Leninsk-Kuznetsky district
Leninsk-Kuznetsky district
— municipal formation in the Kemerovo region.
The administrative center is the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky (not part of the district).
Geography
The region is located in the central and northwestern part of the Kemerovo region, in the center of the Kuznetsk depression and belongs to the steppe regions of the region. The terrain is quite complex - hilly. The climate is sharply continental, with long and cold winters and hot but short summers. The direction of the prevailing winds is southwest. Leninsk-Kuznetsky district
occupies an area of 2.4 thousand km². The area has 134.9 thousand hectares. 26.1 thousand hectares are occupied by arable lands, forests and shrubs, and 4.8 thousand hectares by swamps. The area of agricultural land occupies 83% (including arable land - 58.2%), forests - 8.5%, water - 0.8%, other lands - 7.7%. Among the mineral resources, there is coal; in the floodplain part of the Inya River there are deposits of construction sands (substandard). There are deposits of quartz sand, limestone, gravel, building stone, gold, and manganese. The main river of the region is Inya with its tributaries (Kasma River, Ur River, South Unga River). The soils are chernozem, dark gray, slightly podzolic.
Sights of the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky
Everything interesting in the city is concentrated in its very heart. If you look closely at the map of Leninsk-Kuznetsky with houses, you can see a picturesque and quite large park named after. Gorky. It is especially good in autumn and spring. Here you can ride a carousel, relax in the shade on benches and enjoy the magnificent nature. While walking around the city center it is worth visiting:
- The Travelers Cafe is a tourist highlight, offering delicious sweets to go with great coffee;
- Beautiful restaurant “Kvadrat” with European cuisine and “Region 70”, where they prepare mainly local dishes;
- Equestrian club in Lapshinovka;
- Football stadium , where matches regularly take place with the participation of the local team "Zarya";
- Cinemas "Pobeda" and "Kinogalaktika".
Particular attention should be paid to cultural attractions. There are more than 5 palaces and houses of culture in the city. There is a local history museum and a terrarium. Separately, it is worth mentioning the Palace of Culture named after. Yaroslavsky is a large cultural center, designed in the unusual style of the Greek acropolis. And the number of monuments and fountains is countless. There is an obelisk and a special street for pedestrians - Lomonosov Street. She's the only one in town.
Story
In the XVII-XVIII centuries. the lands of the current region were the southern outpost of the network of Tomsk Cossack fortresses. Since 1802, with the formation of the Tomsk province, its Kuznetsk district was formed here, which existed until 1924.
In 1925, the Leninsky district
and
Krasninsky district
with its center in the village of Krasnoye.
Since 1930, the Leninsky district
has been part of the West Siberian Territory, since 1937 - part of the Novosibirsk region.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR dated February 22, 1939, the Leninsk-Kuznetsky district
with its center in the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, which included the territories of the former
Leninsky
and
Krasninsky districts
. In 1943, the Leninsk-Kuznetsky district became part of the newly formed Kemerovo region.
In accordance with the Law of the Kemerovo Region dated December 17, 2004 No. 104-OZ[2], the Leninsk-Kuznetsky district is given the status of a municipal district, 8 municipalities (rural settlements) are formed.
Routes on the map of Leninsk-Kuznetsky. Transport connection
There is no tram service in the city. In the central part there are three trolleybuses, minibuses (18 routes) and buses (12 routes within the city, 27 routes to the suburbs). A taxi service has also been developed.
If you look closely at the map of Leninsk-Kuznetsky with streets, you will notice that the city is located at the intersection of major roads that provide communication between settlements in Western Siberia:
- Novokuznetsk;
- Novosibirsk;
- Tomsk;
- Kemerovo.
In 1968, a large bus station was opened here. Passengers are transported in all directions. The West Siberian Railway also passes through the city. But Leninsk-Kuznesky does not have its own airports. During the Soviet Union, a small airfield operated here locally, but it was closed.
