Captain's daughter 3 5 chapter summary. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

Chapter I

The story begins with a story about Petrusha Grinev's family and his childhood years. The father of the protagonist Andrei Petrovich, in order for his son to grow up as a literate person, trained in various sciences and languages, hired a French teacher Beaupre to work with him, who turned out to be a drunkard, which is why he was subsequently fired. After a little thought, Grinev Sr. decides to make a real nobleman out of Petrusha and sends him to the service. The harsh nature of Andrei Petrovich prepared for the protagonist not a brilliant career as an officer in the capital, but real trials in the service in one of the fortresses on Yaik.
Having gone to his destination in Orenburg, the younger Grinev decided to stay for a while in Simbirsk, where he met the hussar Ivan Zurin, who decides to teach the young officer to play billiards, and later, taking advantage of the protagonist's inexperience, wins 100 rubles from Peter. Despite the indignation of uncle Savelich, who was sent to look after the young master, Grinev gives Zurin the lost money.

Chapter II

Passing the Orenburg steppe main character The story is in the center of the storm. The coachman cannot cope with the horses and find the way, but suddenly they meet a strange man who promises to show the travelers the right way. As a result, they manage to get on the road and, together with their savior, the travelers arrive at the inn. The man decides to talk with Grinev on different topics and, judging by the conversation, it can be attributed to the so-called "dashing people." The whole company stays overnight at the inn, and in the morning the main character decides to hit the road and gives the peasant who brought them out of the steppe a hare sheepskin coat.
Arriving in Orenburg, Grinev appears at the old friend of his father, General Andrei Karlovich, and he sends the young man to serve in the Belogorsk fortress, which is located on the border with the Kirghiz 40 miles from the city.

Chapter III

Pyotr Grinev arrives at the fortress, which turns out to be a small village. There he gets acquainted with its inhabitants and first pays a visit to the commandant of the fortress. The protagonist easily converges with the cheerful officer Shvabrin, who was transferred to these parts from the capital, where he repeatedly violated discipline and killed someone.

Chapter IV

The main character settles in a new environment. He even develops a special sympathy for the commandant's daughter Masha Mironova. Shvabrin is jealous of the girl for Grinev and slanders Masha in the eyes of Peter, after which the young man challenges the officer to a duel, during which the young man is wounded.

Chapter V

The daughter of the commandant and the regimental barber take care of the wounded Peter. The protagonist quickly recovers and reconciles with Shvabrin, as he believes that the officer's pride is wounded because of Masha's preference for another. Grinev makes a marriage proposal to the daughter of the commandant and the girl gives her consent. Peter writes a letter to his father, where he asks his blessing for marriage with Masha, but Andrei Petrovich finds out about the duel, becomes furious and refuses his son's request.

Chapter VI

The commandant of the fortress from Orenburg receives a notification that a "gang" of Emelyan Pugachev is operating on Yaik. He orders all personnel to be ready at any moment to repel the alleged attack of the rebels, but Pugachev's trusted people are already in the fortress. One of them, who is a Bashkir, gives himself away. He is captured, but cannot be interrogated, as the prisoner turns out to be mute. Anxious moods in the fortress are growing and the commandant decides to take his daughter out of this dangerous place.

Chapter VII

Masha cannot be sent to Orenburg, because before her departure, the fortress is surrounded by rebels. The commandant feels that he will not be able to hold out for a long time and says goodbye to his wife and daughter. In addition, he orders Masha to be dressed in a peasant woman's dress in order to protect her from reprisals by Pugachev's people.
After the capture of the fortress, Emelyan Pugachev decides to judge everyone who does not worship him as a new sovereign. Shortly before this, Shvabrin goes over to the side of the rebels and advises Pugachev to put him to the treasury. young Grinev, but his uncle Savelich stands up for his master, who asks on his knees to spare the "child".

Chapter VIII

Emelyan Pugachev decides to pardon the protagonist, as he recognizes in him the man who gave him a hare sheepskin coat in his time. Pyotr cannot immediately recognize the leader of the rebels as his guide, but after Savelich's story, he is convinced that Pugachev is the same peasant who led them out of the snowstorm.
There is a ceremony of oath of the local population to the self-proclaimed sovereign and Pugachev summons Grinev. During a conversation with a young officer, the chieftain invites him to join his army. Peter resolutely refuses such betrayal. Pugachev appreciates the courageous act of Peter and gives him a promise to let him go to Orenburg.

Chapter IX

A day after the above events, the main character receives an order from the leader of the rebels to transfer his demands to the generals in Orenburg and releases the officer. Immediately before setting off, Savelyich turns to Pugachev with a demand for compensation for losses for the property of his master plundered by the ataman's people, but Emelyan threatens him with reprisals and the uncle calms down. Grinev watches this scene with a grin and goes on the road with Savelich. He is worried that Shvabrin remains in the fortress as the new commandant.

Chapter X

Arriving in Orenburg, Peter lays out all the information he knows about Pugachev and his "army" to the general, and then appears at the military council, where he calls on the audience to conduct a surprise attack, but his ideas do not find support. There are warlords who even offer "bribery tactics." As a result, a general decision was made to take up defense in Orenburg. A few days later, Pugachev's army besieges the city. Grinev makes a sortie beyond its walls and receives a message from his bride with a plea to protect her from the encroachments of Shvabrin, who does everything so that Masha becomes his wife. Peter asks the general for a platoon of soldiers in order to liberate the fortress, but receives a negative answer to this. Then he is looking for other options to save Masha.

Chapter XI

The protagonist secretly leaves Orenburg and goes to the Belogorsk fortress. Not having reached the final goal of several miles, Grinev and his uncle are captured by Pugachev's people, who take them to their chieftain. Peter tells the leader of the rebels about the purpose of his sortie, and Pugachev promises to arrange a wedding for them and bless the young. Grinev invites the impostor to repent and ask for mercy from the empress. After listening to the young officer, the leader of the rebels decides to tell him a Kalmyk legend about a crow and an eagle, comparing himself to a proud bird.

Chapter XII

Together with Pugachev, the protagonist of the story arrives at the Belogorsk fortress and the ataman demands that Shvabrin bring Grinev's chosen one before his eyes. Shvabrin reluctantly follows the order. As a result, it turns out that all this time Masha was under arrest, where she was fed only bread and water. Pugachev is extremely dissatisfied with Shvabrin's behavior and frees the girl from captivity, after which he gives the go-ahead so that Grinev can safely take Masha with him. He also forgives Peter for not telling him the truth about the girl's father.

Chapter XIII

On the way to Orenburg, near one of the surrounding settlements, Grinev and Masha are stopped by a guard. They are mistaken for Pugachev's scouts. But a major appears among the guards, who turns out to be hussar Ivan Zurin. He does not advise young people to go to Orenburg and offers to stay with him, and send Masha to Grinev's father, which is what happens as a result. Peter's bride goes to his father with Savelich, and the main character with Zurin's regiment goes on a campaign against the rebels.
The hussars are pursuing scattered detachments of the Pugachev army and see the devastated villages. After some time, Zurin receives an order to arrest Grinev and escort him to Kazan. The hussar is forced to comply with this order.

