Question by DatingZion: What are the russian social ranks/status’ in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy?
I’m about a third of the way done with the book and I’m still unclear of what the exact difference between the princes and counts and such are. A count is typically more wealthy? What is a prince? They are all nobility?
I guess I’m just used to more traditional european and middle eastern terms and don’t understand.
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Answer by Daria
both counts & princes are nobility. they’re not all necessarily rich, as a lot of princes could’ve spent their inheritance and ended up poor or close to it.
from what i found/remembered prince title is mostly inherited, count title is awarded to a person by the tsar (peter I was the first one to award the title)
my guess is prince is considered higher; but it would make sense that a count is wealthier on average; it’s literally just my guess though
tolstoy mostly writes about nobility, as this is what he was most familiar with, all the drama of that circle… kinda like modern day, if you omit all those titles 🙂
sorry i couldnt give you a better explanation.. but it should get you started at least 🙂
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