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5 days ago · Leo Tolstoy reported that Russian soldiers would attack village houses at night. William Palgrave, a British diplomat who witnessed the events, adds that "their only crime was not being Russian".
- Circassia under Russian invasion
- Russian Empire
- Ubykh: ЦӀыцӀэкӀун
5 days ago · Leo Tolstoy, the crown jewel of the Tolstoy family’s literary legacy, is one of the most prominent voices in world literature during the 19th century. Born into privilege on August 28, 1828, at the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy’s literary genius found its fullest expression in his monumental novels, “War and Peace” and ...
2 days ago · Fyodor Dostoevsky, born on 11 November [ O.S. 30 October] 1821 in Moscow, was the second child of Dr. Mikhail Dostoevsky and Maria Dostoevskaya (born Nechayeva). He was raised in the family home in the grounds of the Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor, which was in a lower class district on the edges of Moscow. [13]
- 1844–1880
- Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute
- 4, including Lyubov Dostoevskaya
2 days ago · The city was visited on numerous occasions by and was the object of affection of Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Lermontov, the Romanov family and others. The main new artery built under Russian administration was Golovin Avenue (present-day Rustaveli Avenue), on which the Viceroys of the Caucasus established their residence. For much ...
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- 770 m (2,530 ft)
- AD 455
- Georgia
It is the same with men. Every man bears in himself the germs of every human quality; but sometimes one quality manifests itself, sometimes another, and the man often becomes unlike himself, while still remaining the same man." ~ Leo Tolstoy
8 hours ago · The images with the old-type font face have been taken from the novel ‘Sorath na Baharvatiya’ by Zaverchand Meghani, and the images with the modern-type font face have been taken from the book ‘Sadionu Shaanpan’ which is Gujarati translation of ‘Calendar of Wisdom’ by Leo Tolstoy.
3 days ago · dramatization of Tolstoy’s ‘Kreutzer Sonata.’” 1920: Charles Edward Sebag-Monteifiore and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass gave birth to Hugh William Montefiore. 1920: Birthdate of Vilém Flusser the Czech born Jewish philosopher and author who was a long time resident of Brazil before finally settling in France.
