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Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Aleksey NikolayevichTolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevichtŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ [key]Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevichnyĭkəlīˈəvĭch [key]Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich təlstoiˈ [key],…

Bakst, Lev Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Bakst, Lev NikolayevichBakst, Lev Nikolayevichlyĕf nyĭkəlīˈəvyĭch bäkst [key], 1868–1924, Russian scene designer and painter. His original, imaginative style and brilliant color…

Tolstoy, Leo, Count

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Leo, Count, Rus. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoi (lyĕf), 1828–1910, Russian novelist and philosopher, considered one of the world's greatest writers. About 1876 the doubts that…

Troyat, Henri

(Encyclopedia) Troyat, HenriTroyat, Henriŏ–rēˈ trôtäˈ [key], 1911–2007, French novelist and biographer, b. Moscow as Lev Aslanovich Tarassov. He and his family fled the Russian Revolution and settled…

Leo Tolstoy

Considered one of the world's greatest novelists, Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy is famous especially for the 19th century classics War and Peace (1865-69) and Anna Karenina (1877-78). Although he was born…

Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich

(Encyclopedia) Tolstoy, Aleksey KonstantinovichTolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovichtŏlˈstoi, Rus. əlyĭksyāˈ kənstəntyēˈnəvĭch təlstoiˈ [key], 1817–75, Russian poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was a…

Afanasyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Afanasyev, Aleksandr NikolayevichAfanasyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevichəlyĭksänˈdər nyĭkəlīˈəvĭch əfənäˈsyəf [key], 1826–71, Russian folklorist. His collections, published from 1866 on,…

Lev Z. Kopelev Biography

Lev Z. KopelevAge: 85 Russian scholar and author. A human rights leader in Soviet Union in 1970s. Died: June 18, 1997.Artan Koka1997 DeathsWilliam A. Koshland

Constantine Nikolayevich

(Encyclopedia) Constantine NikolayevichConstantine Nikolayevichkənˌstəntyēnˈ nēkôläyāˈvĭch [key], 1827–92, grand duke of Russia; brother of Czar Alexander II. Constantine supported all the reforms…