in the Soviet Institute of Language and Thought as "Arakcheevshchina". In popular culture Arakcheyev features in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, when in 1809 Prince Andrei has an audience with him. Tolstoy portrays him as rude, abrupt, ungrammatical, with 'scowling brows, dull eyes, and an overhanging red nose'. Notes References Dukes, Paul (1974) A History of Russia, McGraw-Hill Book Company. Jenkins, Michael (1969) Arakcheev: Grand Vizier of the Russian Empire, The Dial Press, Inc. Jenkins, Michael. "Arakcheev and the Military Colonies in Russia." History Today (Sep 1969) Vol. 19 Issue 9, pp 600-607, covers 1800 to 1825; online. Pipes, Richard E. "The Russian military colonies, 1810-1831." Journal of Modern History 22.3 (1950): 205-219 online. 1769 births 1834 deaths People from Udomelsky District People from Vyshnevolotsky Uyezd Barons of the Russian Empire Politicians of the Russian Empire Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Counts of the Russian Empire