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Leo Tolstoy

Russian and Slavic Literature

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually known in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic family, he achieved acclaim in his twenties with the semi-autobiographical trilogy Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (1852-1856) and went on to write War and Peace (1869), Anna Karenina (1878) and Resurrection (1899), often cited among the greatest novels ever written. In the 1870s he underwent a profound moral and spiritual crisis that turned him into a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist, and his writing on nonviolent resistance influenced later figures including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1828 1
Birth Date
1828-09-09 1
Death Year
1910 1
Death Date
1910-11-20 1
Award
Medal For defence of Sebastopol. 1
Award
Medal In memory of 50th anniversary of defence of Sevastopol. 1
Award
Medal In memory of Crimean War. 1
Award
Order of Saint Anna, 4th class. 1
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Original Language
Russian 1
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Anna Karenina, Works
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War and Peace, Works
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1. Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
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    9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 - 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910
  • Original language statement
    Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually known in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
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    Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (; Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 - 20 November [O.S.
  • Award: Order of Saint Anna, 4th class
    Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (; Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828-20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
  • Award: Medal For defence of Sebastopol
    Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (; Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828-20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
  • Award: Medal In memory of Crimean War
    Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (; Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828-20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
  • Award: Medal In memory of 50th anniversary of defence of Sevastopol
    Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (; Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой, IPA: [ˈlʲef nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ; 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828-20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
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Anna Karenina (Wikipedia)
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Anna Karenina...is a novel, first published in book form in 1878, by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.
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War and Peace (Wikipedia)
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War and Peace...is an epic novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.
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