Administrative structure
The district includes 8 rural settlements, uniting 68 settlements:
| № | Urban and rural settlements | Administrative center | Number of settlements | Population | Area, km2 |
| 1 | Gornyatskoe rural settlement | Vosushchiy village | 7 | 2325[1] | 84,176 |
| 2 | Demyanovskoe rural settlement | Demyanovka village | 14 | 3381[1] | 463,549 |
| 3 | Dracheninsky rural settlement | village of Drachenino | 10 | 1802[1] | 178,766 |
| 4 | Krasninskoe rural settlement | Krasnoe village | 5 | 3895[1] | 322,264 |
| 5 | Podgornovskoe rural settlement | Podgornoye village | 10 | 2238[1] | 284,26 |
| 6 | Chkalovskoe rural settlement | Chkalovsky village | 7 | 2456[1] | 294,69 |
| 7 | Chusovitinskoe rural settlement | village Chusovitino | 5 | 3089[1] | 228,781 |
| 8 | Shabanovskoe rural settlement | Shabanovo village | 10 | 3016[1] | 499,63 |
Map
| Leninsk-Kuznetsky: maps |
Leninsk-Kuznetsky: photo from space (Google Maps) Leninsk-Kuznetsky: photo from space (Microsoft Virtual Earth)
| Leninsk-Kuznetsky. Nearest cities. Distances in km. on the map (in brackets along roads) + direction. Using the hyperlink in the distance , you can get the route (information courtesy of the AutoTransInfo website) | |||
| 1 | Polysayevo | 9 (10) | SE |
| 2 | Gramoteino | 18 (17) | SE |
| 3 | Belovo | 27 (41) | YU |
| 4 | Inskaya | 30 (56) | SE |
| 5 | New Town | 39 () | YU |
| 6 | Bachatsky | 40 () | YU |
| 7 | Guryevsk | 43 (69) | YU |
| 8 | Plotnikovo | 43 (73) | WITH |
| 9 | Industrial | 45 (114) | NW |
| 10 | Salair | 52 (88) | SW |
| 11 | Krapivinsky | 55 (66) | NE |
| 12 | Krasnobrodsky | 57 (131) | YU |
| 13 | Metal site | 74 () | WITH |
| 14 | Kiselevsk | 78 (106) | YU |
| 15 | Fireboxes | 78 (106) | NW |
| 16 | Kemerovo | 78 (74) | WITH |
| 17 | Prokopyevsk | 92 (108) | YU |
| 18 | Berezovsky | 113 () | WITH |
| 19 | Novokuznetsk | 117 (148) | SE |
| 20 | Zalesovo (Altai region) | 118 (193) | SW |
a brief description of
Located in the Kuznetsk basin, on the banks of the river. Inya (tributary of the Ob), 131 km south of Kemerovo. Railway station.
Territory (sq. km): 113
Information about the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky on the Russian Wikipedia site
Historical sketch
Near the village of Kolchugino, named after a Russian settler, in the 1880s. Outcrops of coal were discovered and the Kolchuginsky mines were founded until the 1920s. Coal production was insignificant.
In 1922, the village of Kolchugino, which by that time had turned into a large workers' settlement, was renamed Lenino. In 1925 it was transformed into the city of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Tomsk province. The definition of Kuznetsk was given to distinguish it from a number of other cities that had the same name Leninsk.
In 1989, the city of Polysayevo was separated from Leninsk-Kuznetsky.
