# Count Ilyá Rostóv — War and Peace character guide

> Count Ilyá Rostóv in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Count Ilyá Andréevich Rostóv, Ilyá Andréevich, Count Rostóv, old Count Rostóv

**First appearance:** 0010-vii

## Who they are

The genial but financially irresponsible patriarch of the Rostóv family.

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