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Why is Leo Tolstoy significant?

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Russian author Leo Tolstoy is considered a master of realistic fiction and one of the world’s greatest novelists. His best-known novels are War and Peace (1865–69) and Anna Karenina (1875–77). Oscillating between skepticism and dogmatism, Tolstoy explored the most diverse approaches to human experience. His works have been praised as pieces of life itself.

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What was Leo Tolstoy’s childhood like?

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Leo Tolstoy was born in Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province of the Russian Empire, in 1828. He was the scion of aristocrats. His mother died before he was two years old, and his father passed away in 1837. After two other guardians died, Tolstoy lived with an aunt in Kazan, Russia. According to Tolstoy, his cousin Tatyana Aleksandrovna Yergolskaya had the greatest influence on his childhood.

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