Chapter XIV

In Kazan, the commission of inquiry is conducting an inquiry into Grinev's case and treats his testimony with distrust. The protagonist does not want to involve his bride in a legal showdown and is charged with friendly relations with Emelyan Pugachev. As a result, it turns out that Shvabrin testified against Grinev.
The main character ends up in prison and is sentenced to an eternal settlement in Siberia. Upon learning of this, Masha goes to the capital to ask for help from the empress. Arriving in St. Petersburg, the girl learns that the Empress is in given time located in Tsarskoye Selo. Masha goes to the queen, where she meets a lady, whom she tells about her situation. The woman promises to help Masha and convey her petition to the empress. As a result, it turns out that Catherine II herself met the girl on the way. She found out about this when she got to the palace at the invitation of the empress. Masha Mironova's fiance pardoned.
It should be noted that the story is told on behalf of the protagonist. At the end of the story, the author makes a number of notes, from which it becomes known that Grinev was released in 1774 by decree of the empress, and in January next year the protagonist ends up on the execution of Emelyan Pugachev, who gives a sign to Grinev before climbing onto the chopping block.

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The main characters of The Captain's Daughter

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The Captain's Daughter tells about several months in the life of Pyotr Andreevich Grinev, a hereditary nobleman. It passes military service in the Belogorod fortress during the peasant unrest led by Emelyan Pugachev. Pyotr Grinev himself tells this story with the help of entries in his diary.

Main characters

Minor characters

Chapter I

Even before birth, Pyotr Grinev's father enlisted in the ranks of sergeants of the Semyonovsky regiment, since he himself was a retired officer.

At the age of five, he assigned his son a personal servant named Arkhip Savelich. His task was to bring him up to be a real gentleman. Arkhip Savelyich taught little Peter a lot, for example, to understand the breeds of hunting dogs, Russian literacy and much more.

Four years later, the father sends sixteen-year-old Peter to serve his good friend in Orenburg. Servant Savelich rides with Peter. In Simbirsk, Grinev meets a man named Zurin. He teaches Peter how to play billiards. Having drunk, Grinev loses one hundred rubles to the military man.

Chapter II

Grinev and Savelich got lost on the way to their duty station, but a passer-by showed them the way to the inn. There Peter examines the guide- He looks about forty years old, he has a black beard, a strong physique, and in general he looks like a robber. Having entered into a conversation with the owner of the inn, they discussed something on foreign language.

The escort is practically undressed, and therefore Grinev decides to give him a rabbit sheepskin coat. The sheepskin coat was so small for him that it literally burst at the seams, but despite this, he was glad of the gift and promised never to forget this good deed. A day later, young Peter, having arrived in Orenburg, introduces himself to the general, and he sends him to Belgorod fortress- serve under the command of Captain Mironov. Not without the help of Father Peter, of course.

Chapter III

Grinev arrives at the Belgorod fortress, which is a village surrounded by a high wall and one cannon. Captain Mironov, under whose leadership Peter came to serve, was a gray-haired old man, and two officers and about a hundred soldiers serve under him. One of the officers is the one-eyed old lieutenant Ivan Ignatich, the second is called Alexei Shvabrin - he was exiled to this place as punishment for the duel.

With Aleksey Shvabrin, the newly arrived Peter met the same evening. Shvabrin told about each of the captain's family: his wife Vasilisa Yegorovna and their daughter Masha. Vasilisa commands both her husband and the entire garrison. And daughter Masha is a very cowardly girl. Later, Grinev himself gets acquainted with Vasilisa and Masha, and also with constable Maksimych . He is very scared of that the upcoming service will be boring and therefore very long.

Chapter IV

Grinev liked the fortress, despite Maksimych's worries. The soldiers here are treated without much strictness, despite the fact that the captain at least occasionally arranges exercises, but they still cannot distinguish “left” and “right”. In the house of Captain Mironov, Pyotr Grinev becomes almost a member of the family, and also falls in love with his daughter Masha.

In one of the outbursts of feelings, Grinev devotes poetry to Masha and reads them to the only one in the castle who understands poetry - Shvabrin. Shvabrin, in a very rude manner, makes fun of his feelings and says that the earrings are it's a more useful gift. Grinev is offended by this too harsh criticism in his direction, and he calls him a liar in response, and Alexei, emotionally challenging him to a duel.

An excited Peter wants to call Ivan Ignatich as a second, but the old man believes that such a showdown is too much. After dinner, Peter tells Shvabrin that Ivan Ignatich did not agree to be a second. Shvabrin proposes to hold a duel without seconds.

Having met in the early morning, they did not have time to find out the relationship in a duel, because they were immediately tied up and taken under arrest by soldiers under the command of a lieutenant. Vasilisa Yegorovna forces them to pretend that they have reconciled, and after that they are released from custody. From Masha, Peter learns that the whole point is that Alexei had already received a refusal from her, which is why he behaved so aggressively.

This did not cool their ardor, and they meet the next day by the river to bring the matter to an end. Peter had already almost defeated the officer in a fair fight, but was distracted by the call. It was Savelich. Turning to a familiar voice, Grinev is wounded in the chest area.

Chapter V

The wound turned out to be so serious that Peter woke up only on the fourth day. Shvabrin decides to make peace with Peter, they apologize to each other. Taking advantage of the moment that Masha is caring for the sick Peter, he confesses his love to her and receives reciprocity in return.

In love and inspired Grinev writes a letter home asking for blessings for the wedding. In response, a strict letter comes with a refusal and the sad news of the death of his mother. Peter thinks that his mother died when she found out about the duel, and suspects Savelich of the denunciation.

The offended servant shows Peter the proof: a letter from his father, where he scolds and scolds him because he did not tell about the injury. After a while, suspicions bring Peter to the conclusion that Shvabrin did this in order to interfere with his happiness and Masha and disrupt the wedding. Upon learning that her parents do not give blessings, Maria refuses to marry.

Chapter VI

In October 1773 very quickly rumor is spreading about the Pugachev rebellion, despite the fact that Mironov tried to keep it a secret. The captain decides to send Maksimych to reconnaissance. Maksimych returns two days later and reports that among the Cossacks an unrest of great strength is rising.

At the same time, Maksimych was informed that he went over to the side of Pugachev and incited the Cossacks to revolt. Maksimych is arrested, and in his place they put the person who denounced him - the baptized Kalmyk Yulai.

Further developments pass very quickly: police officer Maksimych escapes from custody, one of Pugachev's people is taken prisoner, but he cannot be asked about anything, because he does not have a language. The neighboring fortress is captured, and very soon the rebels will be under the walls of this fortress. Vasilisa and her daughter go to Orenburg.

Chapter VII

The next morning, a bunch of fresh news reaches Grinev: the Cossacks left the fortress, capturing Yulai; Masha did not have time to reach Orenburg and the road was blocked. By order of the captain, the rioters' sentinels are shot from a cannon.

