Leo Tolstoy family tree. Great-great-grandchildren of Russian literature

Pedigree of Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) PEDIGREE OF LEV Nikolaevich
TOLSTOY (1828-1910)
Lev Nikolaevich
Nikolai Ilyich
Count Tolstoy
1794-1837
Pelageya Nikolaevna
Princess Gorchakova
1762-1838
Ilya Andreevich
Count Tolstoy
1757-1820
Alexandra
Ivanovna
princess
Shchetinina
1727-1811
Andrey
Ivanovich
graph
Tolstoy
1721-1803
Praskovya
Mikhailovna
Rtishcheva
1693-1748
Nicholas
Ivanovich
prince
Gorchakov
1725-1811
Ivan Petrovich
Count Tolstoy
1685-1728
Maria Nikolaevna
Princess Volkonskaya
1790-1830
Nikolai Sergeevich
Prince Volkonsky
1753-1821
Catherine
Alexandrovna
Lukin
Sergey
Fedorovich
prince
Volkonsky
1715-1784
Fedor
Mikhailovich
prince
Volkonsky
Maria
Dmitrievna
Chaadaeva
Anastasia
Afanasyevna
princess
Sontsova-Zasekina
Ekaterina Dmitrievna
Princess Trubetskaya
1749-1799
Dmitriy
Yurievich
prince
Trubetskoy
1724-1792
Yuri
Yurievich
prince
Trubetskoy
1668-1739
barbarian
Ivanovna
princess
Odoevskaya
Olga
Ivanovna
Golovin
1704

Coat of arms of the Tolstoy family

Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Lukina

Yuri Yurievich Trubetskoy

Olga Ivanovna Golovina

Fyodor Mikhailovich Volkonsky

Anastasia Afanasievna Sontsova-Zasekina

Sergei Fyodorovich Volkonsky

Maria Dmitrievna Chaadaeva

10. Dmitry Yurievich Trubetskoy

11. Varvara Ivanovna Odessa

12. Maria Nikolaevna Volkonskaya

13. Nikolai Sergeevich Volkonsky

14. Ekaterina Dmitrievna Trubetskaya

15. Praskovya Mikhailovna Rtishcheva

16. Leo Tolstoy

17. Leo Tolstoy

18. Ivan Petrovich Tolstoy

19. Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy

20. Pelageya Nikolaevna Gorchakova

21. Alexandra Ivanovna Shchetinina

22. Andrei Ivanovich Tolstoy

23. Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy

24. Nikolai Ivanovich Gorchakov

On July 29, the premiere of Fyokla Tolstoy’s author’s program “The Tolstoys” started on the Rossiya K TV channel.

A few years ago, journalist and TV presenter Fyokla Tolstaya filmed a documentary series called "Great Dynasties" about the descendants of famous noble families. Then the question reasonably arose: why Thekla, the great-great-granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy, did not tell about her illustrious family. And now she nevertheless decided to explore her roots and made an author's program about Tolstoy.

For seven centuries of Russian history, the Tolstoy family included writers and ministers, sailors and artists, academicians and composers, governors and journalists. According to the history of the Tolstoy family, one can trace the entire history of Russia. Today's Tolstoys are one of the most ramified, the most friendly, the happiest families. The premier eight-episode program "Tolstoys" introduces the history of the Tolstoy family, covered with amazing traditions and legends.

Fekla Tolstaya spoke about the painstaking and interesting work on the program.

I filmed this cycle about my family and for me it was more emotional work than any other. I wanted to show not so much the biographies of people as how they reflected the history of the country, how they acted in certain circumstances. It is more interesting to talk not about the history of the masses, classes, estates, but about history using the example of a specific fate. All the Tolstoys were not indifferent to the fate of the Fatherland and, to the best of their ability, tried to contribute to its prosperity. The events that we will talk about can be quite historical: battles, coups d'état, diplomatic negotiations, the construction of famous palaces; and quite private, because sometimes a brief description of a family drama can tell us a lot more about ancient times than multi-volume encyclopedias.

Fekla, what are the main Tolstoy family traits?

