Post #4357

Leo Tolstoy – warrant officer, 1860 3 interesting facts about the life of Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy: 🔻 Leo Nikolayevich's mother, Maria Tolstoy, belonged to the Volkonsky family, descendants of Rurik. 🔻 Leo Tolstoy was a distant relative of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. Pushkin's great-grandmother and Tolstoy's mother's great-grandmother were sisters. 🔻 He participated in the Crimean War and the defense of Sevastopol. #retrophotos #brief_and_interesting 😎 Stay with @learnRCRussian