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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Yasnaya, Russia
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Astapovo, Russia
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Russian writer Leo Tolstoy is best known as the author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, which are commonly regarded as among the finest novels ever written.


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Russian author Leo Tolstoy, born in 1828, is considered a master of realistic fiction and one of the world's great novelists. His best known works are his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, which are commonly regarded as among the best novels ever written. In later life, especially during his last three decades, Tolstoy also became known as a moral and religious teacher.

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