Leo Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi

Considered one of the world's greatest novelists, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was also an accredited essayist and philosopher. He was born Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 130 miles south of Moscow, the fourth child of Countess Maria Volkonsky (who died before his second birthday) and Count Nicolay Ilyich Tolstoy. At the age of 16, Mr. Tolstoy enrolled in the University of Kazaan to study Arabic Literature, but failed to graduate. In the years following, he found solace in… (mehr)