Municipal indicators
| Index | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 |
| Demography | ||||
| Number of births, per 1000 population | 8.1 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| Number of deaths, per 1000 population | 16.9 | 17.5 | 20.7 | 19.6 |
| Natural increase (decrease), per 1000 population | -8.8 | -8.4 | -10.1 | -9.4 |
| Standard of living of the population and social sphere | ||||
| Average monthly nominal accrued wages, rub. | 1567 | 3110 | 4539 | 7804 |
| Average housing area per inhabitant (at the end of the year), sq.m. | 19.3 | 20 | 20.3 | 21 |
| Number of preschool institutions, pcs. | 39 | 39 | 30 | 30 |
| Number of children in preschool institutions, thousand people | 3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| Enrollment of children in preschool educational institutions (at the end of the year), as a percentage of the number of children of the corresponding age, % | 52.3 | 45.2 | ||
| Number of daytime educational institutions (at the beginning of the school year), pcs. | 33 | 35 | 27 | 26 |
| Number of students in daytime educational institutions, thousand people | 21.8 | 20.2 | 13.6 | 11.5 |
| Number of doctors, people. | 565 | 546 | 458 | 448 |
| Number of nursing staff, people. | 2082 | 2052 | 1732 | 1712 |
| Number of hospital institutions, pcs. | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Number of hospital beds, thousand units | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Number of medical outpatient clinics, pcs. | 22 | 18 | 18 | 14 |
| Capacity of medical outpatient clinics, visits per shift, thousand units. | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| Number of registered crimes, pcs. | 3253 | 3544 | 2641 | 2998 |
| Persons who committed crimes were identified, persons. | 2127 | 2311 | 1588 | 1471 |
| Economy, industry | ||||
| Number of enterprises and organizations (at the end of the year), pcs. | 1556 | 1658 | 1394 | 1492 |
| Number of operating enterprises by type of activity: mining (at the end of the year), pcs. | 8 | |||
| Number of operating enterprises by type of activity: manufacturing (at the end of the year), pcs. | 36 | |||
| Number of operating enterprises by type of activity production and distribution of electricity, gas and water (at the end of the year), pcs. | 19 | |||
| Volume of shipped goods of own production by type of mining (in actual prices), million rubles. | 6712.8 | |||
| Volume of shipped goods of own production by type of manufacturing (in actual prices), million rubles. | 1372 | |||
| Volume of shipped goods of own production by type of production and distribution of electricity, gas and water (in actual current prices), million rubles. | 1063.6 | |||
| Construction | ||||
| Volume of work performed by type of activity “Construction” (until 2004 - volume of work performed under construction contracts), million rubles. | 109 | 281.7 | 252.7 | 712.3 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, thousand sq.m. of total area | 21.2 | 13.8 | 8.2 | 8.8 |
| Commissioning of residential buildings, apartments | 276 | 203 | 120 | 144 |
| Commissioning of preschool institutions, places | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commissioning of educational institutions, places | 392 | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| Commissioning of hospital facilities, beds | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Commissioning of outpatient clinics, visits per shift | 120 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Transport | ||||
| Number of bus routes (in intracity traffic), pcs. | 27 | 28 | 21 | 14 |
| Number of tram routes, pcs. | 0 | |||
| Number of trolleybus routes, pcs. | 3 | 3 | ||
| Length of operational trolleybus lines (at the end of the year), km | 16.6 | 16.6 | ||
| Number of passengers transported by buses per year (in intracity traffic), million people. | 28.1 | 27.1 | 23.7 | 18.9 |
| Number of passengers transported by trams per year, million people. | 0 | |||
| Number of passengers transported by trolleybuses per year, million people. | 12 | 13.9 | 13 | |
| Connection | ||||
| Number of residential telephone sets of the city public telephone network, thousand units. | 14.7 | 17.8 | 20.4 | 22.2 |
| Number of payphones of the city telephone network (including universal ones), pcs. | 128 | 126 | ||
| Trade and services to the population | ||||
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 1105 | 1928 | 2487 | 3681.9 |
| Retail trade turnover (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 7165 | 12754 | 21874 | 33170.1 |
| Index of physical volume of retail trade turnover, % compared to the previous year | 114.6 | 106.9 | ||
| Public catering turnover (in actual prices), million rubles. | 50.1 | 93.3 | 116.7 | 194.6 |
| Index of physical volume of public catering turnover, % compared to the previous year | 114 | 119.9 | ||
| Number of stores, pavilions (at the end of the year), pcs. | 36 | 22 | ||
| Sales area of shops, pavilions (at the end of the year), sq.m. | 4064 | 2067 | ||
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 268.3 | 468.9 | 671.2 | 949.6 |
| Volume of paid services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 1739 | 3101 | 5903 | 8554.6 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), million rubles. | 57.7 | 100.3 | 111.4 | 144.7 |
| Volume of household services to the population (in actual prices), per capita, rub. | 373.8 | 663.1 | 979.5 | 1303.2 |
| Investments | ||||
| Investments in fixed assets (in actual prices), million rubles. | 606 | 1133 | 426.9 | 2320.9 |
| Share of investments in fixed assets financed from budgetary funds in the total volume of investments, % | 3.5 | 8.1 | 25.2 | 12.4 |
Data sources:
- Regions of Russia. Main characteristics of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2003.
