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Together with his loyal serf pestun Savelich Petrusha went to Orenburg. On the way, in one of the taverns in Simbirsk, the insolent captain Zurin beat the inexperienced young man at billiards by a hundred rubles.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 2 "Leader" - a summary

Leaving Simbirsk with the driver, Petrusha and Savelich were caught in a strong blizzard. They were almost covered with snow. Salvation was brought only by an unexpected meeting in an open field with a strange man who showed the way to the inn. On the way to the courtyard, Grinev dozed off in a cart and saw a mysterious dream about how a black-bearded man affectionately called him to him, calling him a planted father, but without pity he chopped off everyone who stood around with an ax.

After spending the night in the hut, in the morning, to celebrate, Petrusha presented the savior with his hare sheepskin coat, for which he cordially thanked him. The counselor and the innkeeper, met in the field, talked to each other in some strange, only understandable phrases.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 3 "Fortress" - a summary

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 4 "Duel" - a summary

The sarcastic and insolent Shvabrin spoke of all the inhabitants of the fortress tartly and dismissively. Grinev soon began to dislike him. Petrusha especially did not like Shvabrin's greasy jokes about the captain's daughter Masha. Grinev entered into a quarrel with Shvabrin, and he challenged him to a duel. The reason for Shvabrin's irritation was also found out: he had previously unsuccessfully wooed Masha and now saw his rival in Grinev.

During a duel on swords, the strong and brave Petrusha almost drove Shvabrin into the river, but he was suddenly distracted by the cry of Savelich running up. Taking advantage of the fact that Grinev turned away for a moment, Shvabrin wounded him below his right shoulder.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 5 "Love" - ​​a summary

For five days the wounded Petrusha lay unconscious. He was courted not only by the faithful Savelich, but also by Masha. Grinev fell in love with the captain's daughter, and with Shvabrin he magnanimously reconciled.

Petrusha wrote to his father, asking him for his blessing to marry Masha. But the parent replied with a sharp refusal. He had already learned about the filial duel. Petrusha suspected that the insidious Shvabrin had informed her father about her. Grinev offered Masha to get married against the will of his parents, but she said that she could not go for it. Petrusha took the refusal of his beloved as a heavy blow and fell into a gloomy mood, until unexpected events suddenly brought him out of melancholy. (See Masha Mironova and Grinev in The Captain's Daughter.)

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 6 "Pugachevshchina" - a summary

At the beginning of October 1773, Captain Mironov summoned the officers to his place and read the notification that had come from the higher authorities to them. It reported that a certain rebel Emelyan Pugachev gathered a villainous gang, raised a riot in the surrounding areas and had already taken several fortresses.

The captain was very worried. The garrison of Belogorskaya was small, its fortifications were weak, and the hope for local Cossacks was very doubtful. Soon, a Bashkir with outrageous sheets was captured nearby, and then the news came that Pugachev had taken the neighboring Nizhneozernaya fortress. The rebels hanged all the officers there.

Captain Mironov and his wife Vasilisa Yegorovna decided to take their daughter Masha to Orenburg. Masha said goodbye to Grinev, sobbing on his chest.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 7 "Attack" - a summary

But Masha did not have time to leave. The very next morning, Belogorskaya was surrounded by Pugachev's gangs. The defenders of the fortress tried to defend themselves, but the forces were too unequal. After a hot attack, crowds of rebels broke into the ramparts.

Pugachev, who rode up, sitting in armchairs, began to administer his own judgment. Captain Ivan Kuzmich and his assistant Ivan Ignatyich were hanged on the gallows erected there and then. Grinev was surprised to see that Shvabrin had already put on a Cossack caftan and was sitting next to Pugachev. The rioters dragged Petrusha to the gallows. He was already saying goodbye to life when Savelich rushed to Pugachev's feet, begging to have mercy on his master. Emelyan gave a sign, and Grinev was released. (See the Image of Pugachev in The Captain's Daughter and Characteristics of Pugachev in The Captain's Daughter.)

The rebels began to loot houses. Masha's mother, Vasilisa Yegorovna, ran out onto the porch of one of them, screaming, and immediately fell dead from the blow of a Cossack saber.

Pugachev's trial. Artist V. Perov, 1870s

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 8 "Uninvited Guest" - a summary

Grinev found out that Masha was hidden with Akulina Pamfilovna's priest in order to protect her from violence. But it was in this house that Pugachev came to feast with his comrades. Booty hid the captain's daughter in the next room, passing her off as a sick relative.

Savelich, who approached Grinev, asked if he recognized Pugachev. It turned out that the rebellious leader was the very "leader" who had once led them out of the snowstorm to the inn, having received a hare sheepskin coat for this. Grinev realized that Pugachev had pardoned him in gratitude for this gift.

A Cossack who ran up said that Pugachev was demanding Grinev to his table. Petrusha was given a place at the feast of the bandit leaders, who, after a drunken conversation, sang the song "Don't make noise, mother green oak tree."

When everyone had dispersed, Emelyan reminded Grinyov of the incident at the inn and invited him to his service, promising to "be promoted to field marshals." Grinev refused. Pugachev almost got angry, but the nobleman's sincerity and courage impressed him. Patting Grinev on the shoulder, he allowed him to go out of the fortress wherever he wanted.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 9 "Parting" - a summary

In the morning of the next day, Pugachev with his crowds set out from the Belogorsk fortress, leaving Shvabrin as its new chief. Masha, whose hands Shvabrin once molested, was in his power! There was no way to take her out of the fortress: from the shocks with the captain's daughter, a fever became at night, and she lay unconscious.

Grinev could only hurry to Orenburg and beg the local military authorities to send a detachment to liberate Belogorskaya. On the way, he was overtaken by a Cossack with a horse and a sheepskin coat, which Pugachev "favored" him.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 10 "The Siege of the City" - a summary

Arriving in Orenburg, Grinev told the general about what had happened in Belogorskaya, and at the military council he advocated decisive action. But the opinion of the cautious adherents of defensive tactics prevailed. The authorities preferred to sit out behind the strong walls of Orenburg. Pugachev soon approached the city and began a siege.

In Orenburg, famine began. The brave Grinev took part in sorties every day, fighting with the rioters. In one battle, he accidentally met a familiar Cossack from Belogorskaya, who gave him a letter from Masha. She reported that Shvabrin was forcibly forcing her to marry him, otherwise threatening to send her as a concubine to Pugachev.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 11 "Rebellious Sloboda" - a summary

Distraught with grief, Grinev decided to go alone to Masha to save her. The devotee Savelich insisted that he would follow along with him. Passing along the exit from Orenburg, the settlement, where the headquarters of Pugachev was located, they were captured by a patrol of five men with clubs.

