War and Peace. Volume 1-2. Lev Tolstoy

The first and second volume of the grandiose epic novel, which is considered an encyclopedia of the psychology of the Russian people.

The book involves 550+ characters from all social layers of Russian society at the beginning of the 19th century. Tolstoy also considered other options for the name: “Three Pores”, “1805”, “Day in Moscow”, “From 1805 to 1814”, but stopped at the “War and the World”.

artistic fiction on The background of real historical events immediately caused a resonance. The novel still takes third place in the list of the best books of all time according to Time. He became the most published work of adult fiction in the USSR. The total circulation for 1918-1986 amounted to 36.1 million copies.