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Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (Russian: Толсто́й) is a prominent family of Russian nobility, escending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy (i.e., "the Fat") who served under Vasily II of Moscow. The "wild Tolstoys" (as they were known in the high society of Imperial Russia) have left a lasting legacy in Russian politics, military history, literature, and fine arts.

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  • Da, "War and Peace" published in complete form 2day. Liking 1869. Is very good year
  • Gary wanted to use "War and Peace" as his title, but this author beat him to it
  • Karenina's creator (7)
  • In 1895, this 67-year-old count learned to ride the bicycle he received from Moscow admirers
  • Christopher Plummer was nominated for an Oscar for playing this Russian author in 2009's "The Last Station"
  • "The Sebastopol Sketches","The Cossacks","The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
  • This Russian novelist dropped out of college after 3 years & then wrote "Anna Karenina"
  • Turgenev regarded this author of "The Cossacks" as the "great author of the Russian land"
  • He wrote, "All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"
  • At 1,424 pages, the Penguin Classics Deluxe version of his "War and Peace" is hardly a quick read
  • In 1863 this Russian wrote "The Cossacks", a short novel based on his travels with the army

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