Grinev was taken to the hut to Pugachev, who immediately recognized him. When questioned, Petrusha explained that he was going to Belogorskaya to save his bride, whom Shvabrin offends there. In a fit of magnanimity, Pugachev said that tomorrow he would go to Belogorskaya with Grinev and would marry him to Masha himself.

They drove out the next morning. Grinev, sitting with Pugachev in the same wagon, tried to persuade him to end the hopeless rebellion. The rebellious leader, in response, told the tale of a raven, which makes a living for carrion and lives for 300 years, and an eagle, dying at 33, but drinking fresh blood.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 12 "Orphan" - a summary

In the Belogorsk fortress, Shvabrin at first did not want to give Masha, but, under the threats of Pugachev, inevitably yielded. It turned out that he kept Masha locked up, feeding her only bread and water.

Pugachev allowed Grinev and the captain's daughter to go wherever they themselves wanted. The next day their wagon left Belogorskaya.

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Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 13 "Arrest" - a summary

Not far from the fortress, the wagon was stopped by government soldiers who had arrived to suppress the Pugachev rebellion. The head of this unit was Ivan Zurin, who once beat Grinev in the Simbirsk tavern and now recognized him. Petrusha joined his unit as an officer, and Masha was sent with Savelich to his parents' estate.

Pugachev's uprising was soon suppressed. Grinev was looking forward to the day when he would be allowed to go to his native estate, to his father, mother and Masha. But Zurin suddenly received an order to arrest Grinyov and send him to Kazan - to the Investigative Commission on the Pugachev case.

Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter", Chapter 14 "Court" - a summary

Shvabrin, who was captured during the suppression of the rebellion, acted as a witness against Grinev. He claimed that Petrusha was a secret agent of Pugachev and conveyed information about the state of the besieged Orenburg to him. Grinev was found guilty and sentenced to death, which Empress Catherine II replaced with eternal exile to Siberia.

Having received the news of this, selfless Masha went to Petersburg to ask her betrothed for mercy. Having settled at Tsarskoye Selo, during a morning walk in the garden, she met Catherine II herself and told her the details of the history of her family and Grinev. (See the Image of Catherine II in The Captain's Daughter.)

The Empress ordered to fully acquit the innocent officer. Grinev married the captain's daughter, and their offspring prospered for a long time in the Simbirsk province.

Sergeant of the Guard

The protagonist of the novel, Pyotr Andreevich Grinev, recalls. He was born into the family of a small landowner. Grinev's father is a retired officer. Even before the birth of his son, he assigned him as a sergeant to the Semenovsky Guards Regiment.

When Peter was five years old, his father assigned him a servant, Arkhip Savelich, so that he would raise the little master. The servant taught the boy to read and understand Russian and hunting dogs. At the age of twelve, the French teacher Beaupré was discharged for Petit. But he became addicted to vodka and did not miss a single skirt, completely forgetting about his duties.

Once the maids complained about the teacher, and Grinev's father came straight to class. The drunken Frenchman was asleep, and Petya was making from geographic map kite. The angry father kicked out the Frenchman. That was the end of Petya's studies.

Grinev turns sixteen, and his father sends him to the service. But not to Petersburg, but to his good friend in Orenburg. Savelich is traveling with Petya. In Simbirsk, at an inn, Grinev meets the hussar captain Zurin, who teaches him to play billiards. Peter gets drunk and loses a hundred rubles to the military man. In the morning he drives on.

Chapter II

Counselor

On the way to the duty station Grinev and Savelich go astray. A lone wanderer leads them to the inn. There Peter manages to examine the guide. This is a black-bearded man of about forty, strong, lively and of the most robbery kind. He enters into a strange conversation with the innkeeper, full of allegories.

Grinev gives the guide his hare sheepskin coat, since the black-bearded one is practically undressed. The escort pulls on a sheepskin coat, although it is bursting at the seams on it, and promises to remember the kindness of the young master for centuries.

The next day Grinev arrives in Orenburg and introduces himself to the general, who, on the advice of Father Petit, sends the young man to the Belogorsk fortress under the command of Captain Mironov.

Chapter III

Fortress

Grinev arrives at the Belogorsk fortress. It is a village surrounded by a palisade with a single cannon. Captain Ivan Kuzmich Mironov is a gray-haired old man, under whose command about a hundred old soldiers and two officers serve. One of them is the elderly one-eyed lieutenant Ivan Ignatyevich, the second is Alexei Shvabrin, who was exiled to this backwater for a duel.

Peter is settled in a peasant hut. That evening, he meets Shvabrin, who describes the captain's family in their faces: his wife Vasilisa Yegorovna and daughter Masha. Vasilisa Yegorovna commands both her husband and the entire garrison, and Masha, according to Shvabrin, is a terrible coward. Grinev himself meets Mironov and his family, as well as the police officer Maksimych. He is terrified of the upcoming service, which he sees as endless and boring.

Chapter IV

Duel

The idea of ​​the service turned out to be wrong. Grinev quickly liked the Belogorsk fortress. There are no guards or exercises here. The captain sometimes drills the soldiers, but so far he cannot get them to distinguish between "left" and "right".

Grinev becomes almost his own in Mironov's house and falls in love with Masha. And he likes Shvabrin less and less. Alexey makes fun of everyone, speaks badly about people.

Grinev dedicates poems to Masha and reads them to Shvabrin, since this is the only person in the fortress who understands poetry. But Alexey cruelly ridicules the young author and his feelings. He advises to give Masha earrings instead of poetry and assures that he himself tested the correctness of this approach.

Grinev is offended and calls Shvabrin a liar. Alexey challenges the young man to a duel. Peter asks Ivan Ignatyich to become a second. However, the old lieutenant does not understand such a cruel showdown.

After lunch, Grinev informs Shvabrin of his failure. Then Alexey proposes to do without seconds. The opponents agree to meet in the morning, but as soon as they converge with swords in their hands, they are arrested by soldiers led by the lieutenant.

Vasilisa Yegorovna makes the duelists reconcile. Shvabrin and Grinev pretend that they are reconciled, they are released. Masha says that Alexei had already wooed her and was refused. Now Peter understands the malice with which Shvabrin slanders the girl.

The next day, the opponents converge again by the river. Shvabrin is surprised that Grinev can give such a worthy rebuff. Peter manages to press the officer, but at this time Savelich calls out to the young man. Grinev turns around abruptly and is wounded in the chest.

Chapter V

Love

The wound is serious, Peter regains consciousness only on the fourth day. Shvabrin asks for forgiveness and receives it from his opponent. Masha looks after Grinev. Peter, taking advantage of the moment, declares his love to her and learns that the girl also has tender feelings for him. Grinev writes a letter home, in which he asks for a parental blessing for marriage. But the father refuses and threatens to transfer his son to another place so as not to make a fool. The letter also says that mother Grineva fell ill.