I had a great desire to find common family traits. I think the Tolstoys are straightforward and quite natural (in the sense that they don't like to pretend). And natural also because they love to live in nature. And as Lev Nikolaevich said about the Tolstoys, that they are a little wild.

And whose fate has personally shocked you more than others?

I will especially note the youngest daughter of Lev Nikolaevich Alexandra, who in the last years of the writer's life was the only one on the side of her father. I come from the family of brother Elijah, who was on the other side. But she always seemed to me an unusual figure. She fought in the First World War. She rose to the rank of colonel of the medical service, then managed to sit in the cellars of the Lubyanka, then became the commissioner of Yasnaya Polyana. Later she went abroad, where she saved refugees from death. Amazing personality. I would like more people to know about her, such a strong, bright woman.

Where was the filming of the program?

Now the descendants of the writer, his great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, are about three hundred people. They live in different countries of the world. We were in America, in Europe and traveled around Russia, of course. They visited abandoned estates where even a car could not pass, walked through the fields on foot. For example, there is such an estate Pokrovskoye (it belonged to the sister of Lev Nikolayevich) in the Tula region on the border with the Oryol region.

According to our idea, in each episode, besides me, there will be someone else from the family who will tell about the hero of the film. The audience will also hear comments from historians, and actors Viktor Rakov and Irina Rozanova will read memoirs and letters.

Fekla, are there any family heirlooms of the Tolstoy family?

There are a lot of relics preserved and our family can consider itself very happy in this respect. Much has been preserved due to the fact that Lev Nikolaevich was an outstanding personality and his wife understood during his lifetime that museums should be made of his houses in Yasnaya Polyana and in Moscow. Older things also remained, for example, belonging to the first count Pyotr Andreevich Tolstoy, this is a man of Peter's time. And we continue the family tradition of careful attitude to history. We will open an exhibition dedicated to my father, Leo Tolstoy's great-grandson, Nikita Tolstoy. My father was born in exile, and then the family returned to Russia, they became one of the first repatriates. So you can even see the Aeroflot ticket, on which my father first flew to Russia in 1945. The exhibition will be held in the building of the State Museum of Leo Tolstoy on Pyatnitskaya, 12.

I know that every two years the whole large family gathers in Yasnaya Polyana. Are there any other traditions?

Yes, this is the brightest family tradition of recent times. After one of the Tolstoy (my second cousin Vladimir Ilyich) became the director of the museum of the Yasnaya Polyana estate, we got the opportunity to gather in our native nest. Despite the fact that the Tolstoy family is huge, we treat each other as close people, and this “network” is of a kind, because no matter what country in the world you come to, you have relatives everywhere, and even if you just get to know them , you feel the kinship of souls, the closeness of interests, the unity of characters.

great-great-grandson of Tolstoy, journalist

Although many modern Tolstoys live abroad (they emigrated after the revolution), the descendants of the "block of Russian literature" remained in our country as well. For example, Pyotr Tolstoy, whose father returned from exile in 1944 with his brother. Thanks to his family, Peter knew about his great-great-grandfather from childhood: he repeatedly visited Yasnaya Polyana, got to know family relics closely. This representative of the Tolstoy family is a very famous Russian journalist and TV presenter who has been working on Channel One for many years. Now he hosts the programs "Politics" and "Time will show." About the famous great-great-grandfather in an interview, Peter said this:

Tolstoy remained honest with himself, always remained so, even when he was mistaken

Fekla Tolstaya

great-great-granddaughter of Tolstoy, journalist

Second cousin of Peter Tolstoy and also a very famous Russian journalist. The real name is Anna, but they know her mainly under the name Thekla - a childhood nickname, which later turned into a pseudonym. Tolstaya was born into a family of philologists and followed in the footsteps of her parents: she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, speaks five languages. However, already in childhood, she was drawn to television: as a schoolgirl, Fekla began acting in minor roles in films, and in 1995 she entered GITIS at the directing department. Behind Fekla's back are many projects on radio and television, including author's programs about his own family tree "Tolstoy", as well as "War and Peace": Reading a novel. In a conversation with MK Bulvar, the journalist happily spoke about the advantages of her huge family, whose members are scattered all over the world:

