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What subjects did Leo Tolstoy study at the University of Kazan?

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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. His masterpieces are *War and Peace* (1865–69) and *Anna Karenina* (1875–77).

Leo Tolstoy enrolled at the University of Kazan in 1844. He initially began his studies in the faculty of Oriental languages. Due to a poor academic record, he subsequently transferred to the law faculty, where he remained until he left the university without a degree in 1847.1