Peter is depressed. He did not write anything to his father about the duel. How did the mother know about her? Grinev decides that Savelich reported it. But the old servant is offended by this suspicion. As proof, Savelich brings a letter from Father Grinev, in which he scolds the old man for not reporting the injury. Peter learns that Mironov also did not write to his parents and did not report to the general. Now the young man is sure that Shvabrin did it to upset their marriage with Masha.

Learning that there will be no parental blessing, Masha refuses to marry.

CHAPTER VI

Pugachevshchina

At the beginning of October 1773, a message comes about the Pugachev revolt. Despite all the precautions and attempts by Mironov to keep this secret, the rumor spreads instantly.

The captain sends the sergeant Maksimych to reconnaissance. Two days later, he returns with the news that a huge force is moving. Excitement rises among the Cossacks. The baptized Kalmyk Yulai reports that Maksimych saw Pugachev and went over to his side, and now he is inciting the Cossacks to revolt. Mironov arrests Maksimych, and puts Yulaya in his place.

Events are developing rapidly: the sergeant escapes from the guard, the Cossacks are unhappy, the Bashkir is captured with the appeal of Pugachev. It is not possible to interrogate him, since the prisoner has no tongue. Vasilisa Yegorovna bursts into the officers' conference with bad news: the neighboring fortress has been taken, the officers have been executed. It becomes clear that soon the rebels will be under the walls of the Belogorsk fortress.

It was decided to send Masha and Vasilisa Yegorovna to Orenburg.

Chapter vii

Attack

In the morning Grinev learns that the Cossacks left the fortress and forcibly took Yulai with them. Masha did not have time to leave for Orenburg - the road was blocked. Already at dawn, Cossack and Bashkir patrols appeared near the fortress. By order of the captain, they are driven away by cannon shots, but soon the main force of the Pugachevites appears. Ahead is Emelyan himself in a red caftan on a white horse.

Four traitorous Cossacks drive up to the walls of the fortress. They offer to surrender and recognize Pugachev as sovereign. The Cossacks throw Yulai's head over the palisade straight to Mironov's feet. The captain orders to shoot. One of the negotiators is killed, the rest rush away.

The assault on the fortress begins. Mironov says goodbye to his wife and blesses the frightened Masha. Vasilisa Yegorovna takes the girl away. The commandant manages to fire the cannon one more time, then he orders to open the gate and rushes to the sortie. But the soldiers don't follow the commander. The attackers rush into the fortress.

Grinev is tied up and brought to the square, where the Pugachevites are building a gallows. The people are gathering, many greet the rioters with bread and salt. The impostor sits in a chair on the porch of the commandant's house and takes the oath of allegiance from the prisoners. Ivan Ignatyich and Mironov refuse to take the oath. They are immediately hung up.

The turn comes to Grinev. With surprise, he finds out Shvabrin in the circle of the rebels. Peter is led to the gallows, but then Savelich falls at the feet of Pugachev. The servant manages to beg for a pardon, and Grinev is released.

Vasilisa Yegorovna is taken out of the house. Seeing her husband on the gallows, she calls Pugachev an escaped convict. The old woman is killed.

Chapter viii

Uninvited guest

Grinev is trying to find out about Masha's fate. It turns out that she lies unconscious with the priest, who passes the girl off for her seriously ill niece.

Grinev returns to his ransacked apartment. Savelich explains why Pugachev suddenly spared the young man. This is the same guide to whom the young officer bestowed a hare sheepskin coat.

Pugachev sends for Grinev. The young man comes to the commandant's house, where he dines with the rebels. A military council is held at the meal, at which the rioters decide to go to Orenburg. Afterwards, everyone disperses, but Pugachev leaves Grineva for a private conversation. He again demands to swear an oath of loyalty, but Peter refuses. Grinev cannot promise that he will not fight against Pugachev. He is an officer, therefore he is obliged to follow the orders of his commanders.

The young man's honesty wins over the leader of the rioters. Pugachev lets go of Peter.

Chapter IX

Parting

In the morning, the impostor emerges from the fortress. Before leaving, Savelich comes up to him with a list of goods that the rebels took away from Grinev. At the end of the list, a rabbit sheepskin coat is mentioned. Pugachev gets angry and throws the paper away. He leaves, leaving Shvabrin as commandant.

Grinev rushes to the priest to learn about Masha's condition. He is informed that the girl is in a fever and delirious. Peter has to leave his beloved. He can neither take her out, nor stay in the fortress.

With a heavy heart, Grinev and Savelich wander on foot to Orenburg. Suddenly they are caught up by the former Cossack sergeant Maksimych, who is leading an excellent Bashkir horse. It was Pugachev who ordered the young officer to be presented with a horse and a sheepskin coat. Grinev gratefully accepts the gift.

Chapter X

City siege

Peter arrives in Orenburg and reports to the general about what happened in the fortress. The council decides not to oppose the impostor, but to defend the city. Peter is very worried that he cannot help Masha in any way.

Soon Pugachev's army appears, the siege of Orenburg begins. Grinev often goes out on sorties. Thanks to his fast horse and luck, he manages to remain unharmed.

In one of his sorties, Peter encounters Maksimych, who gives him a letter from Masha. The girl writes that Shvabrin took her from the priest's house and forces her to become a wife. Grinev asks the general for a company of soldiers to liberate the Belogorsk fortress, but is refused.

Chapter XI

Rebellious settlement

Grinev is going to flee from Orenburg. Together with Savelich, he safely leaves in the direction of the Berdskaya settlement, occupied by the Pugachevites. Peter hopes to go around the settlement in the dark, but stumbles upon a detachment of sentinels. However, he manages to get away. Unfortunately, Savelich is being detained.

Peter returns to rescue the old man and is also captured. Pugachev immediately recognizes Grinev and asks why the young officer left Orenburg. Peter says that he wants to free the orphan, whom Shvabrin offends.

Pugachev is angry with Shvabrin and threatens to hang him. The fugitive corporal Beloborodov's adviser to the impostor does not believe Grinev's story. He believes that the young officer is a spy. Suddenly, another adviser to Pugachev stands up for Peter - the convict Khlopush. It almost comes to a fight, but the impostor pacifies the advisers. Pugachev undertakes to arrange the wedding of Peter and Masha.

Chapter XII

Orphan

Arriving at the Belogorodskaya fortress, Pugachev demands to show him the girl whom Shvabrin is holding under arrest. Alexey makes excuses, but the impostor insists. Shvabrin leads Pugachev and Grinev into a room where Masha is sitting on the floor, exhausted.

Pugachev asks the girl why her husband punished her. Masha indignantly replies that she would rather die than become Shvabrin's wife. Pugachev is dissatisfied with Alexei's deception. He tells Shvabrin to write out a pass and lets the young couple go on all four sides.

Chapter XIII

Arrest

Grinev and Masha hit the road. In the fortresses and villages captured by the rebels, they are not hindered. There is a rumor that this is Pugachev's godfather. A couple enters a town in which a large detachment of Pugachevites should be stationed. But it turns out that this place has already been vacated. They want to arrest Grinev, he bursts into the room where the officers are sitting. Fortunately, an old acquaintance Zurin is at the head of the garrison.

Peter sends Masha and Savelich to his parents, while he himself remains in Zurin's detachment. Soon, government troops lift the siege from Orenburg. The news of the final victory arrives. The impostor is captured, the war is over. Grinev is going home, but Zurin is ordered to arrest him.

Chapter XIV

Court

Grinev is accused of treason and espionage in favor of Pugachev. The main witness is Shvabrin. Grinev does not want to make excuses so as not to involve Masha in the trial, who will be summoned as a witness or even an accomplice.

They want to hang Peter, but Empress Catherine, taking pity on his elderly father, changes the execution to an eternal settlement in Siberia. Masha decides to throw herself at the Empress's feet and ask for pardon. She goes to Petersburg.

Stopping at an inn, the girl learns that the hostess is the niece of the court stoker. This woman helps the girl get into the Tsarskoye Selo garden, where Masha meets an important lady. The girl tells her story, and she promises to help.

main characters

Petr Grinev- Petr Andreevich Grinev. 16 year old nobleman. Grinev enters the service at the Belogorsk fortress near Orenburg. Here he falls in love with the chief's daughter - the captain's daughter Masha Mironova.

Masha Mironova- Marya Ivanovna Mironova, captain's daughter. 18-year-old daughter of Captain Mironov. A smart and kind girl, a poor noblewoman. Masha and Petr Grinev fall in love with each other. They overcome many difficulties on the path to happiness.

Emelyan Pugachev- Don Cossack. Raises an uprising and pretends to be the late Emperor Peter III (husband of Catherine II). He attacks the Belogorsk fortress, where Grinev serves. Pugachev has friendly relations with Grinev, despite the fact that Pugachev is a cruel robber.

Chapter 1. Sergeant of the Guard

At the beginning of the story the main character Petr Grinev tells the reader about his young life. He - the only survivor of 9 children of a retired major and a poor noblewoman, lived in a middle-class noble family. In fact, an old servant was involved in the upbringing of the young master. Peter's education was low, since his father, a retired major, hired the immoral French hairdresser Beaupré as a tutor. For drunkenness and depraved actions he was expelled from the estate. And his father decided to send 17-year-old Petrusha to serve in Orenburg (instead of Petersburg, where he was supposed to serve in the guard) through old connections, and attached Savelich's old servant to him for supervision. Petrusha was upset, because instead of partying in the capital, he was waiting for a dull existence in the wilderness. During a stop on the way, the young master made an acquaintance with the rake-captain Zurin, because of whom, under the pretext of training, he became involved in playing billiards. Then Zurin offered to play for money, and as a result, Petrusha lost as much as 100 rubles - a lot of money at that time. Savelich, being the keeper of the lord's "treasury", is against Peter paying the debt, but the master insists. The servant is indignant, but gives the money.

Chapter 2. Counselor

In the end, Peter is ashamed of his loss and promises Savelich not to gamble anymore. There is a long road ahead of them, and the servant forgives the master. But because of Petrusha's indiscretion, they again get into trouble - the approaching storm did not embarrass the young man and he ordered the driver not to return. As a result, they lost their way and almost froze. For good luck, they met a stranger who helped the lost travelers to go to the inn.

Grinev recalls how then, tired of the journey, he had a dream in the wagon, which he called prophetic: he sees his house and his mother, who says that his father is dying. Then he sees an unfamiliar man with a beard in his father's bed, and his mother says that he is her named husband. The stranger wants to give the "father's" blessing, but Peter refuses and then the man takes up the ax, and corpses appear around. He does not touch Peter.

They drive up to an inn that looks like a thieves' haven. The stranger, frozen in the cold in one army jacket, asks Petrusha for wine, and he treats him. A strange conversation took place between the man and the owner of the house in the thieves' language. Peter does not understand the meaning, but everything he heard seems very strange to him. Leaving the shelter, Peter, to Savelich's next displeasure, thanked the guide by presenting him with a hare sheepskin coat. To which the stranger bowed, saying that the age will not forget such a mercy.

When Peter finally gets to Orenburg, his father's colleague, having read the cover letter with instructions to keep the young man "in tight knit gloves," sends him to serve in the Belgorod Fortress - an even greater wilderness. This could not but upset Peter, who had long dreamed of a guard uniform.

Chapter 3. Fortress

The master of the Belgorod garrison was Ivan Kuzmich Mironov, but his wife, Vasilisa Yegorovna, actually ran everything. Simple and sincere people immediately liked Grinev. The middle-aged couple Mironovs had a daughter Masha, but so far their acquaintance has not taken place. In the fortress (which turned out to be a simple village), Peter meets the young lieutenant Alexei Ivanovich Shvabrin, who was exiled here from the guards for a duel that ended in the death of the enemy. Shvabrin, having a habit of speaking unflatteringly about others, often spoke sarcastically about Masha, the captain's daughter, making her a complete fool. Then Grinev himself meets the commander's daughter and questions the lieutenant's statements.

Chapter 4. Duel

By nature, the kind and complacent Grinev began to be friends with the commandant and his family more and more closely, and moved away from Shvabrin. The daughter of the captain, Masha, did not have a dowry, but turned out to be a charming girl. Peter did not like Shvabrin's sharp remarks. Inspired by thoughts of a young girl on quiet evenings, he began to write poems to her, the content of which he shared with a friend. But he ridiculed him, and even more began to humiliate Masha's dignity, assuring that she would come at night to the one who would give her a pair of earrings.

As a result, the friends quarreled, and it came to a duel. Vasilisa Yegorovna, the commandant's wife, found out about the duel, but the duelists pretended to make up, deciding to postpone the meeting the next day. But in the morning, as soon as they had time to draw their swords, Ivan Ignatyevich and 5 disabled people were taken under escort to Vasilisa Yegorovna. After scolding them properly, she let them go. In the evening Masha, disturbed by the news of the duel, told Peter about Shvabrin's unsuccessful matchmaking to her. Now Grinev understood his motives for behavior. The duel did take place. Confident swordsman Peter, taught at least something worthwhile by the tutor of Beaupre, turned out to be a strong opponent for Shvabrin. But Savelich appeared at the duel, Peter hesitated for a second and was eventually wounded.

Chapter 5. Love

The wounded Peter was nursed by his servant and Masha. As a result, the duel brought the young people closer together, and they kindled with mutual love for each other. Wanting to marry Masha, Grinev sends a letter to his parents.

Grinev made up with Shvabrin. Peter's father, learning about the duel and not wanting to hear about the marriage, was furious and sent his son an angry letter, where he threatened to transfer from the fortress. In perplexity how his father could find out about the duel, Peter lashed out at Savelich with accusations, but he himself received a letter with the displeasure of the owner. Grinev finds only one answer - Shvabrin reported the duel. The father's refusal of the blessing does not change Peter's intentions, but Masha does not agree to secretly marry. For a while, they move away from each other, and Grinev understands that unhappy love can deprive him of his reason and lead to debauchery.

Chapter 6. Pugachevshchina

Anxiety begins in the Belgorod Fortress. Captain Mironov receives an order from the general to prepare the fortress for an attack by rioters and robbers. Emelyan Pugachev, who called himself Peter III, escaped from custody and terrified the surroundings. According to rumors, he had already captured several fortresses and was approaching Belgorod. It was not necessary to count on victory with 4 officers and army "invalids". Alarmed by rumors about the seizure of a neighboring fortress and the execution of officers, Captain Mironov decided to send Masha and Vasilisa Yegorovna to Orenburg, where the fortress is stronger. The captain's wife speaks out against leaving, and decides not to leave her husband in difficult times. Masha says goodbye to Peter, but she fails to leave the fortress.

Chapter 7. Attack

Ataman Pugachev appears at the walls of the fortress and offers to surrender without a fight. The commandant Mironov, having learned about the betrayal of the sergeant and several Cossacks who joined the rebel clan, does not agree to the proposal. He punishes his wife to dress Masha as a commoner and take the priest to the hut, and he himself opens fire on the rebels. The battle ends with the capture of the fortress, which, together with the city, passes into the hands of Pugachev.

Right at the commandant's house, Pugachev inflicts reprisals on those who refused to give him the oath. He orders the execution of Captain Mironov and Lieutenant Ivan Ignatyich. Grinev decides that he will not swear allegiance to the robber and will accept an honest death. However, Shvabrin approaches Pugachev and whispers something in his ear. The chieftain decides not to ask for the oath, ordering all three to be hanged. But the old faithful servant Savelich throws himself at the feet of the chieftain, and he agrees to pardon Grinev. Ordinary soldiers and residents of the city take the oath of allegiance to Pugachev. As soon as the oath ended, Pugachev decided to dine, but the Cossacks dragged the naked Vasilisa Yegorovna by the hair from the commandant's house, where they robbed the property, who was shouting for her husband and cursing the convict. Ataman ordered to kill her.

Chapter 8. An uninvited guest

Grinev's heart is out of place. He understands that if the soldiers find out that Masha is here and alive, she cannot avoid reprisals, especially since Shvabrin took the side of the rebels. He knows that the beloved is hiding in the house of the priest. In the evening, the Cossacks came, sent to take him to Pugachev. Although Peter did not accept the Liar's offer of all kinds of honors for the oath, the conversation between the rebel and the officer was friendly. Pugachev remembered goodness and now granted Peter freedom in response.

Chapter 9. Parting

The next morning, Pugachev, in front of the people, called Peter to him and said that he should go to Orenburg and report his offensive in a week. Savelich began to bother about the plundered property, but the villain said that he would let him go to the sheepskin coats for such insolence. Grinev and his servant leave Belogorsk. Pugachev appoints Shvabrin as commandant, and he himself sets off for the next feats.

Pyotr and Savelich were walking, but one of Pugachev's gang caught up with them and said that His Majesty favored them with a horse and a sheepskin coat, but half a dollar, but he allegedly lost it.
Masha took to her bed and lay in delirium.

Chapter 10. Siege of the city

Arriving in Orenburg, Grinev immediately reported on the deeds of Pugachev in the Belgorod fortress. A council came together, at which everyone except Peter voted for defense, not attack.

A long siege begins - hunger and want. Peter, on his next sortie into the enemy's camp, receives a letter from Masha, in which she begs to save her. Shvabrin wants to marry her and holds her captive. Grinev goes to the general with a request to give half a company of soldiers to save the girl, which is refused. Then Peter decides to help out his beloved alone.

Chapter 11. Rebellious settlement

On the way to the fortress, Peter falls into the guard of Pugachev and is taken for interrogation. Grinev honestly talks about everything about his plans to the troublemaker and says that he is free to do whatever he wants with him. Pugachev's thugs advisors propose to execute the officer, but he says, "to have mercy, so mercy."

Together with the robber ataman, Peter goes to the Belgorod fortress, on the way they have a conversation. The rebel says that he wants to go to Moscow. Peter in his heart pity him, begging him to surrender at the mercy of the empress. But Pugachev knows that it is too late, and says, come what may.

Chapter 12. Orphan

Shvabrin holds the girl on water and bread. Pugachev has mercy on the self-willed person, but from Shvabrin he learns that Masha is the daughter of a non-sworn commandant. At first he is furious, but Peter, with his frankness, again achieves favor.

Chapter 13. Arrest

Pugachev gives Peter a pass to all the outposts. Happy lovers go to their parents' house. They confused the army convoy with the Pugachev traitors and were arrested. Grinev recognized the head of the outpost as Zurin. He said that he was going home to get married. He discourages him, assuring him to stay in the service. Peter himself understands that duty calls him. He sends Masha and Savelich to their parents.

The military actions of the detachments that came to the rescue broke the bandit plans. But Pugachev could not be caught. Then there were rumors that he was raging in Siberia. Zurin's squad is sent to suppress another outbreak. Grinev recalls the unfortunate villages plundered by savages. The troops had to take away what the people could save. The news came that Pugachev was caught.

Chapter 14. Judgment

Grinev, on the denunciation of Shvabrin, was arrested as a traitor. He could not justify himself by love, fearing that Masha would also be interrogated. The Empress, taking into account the merits of her father, pardoned him, but sentenced him to exile for life. My father was on fire. Masha decided to go to Petersburg and ask the Empress for her beloved.

By the will of fate, Mary meets the Empress in the early autumn morning and tells her everything, not knowing who she is talking to. The same morning, a cabman was sent after her to the house of a society lady, where Masha settled for a while, with the order to deliver Mironov's daughter to the palace.

There Masha saw Catherine II and recognized her as her companion.

Grinev was freed from hard labor. Pugachev was executed. Standing on the block in the crowd, he saw Grinev and nodded.

The reunited loving hearts continued the Grinyov family, and in their Simbirsk province, under glass, was kept a letter from Catherine II pardoning Peter and praising Mary for her intelligence and kind heart.

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In this article we will describe the work of A.S. Retelling the chapters of this short novel, published in 1836, is offered to your attention.

1. Sergeant of the Guard

The first chapter begins with the biography of Pyotr Andreevich Grinev. The father of this hero served, after which he retired. There were 9 children in the Grinev family, but eight of them died in infancy, and Peter was left alone. His father wrote it down even before his birth in Peter Andreevich, before the onset of adulthood, he was on vacation. Uncle Savelich serves as the boy's educator. He supervises the development of Russian literacy by Petrusha.

After some time, the Frenchman Beaupré was discharged to see Peter. He taught him German French, as well as various sciences. But Beaupre was not involved in raising a child, but only drank and walked. The boy's father soon discovered this and drove the teacher away. Peter in the 17th year is sent to the service, but not to the place where he hoped to get. He goes to Orenburg instead of Petersburg. This decision determined the further fate of Peter, the hero of the work "The Captain's Daughter".

Chapter 1 describes the parting words of a father to his son. He tells him that it is necessary to preserve honor from a young age. Petya, having arrived in Simbirsk, meets in a tavern with Zurin, the captain, who taught him to play billiards, and also gave him a drink and won 100 rubles from him. Grinev seemed to break free for the first time. He behaves like a boy. Zurin demands the required winnings in the morning. Pyotr Andreevich, in order to show his character, forces Savelich, who is protesting this, to give out money. Then, feeling the reproaches of conscience, Grinev leaves Simbirsk. This is how chapter 1 ends in the work "The Captain's Daughter". Let's describe the further events that happened to Pyotr Andreevich.

2. Counselor

Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin tells us about the further fate of this hero of the work "The Captain's Daughter". Chapter 2 of the novel is called "The Leader". In it, we first meet Pugachev.

Grinev on the way asks Savelich to forgive him for his stupid behavior. Suddenly a storm begins on the road, Peter and his servant go astray. They meet a man who offers to escort them to an inn. Grinev, riding in a booth, has a dream.

Grinev's dream is an important episode of The Captain's Daughter. Chapter 2 describes it in detail. In it, Peter arrives at his estate and discovers that his father is dying. He approaches him to take the last blessing, but instead of his father he sees an unknown man with a black beard. Grinev is surprised, but his mother convinces him that this is his planted father. Swinging an ax, a black-bearded man jumps up, dead bodies filling the whole room. At the same time, the man smiles at Pyotr Andreevich, and also offers him a blessing.

Grinev, already being on, examines his guide and notices that he is the very person from the dream. This is an average height man of forty, thin and broad-shouldered. Gray is already visible in his black beard. A man's eyes are alive, they feel sharpness and subtlety of mind. The face of the counselor has a rather pleasant expression. It's cheating. His hair is cut in a circle, and this man is dressed in Tatar trousers and an old Armenian.

The counselor talks to the owner in "allegorical language". Pyotr Andreyevich thanks his companion, gives him a hare sheepskin coat, pours a glass of wine.

An old friend of Grinev's father, Andrei Karlovich R., sends Peter from Orenburg to serve in the Belogorsk fortress located 40 miles from the city. It is here that the novel "The Captain's Daughter" continues. Chapters retelling of further events occurring in it, the following.

3. Fortress

This fortress resembles a village. Vasilisa Yegorovna, a reasonable and kind woman, the wife of the commandant, is in charge of everything here. Grinev the next morning meets Alexei Ivanovich Shvabrin, a young officer. This man is of short stature, superbly ugly, dark complexion, very lively. He is one of the main characters in the work "The Captain's Daughter". Chapter 3 is the place in the novel where this character first appears before the reader.

Due to the duel, Shvabrin was transferred to this fortress. He tells Pyotr Andreevich about life here, about the commandant's family, while speaking unflatteringly about his daughter, Masha Mironova. You will find a detailed description of this conversation in the work "The Captain's Daughter" (Chapter 3). The commandant invites Grinev and Shvabrin to a family dinner. Peter sees on the way how the "exercises" are going on: Ivan Kuzmich Mironov is leading a platoon of disabled people. He is wearing a "Chinese robe" and a cap.

4. Duel

Chapter 4 occupies an important place in the composition of the work "The Captain's Daughter". It tells the following.

Grinev likes the commandant's family very much. Pyotr Andreevich becomes an officer. He communicates with Shvabrin, but this communication brings the hero less and less pleasure. Aleksey Ivanovich's sharp remarks about Masha are particularly disliked by Grinev. Peter writes mediocre poems and dedicates them to this girl. Shvabrin speaks sharply about them, while insulting Masha. Grinev accuses him of lying, Alexey Ivanovich challenges Peter to a duel. Vasilisa Yegorovna, learning about this, orders the arrest of the duelists. The stick, the courtyard girl, deprives them of their swords. After a while, Pyotr Andreevich becomes aware that Shvabrin wooed Masha, but received a refusal from the girl. He now understands why Alexey Ivanovich slandered Masha. A duel was again appointed, in which Pyotr Andreevich was wounded.

5. Love

Masha and Savelich are taking care of the wounded. Pyotr Grinev proposes to the girl. He sends a letter to his parents asking for blessings. Shvabrin visits Pyotr Andreyevich and admits his guilt to him. Father Grinev does not give him a blessing, he already knows about the duel that took place, and Savelich did not tell him about it at all. Pyotr Andreevich believes that Alexey Ivanovich did it. The captain's daughter does not want to marry without parental consent. Chapter 5 tells about this decision of hers. We will not describe in detail the conversation between Peter and Masha. Let's just say that the captain's daughter decided to avoid Grineva in the future. The chapter retelling continues with the following events. Pyotr Andreevich stops visiting the Mironovs, becomes discouraged.

6. Pugachevshchina

The commandant is notified that a bandit gang led by Yemelyan Pugachev is operating in the vicinity. attacks fortresses. Pugachev soon reached the Belogorsk fortress. He urges the commandant to surrender. Ivan Kuzmich decides to expel his daughter from the fortress. The girl says goodbye to Grinev. However, her mother refuses to leave.

7. Attack

The attack on the fortress continues the work "The Captain's Daughter". Retelling the chapters of further events is as follows. At night, the Cossacks leave the fortress. They go over to the side of Yemelyan Pugachev. The gang attacks him. Mironov, with a few defenders, is trying to defend, but the forces of the two sides are unequal. The one who seized the fortress arranges the so-called trial. The executions on the gallows betray the commandant, as well as his comrades. When it comes to Grinev's turn, Savelich begs Yemelyan, throwing himself at his feet, to spare Pyotr Andreyevich, and offers him a ransom. Pugachev agrees. Residents of the city and soldiers swear allegiance to Emelyan. They kill Vasilisa Yegorovna, taking her naked onto the porch, as well as her husband. Peter Andreevich leaves the fortress.

8. Uninvited guest

Grinev is very worried about how the captain's daughter lives in the Belogorsk fortress.

The content of the chapters of the subsequent events of the novel describes the subsequent fate of this heroine. A girl is hiding with a priest, who tells Pyotr Andreevich that Shvabrin is on Pugachev's side. Grinev learns from Savelich that Pugachev is their escort on the way to Orenburg. Emelyan calls Grinev to him, he comes. Pyotr Andreevich draws attention to the fact that everyone behaves like comrades with each other in Pugachev's camp, and does not give preference to the leader.

Everyone boasts, voices doubts, disputes Pugachev. His people sing a song about the gallows. Yemelyan's guests disperse. Grinev tells him privately that he does not consider him a tsar. He replies that luck will be daring, because once Grishka Otrepiev ruled. Emelyan lets Pyotr Andreevich go to Orenburg despite the fact that he promises to fight against him.

9. Parting

Emelyan gives Peter the order to tell the governor of this city that the Pugachevites will soon arrive there. Pugachev, leaving Shvabrin leaves commandant. Savelich writes a list of Pyotr Andreyevich's plundered goods and sends it to Yemelyan, but he does not punish the impudent Savelich in a "fit of magnanimity". He even favors Grinev with a fur coat from his shoulder, gives him a horse. Masha, meanwhile, is ill in the fortress.

10. Siege of the city

Peter goes to Orenburg, to Andrey Karlovich, the general. Military people are absent from the military council. There are only officials here. It is more prudent, in their opinion, to remain behind a reliable stone wall than to experience your happiness in the open field. For the head of Pugachev, officials propose to appoint a high price and bribe Yemelyan's people. The sergeant from the fortress brings Peter Andreevich a letter from Masha. She reports that Shvabrin is forcing her to become his wife. Grinev asks the general for help, provide him with people in order to clear the fortress. However, he refuses.

11. Rebellious settlement

Grinev and Savelich are rushing to help the girl. Pugachev's people stop them on the way and lead them to the leader. He interrogates Pyotr Andreyevich about his intentions in the presence of confidants. Pugachev's people are a hunched, puny old man with a blue ribbon worn over his shoulder over a gray army jacket, as well as a tall, portly and broad-shouldered man of about forty-five. Grinev tells Yemelyan that he came to save an orphan from Shvabrin's claims. The Pugachevites propose with both Grinev and Shvabrin simply to solve the problem - to hang both of them. However, Pyotr Pugachev is clearly sympathetic, and he promises to marry him to a girl. In the morning Pyotr Andreevich goes to the fortress in Pugachev's wagon. He, in a confidential conversation, tells him that he would like to go to Moscow, but his comrades are robbers and thieves who will surrender the leader at the first failure, saving their own neck. Emelyan tells a Kalmyk tale about a crow and an eagle. The raven lived for 300 years, but pecked at the same time. And the eagle preferred to starve, but did not eat the carrion. Better to drink living blood once, says Emelyan.

12. Orphan

Pugachev in the fortress learns that the girl is being bullied by the new commandant. Shvabrin starves her. Emelyan frees Masha and wants to marry her right now with Grinev. When Shvabrin says that this is Mironov's daughter, Emelyan Pugachev decides to let Grinev and Masha go.

13. Arrest

The soldiers on their way out of the fortress take Grinev under arrest. They take Pyotr Andreevich for a Pugachev and lead him to the boss. It turns out to be Zurin, who advises Pyotr Andreevich to send Savelich and Masha to their parents, and Grinev himself - to continue the battle. He follows this advice. Pugachev's army was defeated, but he himself was not caught, he managed to assemble new detachments in Siberia. Yemelyan is being pursued. Zurin is ordered to arrest Grinev and send him under guard to Kazan, betraying the investigation into the Pugachev case.

14. Court

Pyotr Andreevich is suspected of serving Pugachev. Shvabrin played an important role in this. Peter is sentenced to exile in Siberia. Masha lives with Peter's parents. They became very attached to her. The girl goes to St. Petersburg, to Tsarskoe Selo. Here she meets the Empress in the garden and asks to have mercy on Peter. Tells about how he got to Pugachev because of her, the captain's daughter. Briefly by chapters, the novel we have described ends as follows. Grinev was released. He is present at the execution of Yemelyan, who nods his head recognizing him.

The genre of the historical novel is the work "The Captain's Daughter". The chapter retelling does not describe all the events, we have mentioned only the main ones. Pushkin's novel is very interesting. After reading the original "The Captain's Daughter" chapter by chapter, you will understand the psychology of the characters, and also learn some of the details that we have omitted.

The historical story "The Captain's Daughter" was first published by Pushkin in 1836. According to researchers, the work is at the junction of romanticism and realism. The genre is not precisely defined either - some consider "The Captain's Daughter" a story, others - a full-fledged novel.

The action of the work takes place during the uprising of Emelyan Pugachev and is based on real events... The story is written in the form of the memoirs of the protagonist Pyotr Andreich Grinev - his diary entries. The work is named after Grinev's beloved Marya Mironova, the captain's daughter.

main characters

Peter A. Grinev- the protagonist of the story, a nobleman, an officer, on whose behalf the story is told.

Marya Ivanovna Mironova- the daughter of Captain Mironov; "A girl of about eighteen years old, chubby, ruddy."

Emelyan Pugachev- the leader of a peasant uprising, "about forty years old, medium height, thin and broad-shouldered", with a black beard.

Arkhip Savelich- an old man who from an early age was Grinev's educator.

Other characters

Andrey Petrovich Grinev- father of Pyotr Andreevich, retired prime major.

Ivan Ivanovich Zurin- an officer whom Grinev met in a tavern in Simbirsk.

Alexey Ivanych Shvabrin- an officer whom Grinev met in the Belogorsk fortress; joined the rebels of Pugachev, testified against Grinev.

Mironov Ivan Kuzmich- Captain, father of Marya, commandant in the Belogorsk fortress.

Chapter 1. Sergeant of the Guard

The father of the protagonist, Andrei Petrovich Grinev, retired as Prime Major, began to live in his Simbirsk village, and married the daughter of a local nobleman. From the age of five, Petya was given to the upbringing of the aspirant Savelich. When the main character was 16 years old, his father, instead of sending him to St. Petersburg to the Semenovsky regiment (as previously planned), assigned him to serve in Orenburg. Savelich was sent along with the young man.

On the way to Orenburg in a tavern in Simbirsk, Grinev met the captain of the hussar regiment Zurin. He taught the young man to play billiards, offered to play for money. After drinking the punch, Grinev got excited and lost a hundred rubles. The distressed Savelich had to repay the debt.

Chapter 2. Counselor

On the way, Grinev dozed off and saw a dream in which he saw something prophetic. Peter dreamed that he had come to say goodbye to his dying father, but in bed he saw "a man with a black beard." The mother called the man Grinev's "planted father", said to kiss his hand so that he would bless him. Peter refused. Then the man jumped up, grabbed an ax and began to kill everyone. The scary man affectionately called: "Do not be afraid, come under my blessing." At that moment Grinev woke up: they arrived at the inn. In gratitude for the help, Grinev gave the counselor his hare sheepskin coat.

In Orenburg, Grinev was immediately sent to the Belogorsk fortress, to the command of Captain Mironov.

Chapter 3. Fortress

"The Belogorsk fortress was forty versts from Orenburg." On the very first day, Grinev met the commandant and his wife. The next day, Pyotr Andreich met with officer Alexei Ivanitch Shvabrin. He was sent here "for murder" - "stabbed the lieutenant" during a duel. Shvabrin constantly made fun of the commandant's family. Mironov's daughter Marya really liked Pyotr Andreich, but Shvabrin described her as "a complete fool."

Chapter 4. Duel

Over time, Grinev found in Marya "a prudent and sensitive girl." Pyotr Andreevich began to write poetry and once read one of his works dedicated to Marya, Shvabrin. He criticized the verse and said that the girl would prefer a “pair of earrings” instead of “tender rhymes”. Grinev called Shvabrin a bastard and he called Pyotr Andreich to a duel. The first time they failed to get together - they were noticed and taken to the commandant. In the evening, Grinev learned that Shvabrin had wooed Marya last year and was refused.

The next day, Grinev and Shvabrin met again in a duel. During the duel, Pyotr Andreevich was hailed by Savelich, who had run up. Grinev looked around, and the enemy struck him "in the chest below the right shoulder."

Chapter 5. Love

All the while Grinev was recovering, Marya looked after him. Pyotr Andreevich offered the girl to become his wife, she agreed.

Grinev wrote to his father that he was going to marry. However, Andrei Petrovich replied that he would not give his consent to marry and would even insist that his son be transferred “somewhere farther away”. Having learned about the answer of Grinev's parents, Marya was very upset, but without their consent she did not want to get married (in particular, because the girl was a dowry). Since then, she began to avoid Pyotr Andreevich.

Chapter 6. Pugachevshchina

The news came that the "Don Cossack and schismatic Emelyan Pugachev" escaped from the guard, gathered a "villainous gang" and "made indignation in the Yaik villages." Soon it became known that the rebels were going to go to the Belogorsk fortress. Preparations began.

Chapter 7. Attack

Grinev did not sleep all night. Many armed people gathered at the fortress. Pugachev himself rode between them on a white horse. The rebels broke into the fortress, the commandant was wounded in the head, Grinev was captured.

The crowd shouted, "that the sovereign is expecting prisoners in the square and is taking the oath." Mironov and Lieutenant Ivan Ignatyich refused to take the oath and were hanged. Grinev expected the same fate, but Savelich at the last moment threw himself at Pugachev's feet and asked to release Pyotr Andreich. Shvabrin joined the rebels. Marya's mother was killed.

Chapter 8. An uninvited guest

Maryu hid the priest, calling her her niece. Savelich told Grinev that Pugachev was the same man to whom Pyotr Andreich presented the sheepskin coat.

Pugachev summoned Grinev to him. Pyotr Andreevich admitted that he would not be able to serve him, since he was a “natural nobleman” and “swore allegiance to the empress”: “My head is in your power: if you let me go, thank you; you execute - God is your judge; and I told you the truth. " Pyotr Andreevich's sincerity struck Pugachev, and he let him go "on all four sides."

Chapter 9. Parting

In the morning, Pugachev told Grinev to go to Orenburg and tell the governor and all the generals to wait for him in a week. The leader of the uprising appointed Shvabrin the new commander in the fortress.

Chapter 10. Siege of the city

A few days later, news came that Pugachev was moving towards Orenburg. Grinev received a letter from Marya Ivanovna. The girl wrote that Shvabrin is forcing her to marry him and treats her very cruelly, so she asks Grinev for help.

Chapter 11. Rebellious settlement

Not receiving support from the general, Grinev went to the Belogorsk fortress. On the way, he and Savelich were seized by Pugachev's men. Grinev told the leader of the rebels that he was going to the Belogorsk fortress, since there Shvabrin offends an orphan girl - Grinev's bride. In the morning, Pugachev, together with Grinev and his people, drove to the fortress.

Chapter 12. Orphan

Shvabrin said that Marya is his wife. But upon entering the girl's room, Grinev and Pugachev saw that she was pale, thin, and of the food in front of her stood only "a jug of water covered with a slice of bread." Shvabrin reported that the girl was Mironov's daughter, but Pugachev still let Grinev go with his beloved.

Chapter 13. Arrest

Approaching the town, Grinev and Marya were stopped by the guards. Pyotr Andreevich went to the major and recognized him as Zurin. Grinev, having talked with Zurin, decided to send Marya to her parents in the village, and he himself remained to serve in the detachment.

At the end of February, Zurin's detachment set out on a campaign. Pugachev, after he was defeated, again gathered a gang and went to Moscow, causing confusion. "Bands of robbers were atrocities everywhere." "God forbid to see a Russian revolt, senseless and merciless!"

Finally, Pugachev was caught. Grinev went to his parents, but a paper came about his arrest in the Pugachev case.

Chapter 14. Judgment

Grinev, by order, arrived in Kazan, he was sent to prison. During the interrogation, Pyotr Andreevich, not wanting to involve Marya, kept silent why he was leaving Orenburg. Grinev's prosecutor, Shvabrin, claimed that Pyotr Andreich was a spy for Pugachev.

Marya Ivanovna was received by Grinev's parents "with sincere cordiality." The news of the arrest of Pyotr Andreevich amazed everyone - he was threatened with lifelong exile to Siberia. To save her lover, Marya went to Petersburg and stayed in Tsarskoe Selo. During the morning walk, she got into a conversation with an unfamiliar lady, told her her story and that she had come to ask the empress for pardon for Grinev.

On the same day, the Empress's carriage was sent for Marya. The Empress turned out to be the very lady with whom the girl talked in the morning. The empress pardoned Grinev and promised to help her with the dowry.

According to not Grinev, but the author, at the end of 1774, Pyotr Andreich was released. "He was present at the execution of Pugachev, who recognized him in the crowd and nodded his head to him." Soon Grinev married Marya. "The manuscript of Pyotr Andreevich Grinev was delivered to us from one of his grandchildren."

Conclusion

In the historical story "The Captain's Daughter" by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, both the main and secondary characters deserve attention. The most controversial figure in the work is Emelyan Pugachev. The cruel, bloodthirsty leader of the rebels is portrayed by the author as a person who is not devoid of positive, somewhat romanticized qualities. Pugachev appreciates the kindness and sincerity of Grinev, helps his beloved.

The characters that oppose each other are Grinev and Shvabrin. Pyotr Andreevich remains faithful to his ideas to the last, even when his life depended on it. Shvabrin easily changes his mind, joins the rebels, becomes a traitor.

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