(400 words) Before his birth, Peter Grinev was enrolled in the elite Semenovsky regiment, but when he was sixteen, his father decided to send his son to Orenburg so that he could breathe gunpowder and grow up to be a true man. Together with Peter, the peasant Savelych went, granted to him as an uncle. To begin with, they stopped in Simbirsk to buy everything they needed. While Savelich was buying, Peter met Ivan Zurin in the tavern, who was the captain of the hussar regiment. They drank, the young man lost one hundred rubles to him in billiards. Roughly speaking with Savelich, Peter offended his mentor. He felt ashamed. After some time, the travelers went on and got lost during a snowstorm. A stranger told them the way, and Grinev gave him his sheepskin coat so that he would not freeze.
Upon arrival in Orenburg, Peter was assigned to the Belogorsk fortress. There he met the Mironov family: Ivan Kuzmich, his wife Vasilisa Egorovna and their daughter Marya. Also in the fortress served Alexei Shvabrin, who was transferred to this village for murder in a duel. The young man spoke about all the nasty things and often cheated. Grinev fell in love with Masha, and Shvabrin laughed at it, because he also had feelings for her. A duel took place, on which Alexei wounded Peter. Faithful Savelich wanted to block the ward with his body, but did not have time. Grinev confessed to Masha love, she reciprocated, but the father of the young man did not give consent to marriage (Masha was without a dowry).
After some time, the Cossack Emelyan Pugachev called himself Emperor Peter III and began to ruin the fortresses, killing the commandants and those who refused to take his oath. Belogorskaya was no exception. So Masha’s parents died. When Grinev was already ready for execution, the impostor had mercy on him. It turned out that this is a man to whom Peter gave a sheepskin coat. Virtue saved the young man, but he said that he could not serve Pugachev and would even go against him if necessary. The impostor let Peter go, and he went to fulfill his duty in Orenburg. Soon Grinev was forced to arbitrarily return to the fortress to protect Masha, whom Shvabrin, becoming commandant, began to force him to marry him. Pugachev helped Peter, considering Alexey’s act unworthy. Grinev sent Masha to his parents, and he continued his service.
Peter met with an old acquaintance Zurin and began to serve in his detachment against Pugachev. When the impostor was caught, Grinev received a vacation and was preparing to go home, but was detained on charges of conspiring with Pugachev. Peter did not begin to call the name of Masha, so as not to drag her into this story, and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. Then the girl went to St. Petersburg to Catherine II and proved Grinev's innocence. He was acquitted, and the young people got married.
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