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The Life of Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy Today it is of interest to a huge number of readers. The writer was a controversial figure. For example, he had noble roots, but sometimes worked on a par with peasants. He proposed reforming the education system, but did not believe in the ability of women. He preached a philosophical approach to life and love for others, but was unbearable for his loved ones.

Editorial "Site" He invites readers to learn unexpected facts from the life of Leo Tolstoy, which will allow a slightly different look at the famous writer. Even for teachers of literature, a lot will be a discovery.



The first thing that surprised us was that Leo Tolstoy and Alexander Pushkin were distant relatives. It turns out that both geniuses of literature had a common known ancestor. Such a person is called Admiral Ivan Golovin, who was an associate of Peter I. Moreover, it was found out that Alexander Sergeyevich’s great-grandmother was the sister of Lev Nikolaevich’s great-grandmother.



By the way, if we talk about the parents of Leo Tolstoy, he lost them at an early age. His mother died when the boy was only 3 years old. When he reached the age of 9, his father suddenly died. Therefore, the education of the future writer almost completely fell on the shoulders of relatives.

It is interesting that in school years the boy did not give much hope. His teachers considered him lazy and incapable. He failed his university exams, receiving a stake in both history and statistics. Although the Russian language passed on a strong four. After the retake, I did. However, in the future, he studied poorly and by the age of nineteen he abandoned his studies.



It is likely that Tolstoy simply did not like the way the system of education works. In his mature years, he even began building schooling in Yasnaya Polyana. And he was against teaching students to be raised with rods.

The main thing is not discipline, but the motivation of each child to knowledge, an individual approach to each student. It was an innovation at the time.



In his youth, Leo Tolstoy had a passion for playing cards. And it turned out to be bad for him, because of which the writer repeatedly got into trouble. He even had to sell his family nest in Yasnaya Polyana (childhood home) to pay off all the debts.

But barefoot Tolstoy did not walk, although this myth continues to circulate on the Internet. The whole thing is in the antics of Ilya Repin, who drew Lev Nikolaevich without shoes. The writer himself did not like this approach. After all, even in the house he was wearing leather Ichigi.

Mindful of his aristocratic background, the count always dressed appropriately. Except when he was engaged in physical labor. Then he dressed in an ordinary peasant shirt.



Interestingly, in adulthood, Tolstoy decided to get rid of property and money. The writer even wanted to give up copyright, because he believed that living in poverty was the only right thing to do. On this basis, Lev Nikolaevich even began serious conflicts with his wife, Sophia Andreevna. She even claimed that her husband hated his own children.

Among other interesting facts, it is worth noting that at the age of 57, Leo Tolstoy became a vegetarian. By the age of 60, he was fluent in thirteen foreign languages. At the age of 67, he learned to ride a bicycle.



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