If you have relatives in another country, you understand it completely differently. I can explore, for example, Rome with my beautiful niece, who, like a Roman, shows me places that I have loved since childhood - and this is an incomparable feeling. The same can be said about my relatives in Paris or New York. I get into the family, talk to their friends

Andrey Tolstoy

great-great-grandson of Tolstoy, reindeer breeder

Another descendant representing the Swedish branch of the family, Andrey Tolstoy, is a simple farmer who has been breeding deer for many years. He achieved great success: Andrei is one of the most famous reindeer herders in Scandinavia. He admitted that he could not read "War and Peace" at school. However, then he still mastered the four-volume book. A few years ago, Andrei visited Russia for the first time.

Vladimir Tolstoy

great-great-grandson of Tolstoy, adviser to the President of Russia

Vladimir Ilyich is a man without whom there would be no meetings of Tolstoy's descendants (which are held regularly today), and the fate of Leo Tolstoy's estate Yasnaya Polyana would remain in jeopardy. In the early 90s, they wanted to take away the estate's lands for new buildings, cut down the forests ... But in 1992, Vladimir Ilyich published a large amount of material about all the troubles in Komsomolskaya Pravda. Soon he was appointed director of the museum-reserve. Now Tolstoy is an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, and his wife Ekaterina Tolstaya is in charge of the museum. Vladimir confessed to the Tula newspaper Molodoy Kommunar, speaking of his relatives:

Each of us has his own personality, each of us has his own view of the world. And everyone is talented in their own way. Fat people can do everything: they take pictures, draw, write. And at the same time they are embarrassed by their talents: modesty is another family quality ...

Victoria Tolstoy

great-great-granddaughter of Tolstoy, jazz singer

Yes, yes, she is Tolstoy, not Tolstaya: the Swede Victoria decided not to incline her last name, but to make it more “authentic”. How did the Swedish line of the Tolstoy family appear? The son of Lev Nikolaevich - Lev Lvovich, was forced for health reasons to turn to the Swedish doctor Westerlund. And then he fell in love with his daughter Dora ... The modern representative of this family branch, singer Victoria, is better known in her homeland under the pseudonym "Lady Jazz". By her own admission, Victoria does not know the Russian language and has not read the novels of Lev Nikolayevich, however, in her work she often turns to classical Russian composers. At the moment, the blonde has already 8 albums on her account, one of which is called My Russian Soul (“My Russian Soul”). Victoria told JazzQuard:

When I was in Moscow a few years ago, I visited the Tolstoy House Museum. I remember I saw a portrait of a lady from the Tolstoy family there and was amazed at how similar this young woman from past centuries was to me! Then for the first time I really felt my involvement in the Tolstoy family: how much connects and unites us at the deepest genetic level!

Ilaria Stieler-Timor

great-great-granddaughter of Tolstoy, teacher of Italian

Table II.

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Notes

On the table, the persons placed in it have one of our numbers, but here, in addition to it, numbers are given according to the book by V. Rummel and V. Golubtsov “Genealogical collection of Russian surnames”, vol. II, St. Petersburg. 1886. The numbers after the name and patronymic indicate the number of the father (or mother) of the person. Representatives of the Tolstoy family are included in the table both along male and female lines, and only persons born before the year of Leo Tolstoy's death are included.

The Tolstoy family is recorded in the so-called. "Sixth book", i.e., in the list of old noble families. One can learn about the origin of the Tolstoys from only one source - the genealogy filed by Tolstoy in the "Discharge Order, the Chamber of Genealogical Affairs" in 1686. Referring to the Chernigov Chronicle, which has not come down to us, this genealogy claims that the Tolstoys descended from a certain Indros or Indrisa, a native "from a German, from the Caesar's land", who left in 1353 with two sons and a three thousandth retinue to Chernigov, which was ruled at that time by the Lithuanian prince Dmitry Olgerdovich. According to historians, it can be concluded with certainty that Indris was of Lithuanian origin, which is confirmed by his name and the names of his sons. Litvinos And Zimonten.

