Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Iye zvichida akavakirwa paTolstoy's cousin Prince Sergey Volkonsky, uyo akanga ari gamba reNapoleonic Wars uye gare gare Decembrist
. Zvisinei, munyori Laura Jepsen anotsanangura kuti kusiyana "nevamwe vanhu vakawanda avo munyori wacho akawana vari mienzaniso yevanhu vapenyu, Muchinda Andrei munhu wokufungidzira chete".