Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Yasnaya Polyana
- Educated at
- Kazan Imperial University
- Awards
- 🏆 Medal For defence of Sebastopol🏆 Medal In memory of 50th anniversary of defence of Sevastopol
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Trending topics shown first"I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts."
"Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be."
"Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand."- Anna Karenina {Anna Karenina}"
"I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be."
"If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace."
"The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness..."
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Timeline
1828
Born
Birth1910
Died
Death
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