Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy, late in his life
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Leo Tolstoy, late in his life

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian novelist and anarchist, famous for writing the books War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate in the region of Tula, Russia and he married Sofia Andreevna Bers.

He was a Christian and believed in non-violence. His work The Kingdom of God is Within You has influenced people like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. He died of pneumonia at Astapovo station in 1910 at the age of 82

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