Indris and his sons converted to Orthodoxy. The great-grandson of Indris Andrei Kharitonovich left Chernigov to the Grand Duke Vasily Vasilyevich the Dark (1435-1462) and was nicknamed Tolstoy.

In the era of Russian tsars, there were no boyars from the Tolstoy family, but some of them were devious; many were stewards, governors in different cities, etc.

Beginning with the reign of Peter I, many Tolstoys reached prominent positions and intermarried with other noble families. Some representatives of this genus showed great talents.

The first eleven generations of the Tolstoys are known only by their first names. From Indris, at the baptism of Leontius (k. I), descended in a straight line: Litvinos, at the baptism of Konstantin (k. II), Khariton (k. III), Andrei, nicknamed Tolstoy (k. IV), Karp (k. V) , Fedor (k. VI), Eustathius (k. VII), Andrei (k. VIII), Vasily (k. IX), Yakov (k. X), Ivan (k. XI).

K.XII. 31. Ivan Ivanovich served as governor in Krapivna under Ivan the Terrible, had the estate of Sizino in the Suzdal district.

K. XIII. 40. Vasily Ivanovich(31), (d. 1649) nicknamed "Sharp" (sharp) held a number of prominent positions and rose to the rank of roundabout.

K. XIV. 1/54. Andrey Vasilievich(40), (d. 1690). He also rose to the rank of okolnichi, participated in the Swedish war of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, then, as the Chernigov governor, withstood the siege of Samoylovich.

After the death of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, he was a supporter of Sophia and participated in the Crimean campaigns of Prince. You. You. Golitsyn.

Married since 1642 to the daughter of Mikhail Vasilyevich Miloslavsky.

K.XV. 2/69. Ivan Andreevich(1/54), (b. 1644, d. 25. VIII. 1713), steward, governor of Zvenigorodsky, governor of Azov, Privy Councilor, nicknamed “Sharpenk” by his grandfather, participated in the enthronement of Sophia, and then went over to the side Peter. Brother of great-great-great-grandfather Tolstoy.

He is married to Marya Matveevna Apraksina, sister of the second wife of Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich, Tsaritsa Marfa Matveevna.

3/70. Gr. Petr Andreevich(1/54), (b. 1645, d. 17. II. 1729), nicknamed after his grandfather in the same way as his brother, "Sharpenk", is known as one of the prominent figures of the Petrine era. At first, by kinship with Miloslavsky, he was an adherent of Sophia, but then went over to the side of Peter. At the age of 48, he went to study abroad, then he was the first Russian ambassador in Constantinople, during the war between Russia and Turkey he spent several months in a difficult prison in the Seven-Tower Castle, then he went abroad again, from where he lured Tsarevich Alexei by cunning, participated in the trial of him, served as a member of the "Secret Foreign Affairs Collegium", a member of the Secret Chancellery, president of the College of Commerce, received the title of count (May 7, 1724) and amassed a large fortune. However, two years after the death of Peter, in 1727, when the all-powerful Menshikov wanted to marry his daughter to Peter II, the son of Tsarevich Alexei, P. A. Tolstoy, due to his participation in the trial of Tsarevich Alexei and for participating in intrigues against Menshikov, was recognized as subject to the death penalty, but due to old age, was deprived of all ranks, estates and titles and exiled to the Solovetsky Monastery, where he died 84 years of age. He was smart, talented, ambitious, cunning and unscrupulous in his means. For his time he was well educated, translated from Latin Ovid, from Italian "History of the Turkish Empire", and left interesting notes of his travels abroad. Tolstoy's great-great-great-grandfather.

Married since 1683 or 1684 to Solomonid Timofeevna Dubrovskaya (b. 16 .., d. 1722).

K. XVI. 4/95. Gr. Ivan Petrovich(3/70), (b. 1685, d. VI. 1728) was in 1726 President of the College of Justice, and in 1727, together with his father, was exiled to Solovki, where he died.

