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Also Known As	Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy • Leo Tolstoi
Born	September 9, 1828 • Yasnaya Polyana • Russia
Died	November 20, 1910 (aged 82) • Russia • (Anniversary in 7 days)
Notable Works	“An Examination of Dogmatic Theology” • “Anna Karenina” • “Boyhood” • “Childhood” • “Father Sergius” • “Hadji-Murad” • “Kholstomer” • “My Confession” • “Resurrection” • “Sevastopol in August” • “Sevastopol in December” • “Sevastopol in May” • “The Cossacks” • “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” • “The Kingdom of God Is Within You” • “The Kreutzer Sonata” • “The Living Corpse” • “The Power of Darkness” • “The Raid” • “Three Deaths” • “Union and Translation of the Four Gospels” • “War and Peace” • “What I Believe” • “What Is Art?” • “Yasnaya Polyana” • “Youth”
Movement / Style	realism