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Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy died on 28 September 1875, in Krasny Rog, Chernigov Governorate, after having given himself a lethal injection of morphine. He was buried in the family vault in the Uspenskaya Church in Krasny Rog.
Sep 1, 2024 · Died: Oct. 10 [Sept. 28, O.S.], 1875, Krasny Rog, Russia (aged 58) Aleksey Konstantinovich, Count Tolstoy (born Sept. 5 [Aug. 24, old style], 1817, St. Petersburg—died Oct. 10 [Sept. 28, O.S.], 1875, Krasny Rog, Russia) was a Russian poet, novelist, and dramatist. He was an outstanding writer of humorous and satirical verse, serious poetry ...
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Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich tŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch təlstoiˈ [ key], 1817–75, Russian poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was a distant cousin of Leo Tolstoy. Together with two cousins he wrote nonsense verse and humorous works under the pseudonym Kozma Prutkov.
This novel is written in traditional oral style, which contributed to its success among all levels of society. He died September 28 (October 10), 1875, from a morphine overdose, which was prescribed for him as pain relieve from asthma, angina pectoris and neuralgia.
Jun 11, 2018 · TOLSTOY, ALEXEI KONSTANTINOVICH (1817–1875), writer of drama, fiction, and poetry; considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist.
Aleksey Tolstoy (1817-1875), in an 1836 portrait by Karl Bryullov. Russian poet and playwright (b. 24 August/5 September 1817 in Saint Petersburg; d. 28 September/10 October 1875 at Krasny Rog, in Chernigov province), born Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (Алексей Константинович Толстой).
Died: 10 October 1875. Russian Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy or Alexei Tolstoy, best known as A.K. Tolstoy (1817-1875), was a Russian poet, novelist, and satirist, a member of the famous Tolstoy family, and a second cousin to Leo Tolstoy.