Soon the main army of Pugachev appears, led by Emelyan himself, smartly dressed in a red caftan and riding a white horse. Four traitorous Cossacks offer to surrender, recognizing Pugachev as ruler. They throw Yulai's head over the fence, which falls at Mironov's feet. Mironov gives the order to shoot, and one of the negotiators is killed, the rest manage to escape.

The fortress begins to be stormed, and Mironov says goodbye to his family and gives his blessing to Masha. Vasilisa leads her terrified daughter away. The commandant fires one cannon, gives the order to open the gate, and then rushes into battle.

The soldiers are in no hurry to run after the commander, and the attackers manage to break into the fortress. Grinev is taken prisoner. A large gallows is being built on the square. A crowd gathers around, many greet the rioters with joy. The impostor, sitting on an armchair in the commandant's house, takes oaths from the prisoners. Ignatich and Mironov are hanged for refusing to take the oath.

The queue reaches Grinev, and he notices among the rebels Shvabrin. When Peter is escorted to the gallows to be executed, Savelich unexpectedly falls at Pugachev's feet. Somehow he manages to beg pardon for Grinev. When Vasilisa was taken out of the house, she, seeing her dead husband, emotionally calls Pugachev - "a runaway convict." She is immediately killed for it.

Chapter VIII

Peter began to look for Masha. The news was disappointing - she lies unconscious with the priest's wife, who tells everyone that this is her seriously ill relative. Peter returns to the old ransacked apartment and learns from Savelich how he managed to persuade Pugachev to let Peter go.

Pugachev is the same passer-by whom they met when they got lost and presented a rabbit coat. Pugachev invites Peter to the commandant's house, and he eats there with the rebels at the same table.

During dinner, he manages to overhear how the military council is making plans to go to Orenburg. After dinner, Grinev and Pugachev have a conversation where Pugachev again demands to take the oath. Peter again refuses him, arguing that he is an officer and the orders of his commanders are the law for him. Such honesty is to the liking of Pugachev, and he again releases Peter.

Chapter IX

On the morning before Pugachev's departure, Savelyich comes up to him and brings the things that were taken from Grinev during his capture. At the very end of the list is a hare sheepskin coat. Pugachev gets angry and throws out a sheet of paper with this list. Leaving, he leaves Shvabrin as commandant.

Grinev rushes to the priest's wife to find out how Masha's health is, but very disappointing news awaits him - she is delirious and in a fever. He can't take her away, but he can't stay either. So he has to leave her temporarily.

Worried, Grinev and Savelich walk at a slow pace to Orenburg. Suddenly, unexpectedly, they are overtaken by the former constable Maksimych, who is riding a Bashkir horse. It turned out that it was Pugachev who said to give the officer a horse and a sheepskin coat. Peter gratefully accepts this gift.

Chapter X

Arriving in Orenburg, Peter reports to the general about everything that was in the fortress. At the council, they decide not to attack, but only to defend themselves. After some time, the siege of Orenburg by Pugachev's army begins. Thanks to a fast horse and luck, Grinev remains safe and sound.

In one of these sorties, he intersects with Maksimych. Maksimych gives him a letter from Masha, which says that Shvabrin kidnapped her and forcibly forces her to marry him. Grinev runs to the general and asks for a company of soldiers to liberate the Belgorod fortress, but the general refuses him.

Chapter XI

Grinev and Savelyich decide to flee from Orenburg and without any problems go towards the Bermuda settlement, which was occupied by Pugachev's people. After waiting for the night, they decide to go around the settlement in the dark, but they are caught by a detachment of sentinels. He miraculously manages to escape, but Savelich, unfortunately, does not.

Therefore, Peter returns for him and is subsequently captured. Pugachev finds out why he fled from Orenburg. Peter informs him about the tricks of Shvabrin. Pugachev begins to get angry and threatens to hang him.

Pugachev's adviser does not believe in Grinev's story, claiming that Peter is a spy. Suddenly, a second adviser named Khlopusha begins to intercede for Peter. They almost start a fight, but the impostor calms them down. Pugachev decides to take the wedding of Peter and Masha into his own hands.

Chapter XII

When Pugachev arrived to the Belgorod fortress, he began to demand to show the girl who was kidnapped by Shvabrin. He brings Pugachev and Grinev to the room where Masha is sitting on the floor.

Pugachev, having decided to look into the situation, asks Masha why her husband is beating her. Masha indignantly exclaims that she will never become his wife. Pugachev is very disappointed in Shvabrin and tells him to let the young couple go immediately.

Chapter XIII

Masha with Peter go on the road. When they enter the town, where there should be a large detachment of Pugachev’s, they see that the town has already been liberated. They want to arrest Grinev, he enters the officer's room and sees his old acquaintance, Zurin, at the head.

He remains in Zurin's detachment, and sends Masha and Savelich to his parents. Soon the siege was lifted from Orenburg, and the news comes of the victory and the end of the war, as the impostor is captured. While Peter was going home, Zurin received an order for his arrest.

Chapter XIV

In the Court, Pyotr Grinev is accused of treason and espionage. Witness - Shvabrin. In order not to involve Masha in this matter, Peter does not justify himself in any way, and they want to hang him. Empress Catherine, taking pity on his elderly father, changes the execution to serving a life sentence in a Siberian settlement. Masha decides that she will wallow at the feet of the empress, begging to have mercy on him.

Having gone to St. Petersburg, she stops at an inn and finds out that the hostess is the niece of the furnace stoker in the palace. She helps Masha to get into the garden of Tsarskoye Selo, where she meets a lady who promises to help her. After a while, a carriage arrives from the palace for Masha. Entering Catherine's chambers, she is surprised to see the woman she was talking to in the garden. She announces to her that Grinev is acquitted.

Afterword

It was a short summary. "The Captain's Daughter" is pretty interesting story from the school curriculum. A summary of the chapters is needed for.

About the novel. The story tells about real events times of Pugachev. The work is presented to readers in the form of notes from the diary of memories of Peter Grinev, who became a direct participant in the peasant war, led by Emelyan Pugachev, in 1773-1775. The rebel proclaimed himself a false king, and decided to judge those who refused to recognize his authority. A summary of the chapters of the novel "The Captain's Daughter" will help you get to know historical era Russia at the end of the 18th century.

Chapter 1. Sergeant of the Guard

Pyotr Grinev recalls his childhood and youth. He was born into the family of a retired officer who served under Count Munnich. Mother came from a poor noble family. All nine children married couple died in infancy. And when the woman was still expecting Petya, the father had already signed up the child for service in the Semyonovsky regiment. Peter suggested that if a girl had been born, then the parent could have abandoned her.

First, the boy was taught by the old servant Savelich, and then by the hired Frenchman Beaupre. Soon, his father kicked him out of the yard, because instead of teaching his son the sciences, he only drank and had fun with the young ladies.

