The Tolstoy we’ve forgotten
Life and death of Leo Tolstoy in photos 19:15 22/11/2010 100 years ago the funeral of Leo Tolstoy became an event in Russia. Today, the famous Russian writer is remembered not only in Russia but throughout the world. >> Other news of the day The Tolstoy we’ve forgotten 22/11/2010 15:58 A century later, who remembers anything but the books? On November 20, 1910 (November 7 by the old calendar), the 82-year-old Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy died at the obscure railway station of Astapovo. No death before or since has produced such a shock wave in Russia or such resonance throughout the world. It is impossible to convey just what Tolstoy was. The closest you can come to it, if asked, would be to point a finger toward 100 or so volumes that make up his complete collected works and the memoirs people wrote about him: Read these, you might tell the inquirer, and things will be a little clearer. But one thing is already clear, actually – that there is no answer to who Tolstoy was,...