The Cossacks is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1863 in the popular literary magazine The Russian Messenger.
In February 1862, after having lost badly at cards.
In August 1857, after having reread Iliad, he vowed to completely rewrite The Cossacks.
Both Ivan Turgenev and the Nobel prize-winning Russian writer Ivan Bunin gave the work great praise, Turgenev calling it his favorite work by Tolstoy.
Tolstoy began work on the story in August 1853.
It was originally called Young Manhood.
The Cossacks is a short novel by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1863 in the popular literary magazine The Russian Messenger