Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina. His philosophical writing advocated pacifism and challenged the privileges of wealth and aristocratic life.

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Yasnaya Polyana · 1875

Ilya Tolstoy remembered his father’s working life at Yasnaya Polyana during the 1870s. Writing shared the day with family meals, reading and outdoor exercise. The year 1875 represents those childhood memories; visitors and changing activities could alter the pattern.