- Regions of Russia. Volume 1. Statistical collection. Goskomstat of Russia. - M:, 2001. p. 517
- Regions of Russia. Basic socio-economic indicators of cities. Statistical collection. Rosstat. - M:, 2005. p. 323
- Transport in Russia: Statistical collection. Goskomstat. - M:, 2003. pp. 112, 122
- Transport in Russia: Statistical collection. Rosstat. - M:, 2005. pp. 119, 129
- Regions of Russia. Basic socio-economic indicators of cities. 2006. Statistical collection. Rosstat. - M:, 2006. p. 319
Economy
Leninsk-Kuznetsky is the center of the coal industry of Kuzbass.
, electric lamp, mine fire equipment, adhesive (now dismantled). Enterprises of coke chemistry, light industry (worsted and cloth mill, clothing, shoe factories) and food industry.
In the Leninsk-Kuznetsky region, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, peas, corn, and forage grasses are grown. Meat and dairy cattle breeding, pig farming, poultry farming. Cellular fur farming.
Deposits of coal, limestone, gravel, sand, crushed stone, manganese and gold ores.
Main enterprises
COAL MINING
JSC "Kolchuginskoe"
652500, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, st.
Proezhaya, 40 Offers:
hard coal
JSC "Komsomolets"
652519, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, st.
Rubinshteina, 1 Offers:
hard coal, coking coal
JSC "Mine named after. November 7"
652563, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, st.
Shilina, 1 Offers:
hard coal
JSC "Mine named after. Kirov"
652500, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, st.
Kirsanova, 3 Offers:
hard coal, coking coal
JSC "Mine named after. Yaroslavsky"
652507, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kirova Ave., 99
Offers:
hard coal
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
OJSC "Kuzbasselement"
652521, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Lenin Ave., 43
Offers:
galvanic batteries
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
OJSC "Leninsk-Kuznetsky Worsted and Cloth Factory"
652523, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, st.
Topkinskaya, 125 Offers:
dress fabrics, costume fabrics, woolen fabrics
Culture, science, education
Museum of Local Lore.
In the village of Krasnoye (52 km from Leninsk-Kuznetsky) there is a museum of the history of peasant life.
Universities of the city
Kuzbass Regional Pedagogical Institute named after.
N.M. Golyanskoy 652515, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, st. Shevtsova, 2
Branch of Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in Leninsk-Kuznetsky
652500, Kemerovo region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kishinevsky lane, 21-a
Museums, galleries, exhibition halls
Leninsk-Kuznetsk City Museum of Local Lore 652500, Kemerovo Region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kirova Ave., 51
Museum of the History of Peasant Life in the Village of Krasnoye 652576, Kemerovo Region, Leninsk-Kuznetsky District, p. Krasnoe, st. Kirova, 59 Phone(s): (38456) 61-560
| Population by year (thousands of inhabitants) | |||||||
| 1926 | 19.6 | 1976 | 130 | 2001 | 112.2 | 2013 | 99.7 |
| 1931 | 39.1 | 1979 | 132.1 | 2003 | 112.3 | 2014 | 99.3 |
| 1939 | 82.7 | 1982 | 134 | 2005 | 109.3 | 2015 | 98.7 |
| 1956 | 119 | 1986 | 135 | 2006 | 107.9 | 2016 | 97.7 |
| 1959 | 132.2 | 1989 | 165.5 | 2007 | 106.4 | 2017 | 96.9 |
| 1962 | 140 | 1992 | 123 | 2008 | 105.4 | 2018 | 96.1 |
| 1967 | 138 | 1996 | 119.4 | 2010 | 104.5 | 2019 | 95.3 |
| 1970 | 127.7 | 1998 | 116.7 | 2011 | 101.7 | 2020 | 94.4 |
| 1973 | 129 | 2000 | 113.8 | 2012 | 100.5 | 2021 | 93.3 |
Notes
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- [www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls All-Russian Population Census 2002. Volume. 1, table 4. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, districts, urban settlements, rural settlements - regional centers and rural settlements with a population of 3 thousand or more]. [www.webcitation.org/65AdCU0q3 Archived from the original on February 3, 2012].
