Enemy at the Gates portrays the character Vasily Zaytsev, and is based off which book?
Vasily Zaytsev Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. Prior to 10 November, he killed 32 Axis soldiers with a standard-issue rifle. Between 10 November 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers.
Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky Prince Andrei Nikolayevich Bolkonsky (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Болконский ) is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace". He is the son of famed Russian general Nikolai Bolkonsky, who raises Andrei and his sister Maria Bolkonskaya on a remote estate. Andrei is best friends with Pierre Bezukhov. He is based on Tolstoy's cousin Prince Sergey Volkonsky, who was a hero of the Napoleonic Wars and later a Decembrist.