When Petya turned 16, his father sends him to serve in Orenburg. The son dreamed of St. Petersburg, hoping that he was waiting there free life. An old servant rides with him. In Simbirsk, the men make a stop. The old man goes shopping, and the guy ends up in a tavern, where he meets Captain Zurin. He teaches him to play billiards. Petrusha loses a hundred rubles to a new acquaintance. Savelich is outraged by the owner's act, but he gives the money back.

Chapter 2

Young Grinev

with a faithful servant they go to the fortress. The driver warns that a strong snowstorm may begin, but the guy orders to move on. rose strong wind and it started to snow. Travelers will meet a stranger who will help them find their way to the inn.

On the way, Petya will doze off. He will dream a strange dream. He returned home after receiving news of his father's illness. On the bed, he will not see him, but a completely different man, with a black beard. The stranger brandishes an ax and destroys everything around, killing people. He won't touch the guy. When he wakes up, he will be very surprised. After all, the traveler who helped them get out is very similar to the man from dreams. As a token of gratitude, Grinev will give him a rabbit coat.

When Petya and Savelich arrive in Orenburg, they will give the father's cover letter to his friend. He, in order to satisfy the request of the man, sends his son even further, to the Belgorod fortress.

Chapter 3

Grinev arrived at the Belgorod garrison. He imagined the area differently. Small crooked huts, old cannons, good-natured people - all this struck him. Mironov Ivan Kuzmich is in charge of everything. His wife Vasilisa Egorovna takes no less part in the management of the fortress. Daughter Masha is a very modest person.

The arrivals did not have time to settle in, as lieutenant Shvabrin came to visit them. He came here as a punishment for killing a man in a duel. He immediately seemed unpleasant to Petya. Especially from the fact that he spoke a lot of unflattering speeches about the young Mary, the daughter of the captain.

Chapter 4

Peter often comes to visit the commandant. The service does not burden him. The guy is imbued with tender feelings for Masha. She turned out to be a very smart and educated girl. Grinev dedicated a song to her, which he wrote himself. Shvabrin criticized every word. He said that instead of songs, it would be better to give her earrings, and she would come to him every night. After all, her father cannot give her a huge dowry.

Petya challenges the offender to a duel. They won't be able to fight at the appointed time. They will be seized by soldiers sent by Vasilisa Yegorovna. The guys will agree with the speeches of others, and promise not to heat up the situation anymore.

Soon there will be a duel near the river. Shvabrin will begin to lose ground. Pyotr will hear Savelich's voice, turn around, and the enemy will wound him. He will fall unconscious.

Chapter 5

Maria takes care of Petya. He proposes to her. The girl loves him. Relations with Shvabrin are also being improved.
Grinev sends a letter to his parents asking them to bless him to marry his beloved. The father sends the answer. He is against the choice of his son, and intends to send him to a serious service so that he "sniffs the gunpowder." The guy tells his lover about it. They move away from each other. And Peter himself falls into depression. He is afraid that he might go crazy.

Chapter 6

One evening, Mironov gathered the officers living in the fortress and reported on the escape from custody of the rebel Emelyan Pugachev. He called himself Tsar Peter III. The villain and his supporters have already captured several small provinces.

Ivan Kuzmich is preparing for battle. The wife does not want to leave the fortress. And it was decided to send Masha to her godmother. The girl with tears in her eyes says goodbye to her family and lover. Grinev again declares his love for her, and makes a promise to remember her until his last breath.

Chapter 7

Pugachev attacks the Belogorod fortress. Shvabrin turned out to be a traitor. The enemy brutally cracks down on the commandant, his servants, and his faithful wife. Many soldiers swear allegiance to the rebel. The fate of Grinev has not yet been determined. All his thoughts are occupied by Masha. He is very worried about whether she managed to escape.

Chapter 8

Pugachev's associates, together with their sovereign, celebrate the victory. Emelyan calls Peter to him, and tells him that he immediately recognized Savelich, and then him. The bandit did not forget how the guy gave him his rabbit sheepskin coat in the bitter cold.

The villain asks that Peter serve him faithfully, or at least not go into battle against him. But the guy replies that he is a forced man, and cannot promise such a thing. His sincerity bribed the impostor, and he released the interlocutor.

Chapter 9

Savely and the owner leave the fortress. Pugachev advises them to go to Orenburg, and report there about his speedy offensive. Finally, he gives the guy and his servant a horse and warm clothes. The Kozak who brought the gifts said that he had lost the money on the way.

The lover could not but say goodbye to Masha. Popadya told that the girl spent the whole night in delirium. With deep longing in his heart, Petrusha leaves Maria Mironova.

Chapter 10

Grinev manages to get to Orenburg. The authorities decide not to go on the offensive, but to keep the defense, despite Peter's assurances to use heavy artillery.

Pugachev had already approached the city. Long days of siege turn into torment. Everywhere hunger and poverty. Peter meets Maksimych, from the Belogorod province. He gives the guy a letter from Masha. The girl writes to her beloved that Shvabrin forcibly holds her prisoner, demanding to become his wife. Grinev asks the authorities for help, but they refuse to give him soldiers.

Chapter 11

Peter is on his way to the Belogorodskaya fortress behind Mary. On the way, Pugachev's associates seized him with an old servant. They led the travelers to their ruler. Grinev did not dodge, and told him the whole truth that he was going to save his beloved orphan, whom Shvabrin was holding captive by force.

Pugachev rides with Petya to punish the one who offended his bride. On the way, he says that he is going to attack Moscow, although he realizes that he could be captured.

Chapter 12

Pugachev sees the state Masha is in and demands Shvabrin to release her. He, in retaliation, says that she is the daughter of the commandant of the province. However, this time Grinev is lucky. The rebel forgives him that he hid this information from him. He orders them to write out a pass, and releases them.

The young decided to go to Peter's parents. The young man is sure that they have long changed their minds about his marriage. After all, Mary's father died the death of a true hero.

Chapter 13

The lovers are already close to their parents' house. The driver introduced them to the soldiers who stopped the carriage as Pugachev's godfathers, and they were seized. It turns out that Zurin, who taught Grinev to play billiards, is in charge of the hussars. He will dissuade his friend from marrying, and he will send Masha and Savelich to his native estate, and he himself will rush to fight.

Pugachev will get to Siberia. Soon he will be caught. Now Peter will be able to return to his family. Zurin receives a letter with an order to immediately arrest a friend and bring him to justice.

Chapter 14

Steel chains are put on Grinev, and he understands that what happened to him threatens disaster. They don't believe his excuses. Sentence of life exile in Siberia.

Maria travels to Petersburg to meet with the Empress and justify Peter. IN Royal Garden she meets a woman, tells her about her fate. It turns out that this was the Empress. She grants freedom to her beloved Mary. The young spouses Grineva live in the Simbirsk province, raise children.

Missing chapter (present in manuscripts, but rarely published with the rest of the text)

Peter, having sent Masha and the old man Savelich to the parental nest, finally calmed down, and began to fight with all his courage against Pugachev's adherents. When his detachment was too close to his home, he crossed the Volga, and then, having managed to get a horse, got to his relatives. There he learned that the peasants supported the rebellion and opposed the Grinev family.

