Dokhturov
Mikhail Miloradovich
Aleksey Arakcheev
Fyodor Rostopchin
Mikhail Speransky
Aleksey Ermolov
Karl Wilhelm von Toll
Pyotr Konovnitsyn
Vasily Orlov-Denisov
Karl Fiodorovitch Baggovout
Nikolay Raevsky

The French

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Joachim Murat
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Duc d'Enghien
Mademoiselle Georges
Édouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso
Jean Rapp

Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron
Louis-François de Bausset

The Austrians and Prussians

Emperor Francis I of Austria
Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este
Karl Freiherr Mack von Leiberich
Johann Heinrich von Schmitt
Franz von Weyrother
Ferdinand von Wintzingerode
Maximilian von Wimpffen
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe
Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden
Karl Ludwig von Pfuel
Levin August von Bennigsen