Count '''Lev (Leo) Tolstoy''' (Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой)(Yasnaya Polyana, [[Russia]] 1828 - Yasnaya Polyana, Russia 1910), Russian novelist, [[writer]], essayist, agrarian [[anarchy|anarchist]] and [[philosopher]]. He is one of the greatest of all novelists. Tolstoy's major work, ''War and Peace'', appeared between the years 1865 and 1869. | Count '''Lev (Leo) Tolstoy''' (Russian: Лев Николаевич Толстой)(Yasnaya Polyana, [[Russia]] 1828 - Yasnaya Polyana, Russia 1910), Russian novelist, [[writer]], essayist, agrarian [[anarchy|anarchist]] and [[philosopher]]. He is one of the greatest of all novelists. Tolstoy's major work, ''War and Peace'', appeared between the years 1865 and 1869. |