While the rebels were waiting for reinforcements, Petit's relatives were in a barn under the castle. The traitors also placed the arrived son of Andrei Petrovich there. Pugachev's soldiers entered the village, led by Shvabrin. He gives the order to hang the family of his rival.
The hussar squadron of Zurin did not allow trouble, breaking through the defenses in time and reaching the estate. Peter wounds the enemy. Shvabrin is sent to Kazan. Beloved Maria Mironova again goes into battle.

This concludes a brief retelling of the novel "The Captain's Daughter", which includes only the most important events from full version works!

Chapter 1. Sergeant of the Guard. The chapter opens with a biography of Pyotr Grinev: his father served, retired, the family had 9 children, but all, except for Pyotr, died in infancy. Even before his birth, Grinev was enrolled in the Semenov regiment. Until he came of age, he was considered on vacation. The boy is brought up by uncle Savelyich, under whose guidance Petrusha masters Russian literacy and learns to judge the merits of a greyhound dog. Later, the Frenchman Beaupre was discharged to him, who was supposed to teach the boy "in French, German and other sciences," but he did not educate Petrusha, but drank and walked among the girls. The father soon discovers this and kicks the Frenchman out. When Peter is in his seventeenth year, his father sends him to the service, but not to Petersburg, as his son hoped, but to Orenburg. Parting words to his son, the father orders to take care of him "a dress again, and honor from a young age." Upon arrival in Simbirsk, Grinev meets the captain Zurin in a tavern, who teaches him to play billiards, gets drunk and wins 100 rubles from him. Grinev "behaved like a boy breaking free." The next morning, Zurin demands a win. Grinev, who wants to show his character, forces Savelich, despite his protests, to give out money and, ashamed, leaves Simbirsk.

Chapter 2 Leader. On the way, Grinev asks Savelich for forgiveness for his stupid behavior. On the way they are caught by a storm. They go off the road. They meet a man whose "sharpness and subtlety of instinct" amaze Grinev, the man asks to take them to the nearest housing. In the wagon, Grinev has a dream that he arrives at the estate, finds his father dying. Peter approaches him for a blessing and sees instead of his father a man with a black beard. Mother assures Grinev that this is his imprisoned father. The man jumps up, starts swinging his ax, the room is filled with dead bodies. The peasant smiles and calls to Peter under his blessing. At the inn, Grinev looks at the counselor. “He was about forty, medium height, thin and broad-shouldered. Gray hair showed in his black beard, living big eyes so they ran. His face had an expression rather pleasant, but roguish. His hair was cut in a circle, he was wearing a tattered coat and Tatar trousers. The counselor speaks with the owner in “allegorical language”: “I flew into the garden, pecked hemp; grandmother threw a pebble, but past. Grinev brings a glass of wine to the counselor, gives him a rabbit sheepskin coat. From Orenburg, an old friend of his father, Andrei Karlovich R., sends Grinev to serve in the Belogorsk fortress (40 miles from the city).

Chapter 3 Fortress. The fortress looks like a village. A sensible and kind old woman, the wife of the commandant, Vasilisa Yegorovna, manages everything. The next morning, Grinev met Alexei Ivanovich Shvabrin, a young officer "of short stature, with a swarthy face and remarkably ugly, but extremely lively." Shvabrin transferred to the fortress for a duel. Shvabrin tells Grinev about life in the fortress, describes the family of the commandant, speaks especially unflatteringly about the daughter of the commandant Mironov - Masha. Shvabrin and Grinev are invited to dinner at the commandant's family. Along the way, Grinev sees "teachings": commandant Ivan Kuzmich Mironov is in command of a platoon of disabled people. At the same time, he himself is dressed in a cap and a Chinese robe.

Chapter 4 Duel. Grinev is very attached to the commandant's family. He is promoted to officer. Grinev talks a lot with Shvabrin, but he likes him less and less, and especially his caustic remarks about Masha. Grinev devotes mediocre love poems to Masha. Shvabrin sharply criticizes them, insults Masha in a conversation with Grinev. Grinev calls him a liar, Shvabrin demands satisfaction. Before the duel, on the orders of Vasilisa Yegorovna, they are arrested, the yard girl Palashka even takes away their swords. After some time, Grinev learns from Masha that Shvabrin was wooing her, but she refused (this explains Shvabrin's stubborn slander against the girl). The duel resumes, Grinev is wounded.

Chapter 5 Love. Masha and Savelich tend to the wounded. Grinev proposes to Masha. Writes a letter to his parents. Shvabrin comes to visit Grinev, admits that he himself was to blame. Grinev's father refuses to bless his son (he also knows about the duel, but not from Savelich. Grinev decides that Shvabrin told his father). Masha avoids Grinev, does not want a wedding without the consent of her parents. Grinev ceases to visit the Mironovs' house, loses heart.

Chapter 6 Pugachevshchina. The commandant receives a notification about Yemelyan Pugachev's band of robbers attacking the fortress. Vasilisa Egorovna finds out everything, and rumors of an attack spread throughout the fortress. Pugachev calls on the enemy to surrender. One of the appeals falls into the hands of Mironov through a captured Bashkir who has no nose, ears and tongue (the consequences of torture). Ivan Kuzmich decides to send Masha out of the fortress. Masha says goodbye to Grinev. Vasilisa Egorovna refuses to leave and stays with her husband.

Chapter 7 Attack. At night the Cossacks leave Belogorsk fortress under the banner of Pugachev. The Pugachevites attack the fortress. The commandant and the few defenders of the Fortress defend themselves, but the forces are unequal. Pugachev, who captured the fortress, arranges a "trial". Ivan Kuzmich and his comrades are executed (hanged). When the turn comes to Grinev, Savelich throws himself at the feet of Pugachev, begging to spare the "master's child", promising a ransom. Pugachev agrees. Residents of the city and garrison soldiers swear allegiance to Pugachev. Undressed Vasilisa Yegorovna is taken out onto the porch, and they kill her. Pugachev leaves.

Chapter 8 Uninvited guest. Grinev is tormented by the thought of Masha's fate... She is hidden by the priest, from which Grinev learns that Shvabrin has gone over to Pugachev's side. Savelich informs Grinev that he recognized Pugachev as a counselor. Pugachev calls Grinev to his place. Grinev leaves. “Everyone treated each other like comrades and did not show any particular preference for their leader ... Everyone boasted, offered his opinions and freely challenged Pugachev.” Pugachevtsy sing a song about the gallows. Pugachev's guests disperse. Face to face, Grinev honestly admits that he does not consider Pugachev a king. Pugachev: “Is there no luck for the daring one? Didn't Grishka Otrepiev reign in the old days? Think of me what you want, but don't leave me behind." Pugachev lets Grinev go to Orenburg, despite the fact that he promises to fight against him.

