War and Peace · secondary
Rostopchín
fictional · male
A character involved in the governance of Moscow during the war.
Appearances
- First: Book TEN · Chapter XVII · ¶ 3
- Latest: Book THIRTEEN · Chapter IX · ¶ 4
Quotations
“Rostopchín’s broadsheets, headed by woodcuts of a drink shop, a potman, and a Moscow burgher called Karpúshka Chigírin...”
“It was said that Rostopchín had expelled all Frenchmen and even all foreigners from Moscow...”
“Rostopchín had managed affairs badly in Moscow”
“the scoundrel Rostopchín was punished”