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YASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) _ Carrying only dim memories of her Russian childhood, Tatiana Paus _ elegant and silver-haired _ could not contain her excitement as she reached the country estate where her grandfather, Leo Tolstoy, wrote some of the greatest novels of the 19th century.

It was a day of stark contrasts as the celebrated Russian writer's descendants clambered off the special train from Moscow in the sweltering summer heat Friday.

Girls in peasant dress brought bread and salt _ the traditional Russian welcome _ to the crowd of reunion-goers ...

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