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Leo Tolstoy

Also known as Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoĭ, Leo Tolstoi, Tolstoy, Leo, graf,, Tolstoĭ, Lev Nikolaevich, graf

Russian author (1828–1910)

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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer, playwright, philosopher, and novelist who was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Russian Academy of Sciences. His notable works include *War and Peace*, *Anna Karenina*, *A Confession*, and *The Kingdom of God Is Within You*. He was associated with the literary realism movement and wrote in the drama genre. Tolstoy was born in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire, and held citizenship in the Russian Empire.

He was married to Sophia Tolstaya and was the son of Nikolay Tolstoy. Tolstoy received the Medal For defence of Sebastopol and the Medal In memory of Crimean War. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Nobel Peace Prize. He died of natural causes in 1910. His native language was Russian.

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Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tula Oblast, Russia]

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828–1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, Tolstoy is best known for the novels…

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Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna — Self (archive footage)2007
Leo Tolstoy - Larger than the others — Self (archive footage)2003
Cinema in Russia — Archive footage1979
Paris 1900 — Self (archive footage)1948
Count Tolstoi — Self (as Comte Léon Tolstoï)1909

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Instance of: human
Given name: Lev
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Yasnaya Polyana
Spouse: Sophia Tolstaya
Child: Alexandra Tolstaya
Father: Nikolay Tolstoy
Occupation: short story writer
Employer: Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Russian
Religion: Christianity
Notable work: The Devil
Family: House of Tolstoy
Noble title: Graf
Field of work: pedagogy
Genre: drama
Movement: literary realism
Official website: tolstoy.ru
Image: L.N.Tolstoy Prokudin-Gorsky.jpg
Number of children: 13
Work location: Russian Empire
Convicted of: heresy

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Significant event: Crimean War
Political ideology: Georgism
list of works: Leo Tolstoy bibliography
Commons category: Leo Tolstoy
topic's main category: Category:Leo Tolstoy
member of: Russian Academy of Sciences
date of death: 1910-11-20
date of birth: 1828-09-09
Commons Creator page: Leo Tolstoy
Commons gallery: Leo Tolstoy
manner of death: natural causes
nominated for: Nobel Peace Prize
place of burial: Yasnaya Polyana
influenced by: Victor Hugo
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
cause of death: pneumonia
start of work period: 1847-00-00
name in native language: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й
pseudonym: Л. Н.
end of work period: 1910-00-00
has works in the collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
writing language: Russian
different from: Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
topic has template: Template:Leo Tolstoy
P8168: Branka Katić
relative: Vladimir Tolstoy
medical condition: epilepsy
P12749: Johann Caspar Aiblinger
birth name: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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Works in European collections

31 objects attributed to Leo Tolstoy, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Leo Tolstoj’s verkoj/[translkis J.M. Kelkloke, V. Javororikov; Kribo]

What is art? : Study

Полное собрание сочинений = Oeuvres completes : [юбилейн. изд. (1828-1928)] / Л. Н. Толстой ; под общ. ред. В. Г. Черткова ; при участии ред. ком. в составе: А. Е. Грузинского, [и др.] ; изд. осуществляется под наблюдением Гос. ред. комис. в составе: В. Д. Бонч-Бруевича, И. К. Луппола и М. А. Савельева Т. 1: Детство, Юношеские опыты

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 11: War and Peace. Vol. 3

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 12: War and Peace. Vol. 4

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 13: War and Peace: Draft Versions and Editions (Part 1)

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 17: Literary Works, 1863, 1870, 1872—1879, 1884

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 18: Anna Karenina. Parts 1—4

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 19: Anna Karenina. Parts 5—8

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 2: Boyhood and Youth

Anna Karenina: Draft Versions and Editions

New Hornbook and Russian Books for Reading

Hornbook

Literary Works, 1879—1884

Literary Works, 1880—1884

Literary Works of 1880th Years

Literary Works, 1885—1889

Literary Works, 1889—1890

Literary Works, 1891—1894

Complete set of works in 90 volumes. Vol. 3: Literary Works, 1852—1856

Literary Works, 1882—1898

Resurrection

Resurrection: Draft Versions and Editions

Literary Works, 1902—1904

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Encyclopedic overview

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (/ˈtoʊlstɔɪ, ˈtɒl-/; 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.

Born to an aristocratic family, Tolstoy achieved acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (1852–1856), and with Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based on his experiences in the Crimean War. War and Peace (1869), Anna Karenina (1878), and Resurrection (1899), which is based on his "youthful sins," are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction and three of the greatest novels ever written. His oeuvre includes short stories such as "Alyosha the Pot" (1911) and "After the Ball" (1911) and novellas such as Family Happiness (1859), The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), The Kreutzer Sonata (1889), The Devil (1911), and Hadji Murat (1912). He also wrote plays and essays concerning philosophical, moral and religious themes.

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