- [www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/B09_109/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/tabl-21-09.xls Number of permanent population of the Russian Federation by cities, urban-type settlements and districts as of January 1, 2009]. Retrieved January 2, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6MJmu0z1u Archived from the original on January 2, 2014].
- [kemerovostat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/kemerovostat/resources/ff43230040e572408ffeef367ccd0f13/1.6.pdf All-Russian Population Census 2010. Kemerovo region. 1.6. Population of urban districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements]. Retrieved July 26, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6RMInOgkU Archived from the original on July 26, 2014].
- [kemerovostat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/kemerovostat/resources/4e7e85004f2f177b9e0ede3a99b5ae2d/Number+of population+MO.htm Population of municipalities of the Kemerovo region at the beginning of the year]. Retrieved April 1, 2014. [www.webcitation.org/6OVfWh6AV Archived from the original on April 1, 2014].
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Economy and industry of Leninsk-Kuznetsky
There are many preschool and school educational institutions in the city. There are also several universities - pedagogical, architectural and civil engineering. But still there are more mines. Thanks to a large coal deposit, this settlement in the Kemerovo region is the center of the coal industry of the entire Kuzbass. The following are open and functioning here:
- light industry enterprises;
- factories for mine fire equipment, lamp production, etc.;
- food industry enterprises;
- agricultural areas;
- textile industry enterprises;
- livestock meat and dairy farms;
- cellular animal farming enterprises.
In Leninsk-Kuznetsky, not only coal is mined. Deposits of manganese ores and gold, gravel and limestone, crushed stone and sand were found here. The main coal mining enterprises are: Kolchuginskoye, Shakhta im. Kirov", "Komsomolets" and others.
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An excerpt characterizing the Leninsk-Kuznetsky district
“Although it was face to face,” Anatole continued, “but I can’t...” “Well, do you need satisfaction?” - Pierre said mockingly. “At least you can take back your words.” A? If you want me to fulfill your wishes. A? “I’ll take it back,” said Pierre, and I ask you to excuse me. Pierre glanced involuntarily at the torn button. - And money, if you need it for the trip. – Anatole smiled. This expression of a timid and mean smile, familiar to him from his wife, exploded Pierre. - Oh, vile, heartless breed! – he said and left the room. The next day Anatole left for St. Petersburg. Pierre went to Marya Dmitrievna to report the fulfillment of her wish - the expulsion of Kuragin from Moscow. The whole house was in fear and excitement. Natasha was very ill, and, as Marya Dmitrievna told him in secret, on the same night it was announced to her that Anatole was married, she poisoned herself with arsenic, which she quietly obtained. Having swallowed a little of it, she was so frightened that she woke up Sonya and told her what she had done. In time, the necessary measures were taken against the poison, and now she was out of danger; but still she was so weak that it was impossible to think of taking her to the village and they sent for the countess. Pierre saw the confused count and the tear-stained Sonya, but could not see Natasha. Pierre had lunch at the club that day and heard talk from all sides about an attempt to kidnap Rostova and stubbornly refuted this talk, assuring everyone that nothing more happened than that his brother-in-law proposed to Rostova and was refused. It seemed to Pierre that it was his responsibility to hide the whole matter and restore Rostova’s reputation. He fearfully awaited the return of Prince Andrei and every day he came to see the old prince about him. Prince Nikolai Andreich knew through M lle Bourienne all the rumors circulating around the city, and read that note to Princess Marya, which Natasha refused to her fiancé. He seemed more cheerful than usual and was looking forward to his son with great impatience. A few days after Anatole's departure, Pierre received a note from Prince Andrei, notifying him of his arrival and asking Pierre to come see him. Prince Andrei, having arrived in Moscow, at the very first minute of his arrival received from his father a note from Natasha to Princess Marya, in which she refused the groom (she stole this note from Princess Marya and gave it to Prince m lle Bourienne) and heard from his father, with additions, stories