- The
House of Volkonsky, also
spelled Volkonski or
Wolkonsky and
later times Wlodkowski is an
ancient Russian princely family, part of the
Russian nobility...
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Prince Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Болконский) is a
fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869
novel War and Peace. He is...
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Bolkonski (foaled 1972) was an Irish-bred, British-trained
Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
Originally trained in Italy, the colt
moved to
England for...
- wounded. This scene,
along with the
death of
Prince Andrei Nikolaeitch Bolkonski is one of the most
famous (and shocking) in
classical Russian literature...
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Irish 1,000
Guineas and in 1975 he won his
first English classic with
Bolkonski at the 2,000 Guineas. He won
three 1,000
Guineas and a
further 2,000 Guineas...
- Sage (1951),
Agitator (1952)
Leading trainer (7 wins): Sir
Henry Cecil –
Bolkonski (1975),
Wollow (1976), Kris (1979),
Distant View (1994), Ali-Royal (1997)...
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Alexandre I, who died at the
battle of
Austerlitz inspiring character Andrei Bolkonski in Tolstoi'sWar and Peace. On
December 5, 1841 she
married Prince Edmund...
- friend,
called Profession: Film Actor."
Tikhonov also pla****
Prince Andrei Bolkonski in the Oscar-winning
adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and
Peace (1968)...
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classic Races,
winning the 2,000
Guineas in 1975 on the
Henry Cecil-trained
Bolkonski and in 1976 on Wollow, also
trained by Cecil. In 1976
Wollow and Dettori...
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canto of Don Juan. In Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, old
Prince Nicholas Bolkonski says: "Suvorov couldn't
manage them so what
chance has
Michael Kutuzov...
