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old Prince Nicholas Andreevich Bolkonski: synonyms: Никоλай Боλконский ???

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A retired general and Prince Andrew's father in the novel War and Peace. He is supposedly patterned after Leo Tolstoy's father

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AT BALD HILLS, Prince Nicholas Andreevich Bolkonski’s estate, the arrival of young Prince Andrew and his wife was daily expected, but this expectation did not upset the regular routine of life in the old prince’s household.

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman