A brief retelling of "Taras Bulba" chapter by chapter

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"Taras Bulba" is a story that is part of the cycle "Mirgorod" written by N. V. Gogol. The prototype of the Cossack was the ataman Okhrim Makukha, who was born in Starodub and was an associate of B. Khmelnitsky himself. He had sons, one of whom, like Andriy in Gogol's work, became a traitor.

A brief retelling of "Taras Bulba": 1-2 chapters

Brothers Andriy and Ostap returned home after studying at the Kyiv Academy. The eldest son of Taras did not like his father's mockery of their outfit. He immediately got into a fistfight with him. A mother ran out into the yard and rushed to hug her sons. Father was impatient to see Andriy and Ostap in battle. Departure for the Sich Taras Bulba appointed a week later. True, after drinking vodka, he decided to go there in the morning. The brothers changed into Cossack clothes early, took their weapons and were ready to leave. Taras recalled his youth on the way. Ostap dreamed only of war and feasts. Andriy was as brave and strong as his brother, but at the same time more sensitive. He constantly remembered the Polish lady, whommet in Kyiv. One day, gaping on the street, Andriy almost fell under the wheels of a panorama rattletrap. He fell right into the dirt on his face, and when he got up, he saw that a girl was watching him from the window. The next night, he made his way into the room of a dazzlingly beautiful young Polish woman. She was frightened at first, and then she saw that the student himself was very embarrassed. The Tartar maid imperceptibly took him out of the house. Finally, the Cossacks arrived at the banks of the Dnieper and crossed by ferry to the island.

A brief retelling of "Taras Bulba": 3-4 chapters

Cossacks during the truce rested: walked, drank. They were served by craftsmen of different nationalities (fed, sheathed), since they themselves could only fight and have fun. Taras introduced Andriy and Ostap to the chieftain and comrades-in-arms. The young men were struck by the customs of the Zaporizhzhya Sich. There were no military occupations as such, but theft and murder were punished in the most severe way. Since the sons of Taras were distinguished by their prowess in any business, they immediately became noticeable among the youth. However, the old Cossack was tired of the wild life, he dreamed of war. The ataman prompted Taras how to raise the Cossacks to fight without the crime of an oath (to keep the peace).

A brief retelling of "Taras Bulba": 5-6 chapters

And then one day, skinned Cossacks appeared in the Sich and told what they suffered from the Poles, who mock the Orthodox faith. The Cossacks were angry and at the Rada decided to go on a campaign. A day and a half later they arrived in Dubno. According to rumors, there were many rich people andcoffers. Residents of the city, including women, began to defend themselves. The Cossacks set up a camp around Dubno, planning to starve it out. From idleness, the Cossacks got drunk and almost all fell asleep. Andriy was sober and slept soundly. The maid of the same lady came to him (she was just in Dubno and noticed a guy from the city wall) and asked for food for her. The Cossack took a sack of bread and followed the Tatar woman through a secret underground passage. Andriy saw that people really began to die of hunger. But the lady said that help would come to them in the morning. Andriy stayed in the city.

A brief retelling of "Taras Bulba": chapters 7-8

Polish army really arrived in the morning. In a hot battle, the Poles whipped and captured many Cossacks, but could not withstand the onslaught and hid in the city. Taras Bulba noticed that Andriy was missing. At the same time, from the Cossack, who had escaped from the Tatar captivity, it became known about a new trouble. The Basurmans seized many Cossacks and stole the treasury of the Sich. Kurennoy ataman Kukubenko proposed to split up. Those whose relatives ended up with the Tatars went to liberate them, and the rest decided to fight with the Poles. Taras stayed near Dubno because he thought that Andriy was there.

Short summary. Gogol. "Taras Bulba": chapters 9-10

Inspired by Bulba's speech, the Cossacks went into battle. After its completion, the gates of the city opened, and Andriy flew out at the head of the hussar regiment. Beating the Cossacks, he cleared the way for the Poles. Taras asked his comrades to lure Andrii into the forest. The young man, at the sight of his father, lost his entire combatfuse. When Andriy arrived in the forest on horseback, Taras ordered him to dismount and come closer. He obeyed like a child. Bulba shot his son. The last thing the young man's lips whispered was the name of the Pole. Taras did not even allow Ostap to bury his traitor brother. Help came to the Poles. Ostap was taken prisoner. Taras was seriously wounded. Tovkach carried him off the battlefield.

"Taras Bulba": a very brief retelling of chapters 11-12

The old Cossack recovered and came to the city just at the moment when the Cossacks were being led to execution. Among them was Ostap. Bulba saw what tortures his son was subjected to. When Ostap, before he was to be burned alive, looked for at least one familiar face in the crowd and called his father, Taras answered. The Poles rushed to look for the old Bulba, but he was gone. Taras' revenge was cruel. With his regiment, he burned eighteen towns to the ground. 2000 chervonets were promised for his head. But he was elusive. And when Pototsky's troops surrounded his regiment near the Dniester River, Taras dropped his pipe into the grass. He did not want the Poles to get it, and he stopped to look for her. Here the Poles seized him. The Poles set fire to a living Cossack, having first chained it to a tree. In the last minutes Taras thought about his comrades. From the high bank he saw the Poles catching up with them. He shouted to the Cossacks to run to the river and get into canoes. They obeyed and thus escaped the chase. The mighty body of the Cossack was engulfed in flames. The departing Cossacks talked about their ataman.