Sofia Tolstaya

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Age: 73

Widow of writer Leo Tolstoy

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Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

31.12.17

Time flies. The international war is still going on. Hunger is getting harsher everywhere.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

17.11.17

The cavalry left today, tomorrow one hundred infantry soldiers will leave. Life is all the more terrible in the countryside, and there is nowhere else to go.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

05.11.17

A rumor went around that they will come to crush us. Policemen came over for the night to protect us. No one slept, didn’t even undress.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

16.10.17

I wrote to Bondarchuk about translating Tolstoy into Ukrainian.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

14.10.17

A whole excursion of young girls and boys came from a Moscow school, where girls and boys study together.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

10.10.17

Peter Sergeenko has arrived. He's telling us he was sent by Minister Nikitin to inquire about the unrest at Yasnaya Polyana.

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Aleksandra Tolstaya Sofia Tolstaya

napravlenie Minsk-Molodechno-Smorgon', Russian Republic

09.10.17

What happened in Yasnaya? I read the messages here and I worry. I am thinking of coming to yours in about a week. I dream of going to the south, as my autumn bronchitis has started and i feel ill, and yesterday I fell from my horse again and hurt my chest…

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Pol'yana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Empire

06.10.17

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Leo and Sofia Tolstoy. 1906.

Today is my wedding day. I've collected a flower bouquet, decked the grave. I was strolling alone in the garden, reminiscing of my younger years.

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Petrogradskaya Gazeta

Yasnaya Polyana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Republic

05.10.17

Yasnaya Polyana destroyed.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has received very distributing information from Yasnaya Polyana. Peasants are destroying Yasnaya Polyana, killing crops, plundering gardens and allotments, cutting down the forest. See more

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Aleksandr Zhirkevich

Simbirsk, Russian Republic

02.10.17

I remember Tolstoy having a habit of avoiding any arguments. He liked taking notice of what others were saying and then perplex them with sharp retorts. But he avoided arguments, even though you could tell what he was thinking by his manner of listening. His face was very expressive; he couldn't hide his emotions.

Many people wouldn't dare stirring up arguments, knowing very well how Tolstoy would react. Usually, Countess Sofia Andreevna would come to the rescue, changing the topic to an everyday, general one.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Pol'yana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Empire

01.10.17

I was rewriting Tanya's letters to me, had a conversation with V.F. Bulgakov. I'm very happy to see him, and we have a lot of common memories.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Pol'yana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Empire

09.09.17

We've been preparing garlands of natural flowers for Leo Nikolaevich's grave. It's his birthday tomorrow.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Pol'yana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Empire

04.09.17

I turned 73 today. And what a horrible anniversary I've reached! Where are my poor children and countless grandchildren? What are they doing? I'm feeling down, the prospect of hunger terrifies me. The court of enquiry informed me today that ten armed riders and two state officials will arrive tomorrow.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Pol'yana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Empire

02.09.17

Reading papers takes a lot of time and terrifies me.

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Sofia Tolstaya

Yasnaya Pol'yana, Tul'skaya guberniya, Russian Empire

19.07.17

Awful events in Petrograd: shootings, murdering our own, robberies - a total and utter riot. And these robbers are our bosses! Sister takes everything to heart, intrigued by everything. I only suffer, deeply. My sister Tanya, is still so young: she even enjoys reading French novels.

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Age: 73

Widow of writer Leo Tolstoy