Chapter 9 Separation. Pugachev orders Grinev to inform the governor of Orenburg that the Pugachevites will be in the city in a week. Pugachev himself leaves the Belogorsk fortress, leaving Shvabrin as commandant. Savelich gives Pugachev a "registry" of the plundered lord's property, Pugachev, in a "fit of generosity", leaves him without attention and without punishment. He favors Grinev with a horse and a fur coat from his shoulder. Masha is sick.

Chapter 10 The siege of the city. Grinev goes to Orenburg to see General Andrei Karlovich. At the military council "there was not a single military man." “All the officials talked about the unreliability of the troops, about the unfaithfulness of luck, about caution and the like. Everyone believed that it was more prudent to remain under the cover of cannons behind a strong stone wall than to experience the happiness of weapons in an open field. Officials offer to bribe Pugachev's people (put a high price on his head). The constable brings a letter from Masha to Grinev from the Belogorsk fortress (Shvabrin forces her to marry him). Grinev asks the general to give him a company of soldiers and fifty Cossacks in order to clear the Belogorsk fortress. The General, of course, refuses.

Chapter 11 Rebellious settlement. Grinev and Savelyich go alone to help Masha. On the way, Pugachev's people grab them. Pugachev interrogates Grinev about his intentions in the presence of confidants. Grinev confesses that he is going to save the orphan from Shvabrin's claims. The confidants offer to deal not only with Shvabrin, but also with Grinev - hang both of them. Pugachev treats Grinev with obvious sympathy (“debt paid in red”), promises to marry him to Masha. In the morning, Grinev in Pugachev's wagon goes to the fortress. In a confidential conversation, Pugachev tells him that he would like to go to Moscow, “my street is cramped; I have little will. My guys are smart. They are thieves. I must keep my ears open; at the first failure, they will redeem their neck with my head. Pugachev tells Grinev a Kalmyk tale about an eagle and a raven (the raven pecked at carrion, but lived up to 300 years, and the eagle was willing to starve, " better times get drunk with living blood”, but do not eat carrion, “and there - what God will give”).

Chapter 12 Orphan. In the fortress, Pugachev finds out that Shvabrin is mocking Masha, starving her. Pugachev "by the will of the sovereign" releases the girl, wants to immediately marry her with Grinev. Shvabrin reveals that she is the daughter of Captain Mironov. Pugachev decides that "to execute, so to execute, favor, so favor" and releases Grinev and Masha.

Chapter 13 Arrest. On the way out of the fortress, the soldiers arrest Grinev, mistaking him for a Pugachevite, and take him to their boss, who turns out to be Zurin. On his advice, Grinev decides to send Masha and Savelich to his parents, and to continue fighting himself. "Pugachev was defeated, but was not caught" and gathered new detachments in Siberia. He is pursued, caught, the war ends. Zurin receives an order to arrest Grinev and send him under guard to Kazan to the Investigative Commission on the Pugachev case.

Chapter 14 Judgment On the charge of Shvabrin, Grinev is suspected of serving Pugachev. Grinev is sentenced to exile in Siberia. Grinev's parents became very attached to Masha. Not wanting to abuse their generosity, Masha travels to St. Petersburg, stops in Tsarskoe Selo, meets the Empress in the garden and asks Grinev for mercy, explaining that he came to Pugachev because of her. At the audience, the empress promises to arrange the fate of Masha and forgive Grinev. Grinev is released from custody. He was present at the execution of Pugachev, who recognized him in the crowd and nodded his head, which a minute later, dead and bloodied, was shown to the people.

