Alexandra Tolstaya
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| Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya | |
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 Alexandra with her father |
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| Born | 18 July 1884 Yasnaya Polyana, Russia |
| Died | 26 September 1979 (aged 95) Valley Cottage, New York, USA |
| Parents | Leo Tolstoy Countess Sophia Andreyevna Behrs |
Alexandra (Sasha) Lvovna Tolstaya (Russian: Александра Львовна Толстая; 18 July 1884 – 26 September 1979) was the youngest daughter and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.[1][2][3][4]
Although Alexandra Lvovna shared with her father the doctrine of non-violence, she felt it was her duty to take part in the events of World War I. For her courage, the Russian government awarded her three St George Medals and the rank of colonel.
The Bolsheviks imprisoned Alexandra in 1920, but she was installed as the director of the Tolstoy museum in Yasnaya Polyana the next year. She left Soviet Union in 1929, and settled in the United States, where she founded the Tolstoy Foundation.
In later years, she helped many Russian intellectuals (notably Vladimir Nabokov and Sergei Rachmaninoff) to escape Bolshevik persecution and to settle in America.
References [edit]
- ^ "Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya Biography". Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ^ "Alexandra Tolstaya Biography". Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ^ "The Tolstoys". Retrieved 2013-03-28.
- ^ "Facts About Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya". Retrieved 2013-03-28.
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- Bio at Tolstoy Foundation web site
- Picture of Alexandra Tolstoy in Valley Cottage[dead link]
- The human spirit is free(Russian), Alexandra Tolstaya's appearances by Radio Svoboda's microphone. Introduction by Ivan Tolstoy, April 28, 2008.
Notes [edit]
- Rayfield, Donald, Stalin and His Hangmen, Random House, 2004, ISBN 0-375-75771-6.
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