Leo Tolstoy

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Portrait of Leo Tolstoy with a long white beard, wearing a dark shirt and looking slightly to the side.

Large white estate house with a green roof, surrounded by grass and trees, at Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, former home of Leo Tolstoy.

Sofya Tolstaia (Tolstoy)

Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaya sits outdoors in a dark coat, looking toward the camera with a slight smile.

A bearded man in a dark suit and bowler hat, identified as the son of Leo Tolstoy, stands outdoors in front of a brick wall holding a small book.

Leo Tolstoy stands beside wooden steps outdoors, wearing a long dark coat and boots, with foliage and vines in the background.

Leo Tolstoy with his grandchildren, c. 1900

Alexandra Tolstaya, wearing a dark dress with a patterned scarf and a dark hat, stands indoors holding a pair of glasses in her right hand.

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Portrait of Leo Tolstoy with a long white beard, wearing a dark shirt and looking slightly to the side.

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Russian writer

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Portrait of Leo Tolstoy with a long white beard, wearing a dark shirt and looking slightly to the side.

Leo Tolstoy

Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest novelists....

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Large white estate house with a green roof, surrounded by grass and trees, at Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, former home of Leo Tolstoy.

Yasnaya Polyana: Estate of Leo Tolstoy

Estate of Leo Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana, Russia.

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Sofya Tolstaia (Tolstoy)

Sofya Tolstaia (Tolstoy)

Russian author Leo Tolstoy married Sofya (Sonya) Andreyevna Behrs, the daughter of...

From The Life of Tolstoy by Paul Birukoff, 1911

Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaya sits outdoors in a dark coat, looking toward the camera with a slight smile.

Tatiana Tolstaya (Tolstoy)

Leo and Sofya Tolstoy's second child, Tatiana, was born in 1864. A painter and a...

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A bearded man in a dark suit and bowler hat, identified as the son of Leo Tolstoy, stands outdoors in front of a brick wall holding a small book.

Ilya Tolstoy in New York City

Leo and Sofya Tolstoy's third child, Ilya, was born in 1866. Described as a “rolling...

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Leo Tolstoy stands beside wooden steps outdoors, wearing a long dark coat and boots, with foliage and vines in the background.

Leo Tolstoy, 1900

Among Leo Tolstoy later works are the novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886),...

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Leo Tolstoy with his grandchildren, c. 1900

Leo Tolstoy with his grandchildren, c. 1900

Leo Tolstoy and his wife, Sofya, had 13 children, 10 of whom survived infancy. In...

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Alexandra Tolstaya, wearing a dark dress with a patterned scarf and a dark hat, stands indoors holding a pair of glasses in her right hand.

Aleksandra Tolstaya (Tolstoy) in New York City, 1934

The youngest daughter of Leo and Sofya Tolstoy, Aleksandra, was born in 1884. On...

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