Variant of the summary of the story "The Captain's Daughter"2

The novel is based on the memoirs of the fifty-year-old nobleman Pyotr Andreevich Grinev, written by him during the reign of Emperor Alexander and dedicated to the “Pugachevshchina”, in which the seventeen-year-old officer Pyotr Grinev, due to a “strange chain of circumstances”, took an involuntary part.
Pyotr Andreevich recalls with slight irony his childhood, the childhood of a noble undergrowth. His father Andrey Petrovich Grinev, in his youth, “served under Count Munnich and retired as prime minister in 17…. Since then, he lived in his Simbirsk village, where he married the girl Avdotya Vasilyevna Yu., the daughter of a poor local nobleman. The Grinev family had nine children, but all Petrusha's brothers and sisters "died in infancy." “Mother was still me, a belly,” Grinev recalls, “as I was already enrolled in the Semenovsky regiment as a sergeant.” From the age of five, Petrusha has been looked after by the stirrup Savelich, “for sober behavior” granted to him as uncles. “Under his supervision, in the twelfth year, I learned Russian literacy and could very sensibly judge the properties of a greyhound male.” Then a teacher appeared - the Frenchman Beaupré, who did not understand "the meaning of this word", since he was a hairdresser in his own country, and a soldier in Prussia. Young Grinev and the Frenchman Beaupré quickly got along, and although Beaupré was contractually obliged to teach Petrusha "in French, German and all sciences", he preferred to soon learn from his student "to chat in Russian." Grinev's upbringing ends with the expulsion of Beaupre, convicted of debauchery, drunkenness and neglect of the duties of a teacher. Until the age of sixteen, Grinev lives "undersized, chasing pigeons and playing leapfrog with the yard boys." In the seventeenth year, the father decides to send his son to the service, but not to St. Petersburg, but to the army "to smell gunpowder" and "pull the strap." He sends him to Orenburg, instructing him to serve faithfully "to whom you swear", and to remember the proverb: "take care of the dress again, and honor from youth." All the "brilliant hopes" of the young Grinev for a cheerful life in St. Petersburg collapsed, "boredom in the deaf and distant side" awaited ahead. Approaching Orenburg, Grinev and Savelich fell into a snowstorm. A random person who met on the road leads a wagon lost in a snowstorm to the litter. While the wagon was “quietly moving” towards the dwelling, Pyotr Andreevich dreamed horrible dream, in which the fifty-year-old Grinev sees something prophetic, connecting him with the "strange circumstances" of his later life. A man with a black beard lies in the bed of Grinev's father, and mother, calling him Andrei Petrovich and "a planted father," wants Petrusha to "kiss his hand" and ask for blessings. A man swings an ax, the room is filled with dead bodies; Grinev stumbles over them, slips in bloody puddles, but his "terrible man" "calls affectionately", saying: "Do not be afraid, come under my blessing." In gratitude for the rescue, Grinev gives the “counselor”, dressed too lightly, his hare coat and brings a glass of wine, for which he thanks him with a low bow: “Thank you, your honor! God bless you for your goodness." The appearance of the “counselor” seemed “wonderful” to Grinev: “He was about forty, medium height, thin and broad-shouldered. There was gray in his black beard; living large eyes and ran. His face had a rather pleasant, but roguish expression. The Belogorsk fortress, where Grinev was sent to serve from Orenburg, meets the young man not with formidable bastions, towers and ramparts, but turns out to be a village surrounded by wooden fence . Instead of a brave garrison - disabled people who do not know where the left and where the right side is, instead of deadly artillery - an old cannon clogged with garbage. The commandant of the fortress Ivan Kuzmich Mironov is an officer "from soldiers' children", an uneducated man, but an honest and kind one. His wife, Vasilisa Egorovna, manages him completely and looks at the affairs of the service as if they were her own business. Soon Grinev becomes “native” to the Mironovs, and he himself “invisibly became attached to a good family.” In the daughter of the Mironovs, Masha, Grinev "found a prudent and sensitive girl." The service does not burden Grinev, he became interested in reading books, practicing translations and writing poetry. At first, he becomes close to Lieutenant Shvabrin, the only person in the fortress who is close to Grinev in terms of education, age and occupation. But soon they quarrel - Shvabrin mockingly criticized the love "song" written by Grinev, and also allowed himself dirty hints about the "custom and custom" of Masha Mironova, to whom this song was dedicated. Later, in a conversation with Masha, Grinev will find out the reasons for the stubborn slander with which Shvabrin pursued her: the lieutenant wooed her, but was refused. “I do not like Alexei Ivanovich. He is very disgusting to me, ”admits Masha Grinev. The quarrel is resolved by a duel and wounding Grinev. Masha takes care of the wounded Grinev. Young people confess to each other "in a heartfelt inclination", and Grinev writes a letter to the priest, "asking for parental blessings." But Masha is a dowry. The Mironovs have “only one girl Palashka”, while the Grinevs have three hundred souls of peasants. The father forbids Grinev to marry and promises to transfer him from the Belogorsk fortress "somewhere far away" so that the "nonsense" will pass. After this letter, life became unbearable for Grinev, he falls into gloomy thought, seeks solitude. "I was afraid to either go crazy or fall into debauchery." And only “unexpected incidents,” Grinev writes, “which had an important impact on my whole life, suddenly gave my soul a strong and good shock.” At the beginning of October 1773, the commandant of the fortress received a secret message about the Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev, who, posing as "the late Emperor Peter III", "gathered a villainous gang, made an outrage in the Yaik villages and already took and ruined several fortresses." The commandant was asked to "take appropriate measures to repulse the aforementioned villain and impostor." Soon everyone was talking about Pugachev. A Bashkir with "outrageous sheets" was captured in the fortress. But it was not possible to interrogate him - the Bashkir's tongue was torn out. From day to day, the inhabitants of the Belogorsk fortress expect an attack by Pugachev, the Rebels appear unexpectedly - the Mironovs did not even have time to send Masha to Orenburg. At the first attack, the fortress was taken. Residents greet the Pugachevites with bread and salt. The prisoners, among whom was Grinev, are taken to the square to swear allegiance to Pugachev. The first to die on the gallows is the commandant, who refused to swear allegiance to the "thief and impostor." Vasilisa Yegorovna falls dead under the blow of a saber. Death on the gallows awaits Grinev, but Pugachev pardons him. A little later, Grinev learns from Savelich "the reason for mercy" - the ataman of the robbers turned out to be the tramp who received from him, Grinev, a hare sheepskin coat. In the evening, Grinev was invited to the “great sovereign”. “I pardoned you for your virtue,” Pugachev says to Grinev, “Do you promise to serve me with zeal?” But Grinev is a “natural nobleman” and “sweared allegiance to the empress”. He cannot even promise Pugachev not to serve against him. “My head is in your power,” he says to Pugachev, “let me go - thank you, execute me - God will judge you.” Grinev's sincerity amazes Pugachev, and he releases the officer "on all four sides." Grinev decides to go to Orenburg for help - after all, Masha remained in the fortress in a strong fever, whom the priest passed off as her niece. He is especially worried that Shvabrin, who swore allegiance to Pugachev, was appointed commandant of the fortress. But in Orenburg, Grinev was denied help, and a few days later the rebel troops surrounded the city. Long days of siege dragged on. Soon, by chance, a letter from Masha falls into Grinev's hands, from which he learns that Shvabrin is forcing her to marry him, threatening otherwise to extradite her to the Pugachevites. Again, Grinev turns to the military commandant for help, and is again refused. Grinev and Savelich leave for the Belogorsk fortress, but they are captured by the rebels near Berdskaya Sloboda. And again, providence brings Grinev and Pugachev together, giving the officer a chance to fulfill his intention: having learned from Grinev the essence of the matter on which he is going to the Belogorsk fortress, Pugachev himself decides to free the orphan and punish the offender. On the way to the fortress, a confidential conversation takes place between Pugachev and Grinev. Pugachev is clearly aware of his doom, expecting betrayal, first of all, on the part of his comrades, he knows that he can’t wait for the “mercy of the empress”. For Pugachev, as for an eagle from Kalmyk fairy tale, which he tells Grinev with “wild inspiration”, “than eating carrion for three hundred years, it’s better to drink living blood once; and then what God will give!”. Grinev draws a different moral conclusion from the tale, which surprises Pugacheva: “To live by murder and robbery means for me to peck at carrion.” In the Belogorsk fortress, Grinev, with the help of Pugachev, frees Masha. And although the enraged Shvabrin reveals the deceit to Pugachev, he is full of generosity: “Execute, execute like this, favor, favor like that: such is my custom.” Grinev and Pugachev part "friendly". Grinev sends Masha as a bride to his parents, and he remains in the army out of "duty of honor". The war "with robbers and savages" is "boring and petty." Grinev's observations are filled with bitterness: "God forbid to see a Russian rebellion, senseless and merciless." The end of the military campaign coincides with the arrest of Grinev. Appearing before the court, he is calm in his confidence that he can be justified, but Shvabrin slanders him, exposing Grinev as a spy sent from Pugachev to Orenburg. Grinev is convicted, shame awaits him, exile to Siberia for an eternal settlement. Grinev is saved from shame and exile by Masha, who goes to the queen to "beg for mercy." Walking through the garden of Tsarskoye Selo, Masha met a middle-aged lady. In this lady, everything "involuntarily attracted the heart and inspired confidence." Having learned who Masha was, she offered her help, and Masha sincerely told the lady the whole story. The lady turned out to be the empress, who pardoned Grinev in the same way that Pugachev had pardoned both Masha and Grinev in his time.

Captain's daughter - historical novel dedicated to the most bloody uprising of the late 18th century - the uprising led by Emelyan Pugachev.

Chapter 1

He spent his life in entertainment and amusements. His teacher, a Frenchman, did not bother his student with work, but rather drank and had fun with his student.

Grinev's father, seeing that with such a life nothing good will come of his son, sends him to military service to his former colleague Captain Mironov.

Young Petr Grinev dreams of brilliant career Petersburg, but instead he is sent to a small fortress near Orenburg on the Yaik River. Together with him, as a servant and nanny, the serf Savelyich is sent. Already on the way to the fortress, the young man loses 100 rubles at cards and seriously quarrels with his mentor over this loss.

Chapter 2

In the winter steppe the coachman loses his way. Travelers are in danger of death. But at this time, an escort appears, who takes them to the inn. Spending the night in this place, Grinev sees prophetic dream. He sees a recent guide in his father's bed. At the same time, Grinev's mother calls the stranger a father.

