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[[Image:Tolstoy.jpg|right|thumb|Leo Tolstoy]]

[[Image:Tolstoy.jpg|right|thumb|Leo Tolstoy]]

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. Tolstoy was a pen pal of [[Mahatma Gandi]], but they never met in person.

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. Tolstoy was a pen pal of [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]], but they never met in person.

In 1862 he married Sonya Andreyevna Behrs who bore him 13 children. In 1901 the Russian [[Orthodox Church]] excommunicated him.  After leaving as a wandering [[Ascesis|ascetic]], Tolstoy died of pneumonia on November 20 in 1910.

In 1862 he married Sonya Andreyevna Behrs who bore him 13 children. In 1901 the Russian [[Orthodox Church]] excommunicated him.  After leaving as a wandering [[Ascesis|ascetic]], Tolstoy died of pneumonia on November 20 in 1910.