Married with IV. 1711 on Praskovya Mikhailovna Rtishcheva (d. 1748), from whom he had five sons and five daughters. Tolstoy's great-great-grandfather.

5/96. Gr. Petr Petrovich(3/70), (d. 24. X. 1728), Colonel of the Little Russian Cossack Nezhinsky Regiment; stripped of this title and earl title in 1727

Married since 12. X. 1718 to the daughter of the hetman of Little Russia, Juliana-Anastasia Ivanovna Skoropadskaya (b. 9. III. 1703, died. 13. III. 1733). Brother of great-great-grandfather Tolstoy.

K. XVII. 6/127. Gr. Andrey Ivanovich(4/95), (b. 1721, d. 30. VI. 1803), (rev.), served in the military and civil service, rose to the rank of real state councilor. Under Elizabeth, in 1760, the title and some of the Tolstoy estates were returned to him.

Married since 9. VI. 1745 on kzh. Alexandra Ivanovna Shchetinina (d. 2. II. 1811), by whom he had 23 children; six sons and five daughters reached adulthood. Tolstoy's great-grandfather.

7/129. Gr.(since May 26, 1760) Fedor Ivanovich(4/95), Privy Councilor, Deputy of the Catherine's Commission of the Code.

Married to kzh. Evdokia Mikhailovna Volkonskaya, in her first marriage to Khrushchev. Brother of great-grandfather Tolstoy.

8/131. Gr. Alexander Petrovich(5/96), (p. 30. VIII. 1719, d. 10. I. 1792) major of the guard.

Married to Evdokia Lvovna Izmailova (b. 25. III. 1731, died. 19. V. 1794). Tolstoy's great-grandfather cousin.

K. XVIII. 9/155. Gr. Petr Andreevich(6/127), (b. 1746, d. 20. XI. 1822), Kriegs Commissar General, was known for his honesty. Brother of grandfather Tolstoy.

Married to Elizabeth Yegorovna Barbot-de-Morni (Barbot-de-Morni, b. 1750, d. 28. XII. 1802).

10/156. Gr. Ivan Andreevich(6/127), (b. 1747, died between 1811 and 1832), was the Kologriv leader of the nobility. Brother of grandfather Tolstoy.

Married to Anna Feodorovna Maykova (b. 1771, d. 4. VI. 1834).

11/157. Gr. Vasily Andreevich(6/127), (b. 1753, d. 1824), State Councilor. Brother of grandfather Tolstoy.

Married to Ekaterina Yakovlevna Tregubova (d. 1832).

12/158. Gr. Ilya Andreevich(6/127), (p. 20. VII. 1757, d. 21. III. 1820), (buried in the Kizichesky monastery near Kazan), (flash) foreman and privy councilor, was very rich, but as a result of his wide life, he completely upset his condition and the condition of his wife. He was the governor of Kazan, where he left a sad memory of himself as a bad administrator. According to the recall of his grandson, L. N. Tolstoy, he was a narrow-minded man, soft and not only generous, but stupidly winded, and most importantly, gullible; some of his character traits are depicted in "War and Peace" (Ilya Andreevich Rostov). His portrait is in Yasnaya Polyana. Tolstoy's grandfather

Married to kzh. Pelageya Nikolaevna Gorchakova (born 1762, died on May 25, 1838). About her, see “Rod. book. Gorchakov, No. 14.

13/159. Gr. Fedor Andreevich ( 6/127), (b. 16. XII. 1758, d. 12. IV. 1849), Privy Councilor, well-known collector of manuscripts and antiquities. Brother of grandfather Tolstoy.

Married to Stefanida Alekseevna Durasova (d. 22. IX. 1821).

14/160. Gr. Andrey Andreevich(6/127), (p. VII. 1771, d. 8. II. 1844), colonel, Belevsky leader of the nobility. Brother of grandfather Tolstoy.

Married to Praskovya Vasilievna Barykova (b. 9. IX. 1796, d. 7. II. 1879), (letters).

15. Gr. Anna Andreevna(6/127). The first marriage was for the gene. Lieutenant Senator Iv. Iv. Bakhmetev, second marriage for the fleet captain Vladimir Matveyevich Rzhevsky (b. 1740). Tolstoy's grandfather's sister.

