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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 was born on August 28 (September 9, New Style), 1828, at Yasnaya Polyana, an estate located in the Tula province of the Russian Empire.12