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3 days ago · Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (/ ˈ t oʊ l s t ɔɪ, ˈ t ɒ l-/; 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 ...
3 days ago · After the Bolshevik's October 1917 coup and with the outbreak of the Civil War, Tolstoy's family, which had lived not poorly before the revolution, began to starve. They had only one cow and ate practically everything Tatyana grew in the vegetable garden. Tolstoy's old friends, meanwhile, helped to get pasta, rice and beans.
Jul 17, 2024 · One of the most acclaimed Russian writers of the 19th century, Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was the author of novels—including War and Peace and Anna Karenina—as well as short stories and essays. He was also a renowned reformer and humanitarian.
Jul 8, 2024 · Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, or more commonly known by his English name as Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), was born in Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate in Russia. He came from a lineage of nobility, with an ancestor who was conferred the title of a count from Peter the Great, tsar or emperor of Russia.
5 days ago · Studying democratic education, I could not find any theoretician of democratic education or an institutional democratic education practitioner for children before Leo Tolstoy’s writings or his pedagogical innovative practice in the Yasnaya Polyana school that he established in 1859 for peasant children and adults (1859–1962).
2 days ago · 0:00 Intro3:45 The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy13:14 Copenhagen Montage14:05 Art vs. Artist (Alice Munro)18:23 Child of God by Cormac McCarthyLinks:htt...
Jul 8, 2024 · “I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thre...
