Leo Tolstoy
- Dr Rajesh Verma
- Jan 24, 2023
- 2 min read

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Wikipedia
Born: September 9, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana, Russia
Died: November 20, 1910, Astapovo, Ranenburgsky Uyezd, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Spouse: Sophia Tolstoya (m. 1862-1910)
Parents: Sergei Tolstoy
Children: Alexandra Tolstoya, Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstoya
Education: Kazan Federal University
Important works: Anna Karenina, Money, War and Peace, War and Peace
Written: Anna Karenina, War and Peace, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Kingdom of God Is Within You, Resurrection, Hadji Murád, The Kreutzer Sonata, A Confession, The Cossacks, Sevastopol Sketches, Family Happiness, Childhood, The Gospel in Brief, Ivan the Fool (story), Boyhood, The Forged Coupon, Youth
Great Thoughts Of Tolstoy
"Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins."
"In order to get the power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness, but with qualities which are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, cruelty."


