Website about Leo Tolstoy
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Leo Tolstoy with his daughter Tatyana
12.12.2022
Leo Tolstoy with his daughter Tatyana, 1902. Author: Tolstaya Sofia Andreevna.
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Leo Tolstoy tells the tale of the cucumber to his grandchildren Sonya and Ilyusha
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Leo Tolstoy tells the tale of the cucumber to his grandchildren Sonya and Ilyusha, 1909. Author: Chertkov Vladimir Grigorievich.
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Leo Tolstoy with his daughter Alexandra on the seashore
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Leo Tolstoy with his daughter Alexandra on the seashore, 1901. Author: Tolstaya Sofia Andreevna.
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Leo Tolstoy having breakfast on the terrace of a house in Gaspra
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Leo Tolstoy having breakfast on the terrace of a house in Gaspra, December 1901.
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Leo Tolstoy with his family
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Leo Tolstoy with his family, 1892. Photo studio «Scherer, Nabgolts and Kº».
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Leo Tolstoy walks from his house along the Preshpekt alley
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Leo Tolstoy walks from his house along the Preshpekt alley, 1903. Author: Tolstaya Alexandra Lvovna.
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A few interesting lines about Leo Tolstoy
10.12.2022
Leo Tolstoy had no higher education and did not aspire to it. He studied at Kazan University for only 3 years. He started reading the Enlighteners and decided that he did not need a university, he could educate himself. And he did.
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How did Leo Tolstoy spend the last days of his life?
10.12.2022
Ten days before his death, the 82-year-old writer literally ran away from home and hid from his wife. What happened to him before and after his escape, who was with him in those days — and how Russia reacted to the news of the genius’ death.
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Leo Tolstoy and the Church
10.12.2022
An anathema, as one often hears, was not handed down to the writer by the Church. There was only the decision of the Synod in 1901, condemning Tolstoy for his criticism of Church teaching and indicating that such views were not to be tolerated at all.
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Leo Tolstoy and his emotional state
10.12.2022
Leo Tolstoy was in his fifties when he began to experience an existential crisis, falling into a state of depression and melancholy. Despite the fact that he was one of the richest and most respected people in Russia, deep down he felts unhappy.
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