Then the man jumps up from the bed and starts brandishing the axe. There are corpses and blood everywhere. Terrified, Peter wakes up. Waking up, he hears an incomprehensible conversation between the guide and the owner of the inn about future events. As a sign of gratitude for the rescue, the young officer gives the escort a hare coat and brings a glass of vodka. Savelich is again very dissatisfied with his young master.

Chapter 3

The fortress, in which the young officer was assigned, was a tiny village with two dozen invalids. He is warmly welcomed by the family of the commandant of the fortress - Captain Mironov, former colleague Andrey Grinev. The captain's wife, Vasilisa Egorovna, ran all the affairs in the fortress and in her small household. These people immediately liked Grinev.

His attention was also attracted by Shvabrin, a young and educated officer exiled from St. Petersburg for a duel, witty and cheerful. Lieutenant Shvabrin was the first to come to Peter to get acquainted, explaining this by the fact that boredom is mortal in the fortress. Talking with a new person, Shvabrin spoke extremely disrespectfully about Masha Mironova, the daughter of the captain, calling her a narrow-minded person.

When Peter meets a girl, talks to her, he understands that she is a modest, reasonable and very kind girl.

Chapter 4

The young officer is completely absorbed in his new life. He began to read serious books, became interested in poetry and even began to compose himself. He dedicated one love song to Masha Mironova. Like a true poet, he wanted to show off his work, and sang it to Shvabrin. In response, he ridiculed the poet, his work, again dismissively commenting on the subject of Grinev's passion. Which was followed by a challenge to a duel.

Having learned about the duel, Masha and the kindest Vasilisa Yegorovna tried to reconcile the opponents and force them to refuse the duel. But the duel still took place. Pyotr Grinev was wounded in the shoulder.

Chapter 5

Grinev is diligently looked after by Masha and the regimental barber, who also works as a doctor. The young man sincerely forgives Shvabrin, because he understands what wounded pride spoke in him. After all, Masha confessed to Peter that Shvabrin wooed her, but was refused. Now the young man has become clear in the behavior of the opponent.

During his illness, Grinev explains to Masha and asks for her hand in marriage. The girl happily agrees. Peter writes a touching letter to his family asking them to bless their union. In response, he receives an angry message from his father with a refusal to bless the marriage. Also, having learned about the duel, the father believes that Peter should be immediately transferred to another regiment. The young man invites Masha to secretly get married, but the girl flatly refuses to violate the will of her parents.

Chapter 6

Troubled times begin. From Orenburg, the commandant receives a secret report about the "gang" of Emelyan Pugachev, which is joined by peasants and even some military men. The fortress was ordered to prepare for military operations. The worried captain intends to send Masha to her relatives away from danger.

Chapter 7

Pugachev's army appears unexpectedly. The commandant did not have time to send Masha out of the fortress. The first onslaught and the fortress fell. The commandant, realizing the horror of the situation, ordered his wife to dress her daughter in a peasant dress. At this time, Pugachev, in the form of a king, begins the trial of the defenders of the fortress.

He offers to obey him and go over to the side of the rebels in exchange for life. Shvabrin is the first to go over to the side of the rebels. The commandant proudly rejected this offer and was immediately executed. When Grinev is made the same offer, he indignantly rejects it and is already preparing for death.

At this time, Savelich appears. He throws himself on his knees before the "king" and asks for his master. Played right here bloody picture reprisals against the wife of Captain Mironov, who is stabbed to death with sabers.

Chapter 8

At home, Grinev, having learned from Savelich that the "sovereign" is their longtime escort, who saved them from a snowstorm. All the thoughts of the young man are occupied by Masha, because if the rebels find out that she is the daughter of the captain, the commandant of the fortress, then they will kill her. Shvabrin, who went over to the side of the rebels, can betray her.

At this moment, Grineva invites Pugachev to his place and invites Peter to once again go over to his side - to serve the new "tsar" faithfully, for which he will be made a general. Grinev, observing officer honor, says that he swore allegiance to the empress and cannot violate her. Moreover, he is obliged, if ordered, to fight against the rebels. Pugachev, admiring the truthfulness and courage of the young officer, lets him go.

Chapter 9

In the morning, Pugachev publicly sends Grinev to Orenburg with the news that he intends to attack this city in a week. With gloomy thoughts and anxiety in his heart, a young man leaves the Belgorod fortress, because his bride remained in the hands of Shvabrin, who was appointed commandant.

Chapter 10

Upon arrival in Orenburg, Grinev tells the generals everything he knows about Pugachev's army. Opinions were divided: someone for a swift attack, someone wants to wait. As a result, the city is under siege. A few days later, Peter secretly receives a letter from Masha with a request to save her from Shvabrin, who is trying to force the girl into marriage. Peter asks for an army to attack the Belgorod fortress. Having been refused, he begins to look for other ways to save the girl.

Chapter 11

Grinev, together with Savelich, goes back to the fortress. On the way they were seized by the rebels and presented to Pugachev. Peter, with his usual directness and truthfulness, talks about Masha and the meanness of Shvabrin. The new "king" likes the idea of ​​connecting two loving hearts. In addition, he tells young man Kalmyk parable about the raven and the eagle. To which Grinev says that one cannot live by robbery and murder.

Chapter 12

Arriving at the Belgorod fortress, Pugachev demands Shvabrin to show Masha. The new commandant keeps the girl in the pantry on water and bread. In response to the anger of the “king”, Shvabrin immediately reveals to him the secret of the girl’s origin. But at this moment Pugachev is merciful, he releases both Grinev and Masha to freedom.

Chapter 13

On the way to Orenburg, Grinev and Masha are detained by the Cossacks, mistaking them for rebels. Luckily for the young, they are commanded by Lieutenant Zurin, an acquaintance of Grinev's. He gives useful advice: send the girl to the Grinev family estate, and the young man to remain in the army.

Peter gladly took advantage of this advice. Seeing the devastated villages and the huge number of innocent people killed, he is horrified by the behavior of the rebels. After some time, Zurin receives a notification with an order to arrest Grinev and send him to Kazan for secret connection with the rebels.

Chapter 14

In Kazan, before the investigative committee, Grinev behaves simply and truthfully, because he is sure that he is right. But Shvabrin slanders the young man, pointing to him as Pugachev's secret spy. As a result, Grinev is sent to St. Petersburg, where he will appear before the state court. Either execution or eternal hard labor awaits him in Siberia.

Masha, having learned about the miserable fate of her fiancé, decides to go to St. Petersburg to the Empress herself. Here, in the Tsarskoye Selo Garden, early in the morning she meets a certain lady, to whom she tells all her misadventures without concealment. The lady promises to help her. Later, Masha finds out that she had a conversation with the Empress herself. Grinev's case was reviewed, and the young man was fully acquitted.

Afterword

In 1774, Pyotr Andreevich Grinev was acquitted due to the purposefulness and determination of his bride. In 1775, he was present at the execution of Yemelyan Pugachev, it was their last meeting. Young people got married and lived happily.