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WitK Count Tolstoy 



COUNT LEO TOLSTOY, known also as Lyoff or 

 LyefT Nikolaievich Tolstoy, was born in the Gov- 

 ernment of Tula, Russia, August 28, 1828 ; he died at 

 Astapova, November 20, 1910. He was educated 

 in the University of Kazan and served in the army 

 in the Caucasus and in the Crimean War, being 

 appointed commander of a battery in 1855. He 

 took part in the battle of the Tchernaya, was in 

 the storming of Sebastopol, and after it, was sent 

 as a special courier to St. Petersburg. He retired 

 at the end of the campaign. After the liberation of 

 the Serfs he lived on his estates, working with and 

 relieving the peasants, and also devoting himself 



to study. 







Mr. PazarefT had invited Count Tolstoy, whose 

 base of operations was in the neighbouring Province 

 of Riazan, to join us at supper. The Count came, 

 like our Yankee Doodle, riding on a pony, a little 



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