The-cossacks

<p><p>in The Setting Of What Is Present-day Kazakhstan, Tolstoy Examines Two Psychological Problems. The First Dilemma Is That Of A Young Man Who Desires Both Fulfilling Love And A Place As A Respected Member Of Society. The Other Is The Difficulty Of A Primitive Society To Accept Domination By A Higher Culture That Has No Understanding Of The Traditions It Asks Its Colonists To Cast Aside. One Of Tolstoy's Lesser-known Novels, The Cossacks Is One Of The Finest Pictures Of Cossack Society In All Of Russian Literature.<br></p>