Napoleon Tolstoy uses him as the outstanding example of the"great man" who is so deluded by his own mystique he cannot see himself as history's unwitting tool.
Kutuzov Commander-in-chief of the Russian forces, whom Tolstoy apotheosizes as the"Russian of Russians" whose intuitive power and humble self-image contribute to the victory.
Alexander I Tsar of the Russias whose divine-right function denies his personal existence. He is depicted as a noble figurehead.
Speransky The intellectual young secretary of state whom Tolstoy treats ironically. Speransky believes his motives are to liberalize and enlighten the operations of government, whereas his real motives are to belittle others.
Wintzengerode, Pfuhl, Weierother, and others Prussian generals whom Tolstoy makes fun of for their mechanistic and"scientific" interest in war.
Prince Bagration General hailed as the"hero of Austerlitz." Tolstoy shows that in reality he was a passive leader in the midst of numerous, separate events which compose the battle of Austerlitz.
