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 | Hadji Murad (Modern Library Classics) (1st Edition) by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Azar Nafisi (Introduction), Alymer Maude (Translator), Aylmer Maude, Leo/ Maude, Leo Tolstoi, Leo Tolstoy (Graf) Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-8129-6711-9 / 0812967119 ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-6711-1 / 9780812967111 In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens. During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Murád, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family from Shamil’s | |