War and Peace · Character
Count Ilyá Rostóv
A warm, open-handed Moscow count who throws money at parties and debts alike, loving his family into ruin with the best intentions.
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Also known as Count Ilyá Andréevich Rostóv, Ilyá Andréevich, Count Rostóv, old Count Rostóv
First appearance: vii
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Count Ilyá presides over the Rostóv household with generous dinners, Turkish pipes, and an inability to say no to anyone. His affection for his children is genuine and his finances are a slow disaster, a tension his…
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