about the abduction Natasha. Prince Andrei arrived the evening before. Pierre came to him the next morning. Pierre expected to find Prince Andrei in almost the same position in which Natasha was, and therefore he was surprised when, entering the living room, he heard from the office the loud voice of Prince Andrei, animatedly saying something about some kind of St. Petersburg intrigue. The old prince and another voice occasionally interrupted him. Princess Marya came out to meet Pierre. She sighed, pointing her eyes at the door where Prince Andrei was, apparently wanting to express her sympathy for his grief; but Pierre saw from Princess Marya’s face that she was glad both about what happened and about how her brother accepted the news of his bride’s betrayal. “He said he expected it,” she said. “I know that his pride will not allow him to express his feelings, but still better, much better, he endured it than I expected.” Apparently, this was how it had to be... - But is it really all over? - said Pierre. Princess Marya looked at him in surprise. She didn’t even understand how she could ask about this. Pierre entered the office. Prince Andrei, very changed, obviously healthier, but with a new, transverse wrinkle between his eyebrows, in civilian dress, stood opposite his father and Prince Meshchersky and argued heatedly, making energetic gestures. It was about Speransky, news of whose sudden exile and alleged betrayal had just reached Moscow. “Now he (Speransky) is being judged and accused by all those who admired him a month ago,” said Prince Andrei, “and those who were not able to understand his goals.” It is very easy to judge a person in disgrace and blame him for all the mistakes of another; and I will say that if anything good has been done during the current reign, then everything good has been done by him - by him alone. “He stopped when he saw Pierre. His face trembled and immediately took on an angry expression. “And posterity will give him justice,” he finished, and immediately turned to Pierre. - How are you? “You’re getting fatter,” he said animatedly, but the newly appeared wrinkle was carved even deeper on his forehead. “Yes, I’m healthy,” he answered Pierre’s question and grinned. It was clear to Pierre that his smile said: “I’m healthy, but no one needs my health.” Having said a few words with Pierre about the terrible road from the borders of Poland, about how he met people in Switzerland who knew Pierre, and about Mr. Desalles, whom he brought from abroad as his son’s teacher, Prince Andrei again heatedly intervened in the conversation about Speransky , which continued between two old men. “If there had been treason and there had been evidence of his secret relations with Napoleon, then they would have been publicly announced,” he said with vehemence and haste. – I personally do not like and did not like Speransky, but I love justice. - Pierre now recognized in his friend the all-too-familiar need to worry and argue about a matter alien to himself, only in order to drown out too heavy spiritual thoughts. When Prince Meshchersky left, Prince Andrei took Pierre's arm and invited him into the room that was reserved for him. The room had a broken bed and open suitcases and chests. Prince Andrei went up to one of them and took out a box. From the box he took out a bundle in paper. He did everything silently and very quickly. He stood up and cleared his throat. His face was frowning and his lips were pursed. “Forgive me if I’m bothering you...” Pierre realized that Prince Andrei wanted to talk about Natasha, and his broad face expressed regret and sympathy. This expression on Pierre's face angered Prince Andrei; he continued decisively, loudly and unpleasantly: “I received a refusal from Countess Rostova, and I heard rumors about your brother-in-law seeking her hand, or the like.” Is it true? “It’s both true and not true,” Pierre began; but Prince Andrei interrupted him. “Here are her letters and a portrait,” he said. He took the bundle from the table and handed it to Pierre. - Give this to the Countess... if you see her. “She is very sick,” said Pierre. - So she’s still here? - said Prince Andrei. - And Prince Kuragin? – he asked quickly. - He left a long time ago. She was dying... “I’m very sorry about her illness,” said Prince Andrei. – He grinned coldly, evilly, unpleasantly, like his father. - But Mr. Kuragin, therefore, did not deign to give Countess Rostov his hand? - said Prince Andrei. He snorted several times. “He couldn’t get married because he was married,” said Pierre. Prince Andrei laughed unpleasantly, again resembling his father. - Where is he now, your brother-in-law, may I know? - he said.
