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Which journal published Leo Tolstoy’s first work, Childhood?

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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’s first published work, Childhood (Detstvo), was submitted to and published by Sovremennik ("The Contemporary"), a prominent journal edited by the poet Nikolay Nekrasov. Tolstoy submitted the work under a pseudonym, and it received widespread praise upon its release in 1852.12