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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy , 1883-1945, Russian writer. He was distantly related to Leo Tolstoy. Of aristocratic origin, he opposed the Bolsheviks in 1917 and emigrated to Western Europe. He returned in 1923 and accepted the Soviet regime, becoming one of its most popular writers. A master... Read more
War and Peace War and Peace
War and Peace TOLSTOYAN WISDOM IN WAR AND PEACE THE NOVEL IN AN AGE OF SOCIAL UNREST FORM OF THE WORK FUTURE IMPACT BIBLIOGRAPHY War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) is arguably the world’s greatest epic novel. Written and published in the monthly Russkij Vestnik from... Read more
Leonid Pasternak Leonid Pasternak
Pasternak, Leonid (1862–1945). Russian painter and graphic artist, born in Odessa. He was a friend of many literary, musical, and political personalities, notably Leo Tolstoy, whose works he illustrated (War and Peace; Resurrection), and whom he portrayed on many occasions. In 1921 he left... Read more
Count Leo Tolstoy Count Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy, Count Rus. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoi (lyĕf), 1828-1910, Russian novelist and philosopher, considered one of the world's greatest writers. Early Life Of a noble family, Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, his parents' estate near Tula. Orphaned at nine, he was brought up by his... Read more
Austerlitz Austerlitz
Austerlitz , Czech Slavkov u Brna, town, S Czech Republic, in Moravia. An agricultural center, the town has sugar refineries and cotton mills. It became a seat of the Anabaptists in 1528. At Austerlitz, in the "battle of the three emperors," Napoleon I won (Dec. 2, 1805) his most brilliant... Read more
Borodino Borodino
Borodino , village, central European Russia, c.70 mi (110 km) W of Moscow. It was the site, on Sept. 7, 1812, of a battle between Napoleon's Grande Armée and Gen. Mikhail Kutuzov's Russian forces defending Moscow. The battle, which cost some 108,000 casualties, is described in Tolstoy's War... Read more
Yasnaya Polyana Yasnaya Polyana
Yasnaya Polyana , village, central European Russia, just S of Tula. It was the birthplace and residence of Leo Tolstoy, who is buried at his estate there. The writer's home was looted during German occupation of the village in 1941, but it has since been restored and is a museum and literary shrine.... Read more
TOLSTOY TOLSTOY
TOLSTOY, codename for the Allied conference held in Moscow from 9 to 19 October 1944. Present were Churchill and Stalin, and their military and diplomatic advisers. Averell Harriman, the US ambassador, was present at most meetings as an observer, and the head of the US military mission in... Read more
Maxwell E. Perkins Maxwell E. Perkins
PERKINS, MAXWELL E. 1884-1947 E DITOR AND PUBLISHER Editor of Geniuses Maxwell Perkins was the most renowned editor to practice his craft at an American publishing house. It has been remarked that his career was based on a quest for an American Tolstoy, whose War and... Read more
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev , 1891-1953, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Prokofiev achieved wide popularity with his lively music, in which he achieved a pungent mixture of modern and traditional elements. He was a pupil of Reinhold Glière and of Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the... Read more

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