Такое примирение важнее, чем желание доказать, кто был прав.

Here такое means such or this kind of.

It agrees with примирение because примирение is neuter singular, so the form is такое.

So:

• такой = masculine
• такая = feminine
• такое = neuter
• такие = plural

In this sentence, такое примирение = such reconciliation / this kind of reconciliation.

Примирение is a neuter noun meaning reconciliation, making peace, or a settling of a conflict.

It comes from the verb примирить / примириться, related to peace and reconciling.

In this sentence, it refers to the act or result of people making peace after a disagreement.

Важнее is the comparative form of важный (important), so it means more important.

Russian often uses simple comparative forms like this:

• важный = important
• важнее = more important

So:

• Это важнее = This is more important

You could sometimes see более важное/более важный, but важнее is more natural and compact here.

Also, важнее works like a predicate after the implied is:

• Такое примирение важнее... = Such reconciliation is more important...

Чем means than in comparisons.

So:

• важнее, чем желание... = more important than the desire...

This is the normal way to make a comparison in Russian:

• лучше, чем = better than
• хуже, чем = worse than
• важнее, чем = more important than

In standard Russian punctuation, чем is often preceded by a comma when it introduces the second part of a comparison, especially in a full phrase like this.

So:

• важнее, чем желание доказать...

The comma helps mark the comparative construction clearly.

Желание means desire or wish.

It is followed by an infinitive, just like English often uses the desire to do something.

So:

• желание доказать = the desire to prove

This is a very common pattern in Russian:

• желание помочь = desire to help
• желание уйти = desire to leave
• желание понять = desire to understand

Доказать is perfective, while доказывать is imperfective.

Here доказать is used because the focus is on achieving a result: to prove something successfully.

Compare:

• доказывать = to be proving / to try to prove / to prove repeatedly
• доказать = to prove, to establish successfully

In this sentence, the idea is not the ongoing process of arguing, but the goal of finally proving who was right.

Literally, it means who was right.

Breakdown:

• кто = who
• был = was
• прав = right, correct

So the whole part means:

• доказать, кто был прав = to prove who was right

Even though English might sometimes say which side was right, Russian naturally uses кто here.

Because кто normally takes masculine singular past-tense agreement in this kind of structure.

So Russian says:

• Кто был прав? = Who was right?

Even if the real person could be female, or even if you are talking about one of several people, кто itself usually triggers masculine singular grammar by default.

This is very common and completely normal.

Прав here is the short form of the adjective правый / прав in the sense of being right, correct.

In predicate position, Russian often uses the short form:

• Он прав = He is right
• Она права = She is right
• Они правы = They are right

So here:

• кто был прав = who was right

This is not the adjective meaning right-hand or right-wing. It means correct.

Yes, and that would slightly change the time reference.

• кто прав = who is right / who is in the right
• кто был прав = who was right

In your sentence, был suggests a past disagreement or past situation: people wanted to prove who had been right.

So кто был прав fits well if the argument already happened.

Because кто был прав is a subordinate clause.

The structure is:

• желание доказать, кто был прав

Literally: the desire to prove [who was right]

Russian normally separates subordinate clauses with a comma, so the comma before кто is required.

Yes, Russian word order is fairly flexible, but this version is natural and clear.

The sentence is structured like this:

• Такое примирение = topic
• важнее = main predicate idea
• чем желание доказать, кто был прав = what it is being compared to

You could rearrange parts for emphasis, but the original order sounds smooth and neutral.

Because Russian usually omits to be in the present tense.

So:

• Такое примирение важнее...

literally looks like:

• Such reconciliation more important...

but naturally means:

• Such reconciliation is more important...

This is one of the most common differences from English.

Yes.

Depending on context, такое can point either to:

• a specific kind just mentioned: this kind of reconciliation
• a general type: such reconciliation

Without more context, both are possible. English translation will depend on the surrounding text.