16/164. Gr. Stepan Fedorovich(7/129), (b. 6. IV.I756, d. II. 1809), foreman. Tolstoy's grandfather's cousin.

Married to kzh. Alexandra Nikolaevna Shcherbatova (born March 29, 1756, died on August 5, 1820).

17/171. Gr. Petr Alexandrovich(8/131), (b. 1769, d. 28. IX. 1844), general of infantry, participated in the wars of the reign of Alexander I, was ambassador in Paris under Napoleon I, one of the chief commanders of the militia in 1812 and a member of the State advice. He is mentioned in War and Peace. Second cousin of Tolstoy's grandfather.

Married to kzh. Marya Alekseevna Golitsyna (p. 3. VIII. 1772, d. 25. XII. 1826).

K. XIX. 18/189. Gr. Alexander Petrovich(9/155), (b. 22. VIII. 1777, d. 21. IX. 1819), colonel, was a participant in the conspiracy that ended in the murder of Paul I. Tolstoy's cousin.

Married since 1805 to Nadezhda Gerasimovna Ritova (b. 10.IV. 1772, d. . 21.IV. 1807).

19/191. Gr. Konstantin Petrovich(9/155), (b. 12. II. 1780, d. 29. V. 1870), collegiate adviser.

He was married by his first marriage to Khlyustina, by his second marriage to Anna Alekseevna Perovskaya (b. 20. VI. 1796, d. 1. VI. 1857). Tolstoy's cousin.

20/193. Gr. Fedor Petrovich(9/155), (b. 10. II. 1783, d. 13. IV. 1873), (days, letters) vice president imp. Academy of Arts (since 28. XI. 1828), comrade. President imp. Academy of Arts (since 1859), famous artist and medalist.

From 1809 he was married to Anna Feodorovna Dudina (b. 21. X. 1792, d. 17. IX. 1835), by the second marriage - to Anastasia Ivanovna Ivanova (b. 1817, d. 1. XI. 1889), (days, letters). Tolstoy's cousin.

21/194. Gr. Fedor Ivanovich(10/156), (p. 6. II. 1782, d. 24. X. 1846), (review, letters), the so-called "Tolstoy-American", a retired colonel, is known as a man of desperate courage and unbridled temper, a duelist and card player. In his youth, he was sent on a voyage around the world, but for his tricks he was put off the ship; visited the Aleutian Islands and Kamchatka, from where he returned to St. Petersburg through Siberia. In the 1820s as a result of his quarrel with A. S. Pushkin, a duel was to take place between them, but in 1826 a reconciliation followed; in 1829, Pushkin even entrusted him with his matchmaking with N. N. Goncharova. It includes Pushkin’s poems in the “Message to Chaadaev”, in which F.I. Tolstoy is called a philosopher, “who in the past summers amazed four parts of the world with debauchery”, and Griboyedov in “Woe from Wit”: “Night robber, duelist, to Kamchatka was exiled, returned as an Aleut...” In the works of L. N. Tolstoy, Fedor Ivanovich was reflected in the types of the old hussar in “Two Hussars” and Dolokhov in “War and Peace”.

Married since 10. I. 1821 to a gypsy Evdokia Maksimovna Tugaeva (b. 1796, d. 27. IX. 1861), (days). Tolstoy's cousin.

22/195. Gr. Petr Ivanovich(10/156), (b. 1785, d. 1834), (days, letters), retired midshipman.

Married to Elizaveta Alexandrovna Yergolskaya (b. 1790, d. 14. IX. 1851), (days, wake up), sister of Tatyana Alexandrovna Ergolskaya, tutor of L. N. Tolstoy, his brothers and sisters (see “Kn. Gorchakov family”, No. 27). Tolstoy's cousin.

23. Gr. Vera Ivanovna(10/156), (b. 1783, d. 10. XII. 1879), (days), She was married to Semyon Antonovich Khlyustin. Tolstoy's cousin.

24/197. Gr. Sergey Vasilevich(11/157), (b. 1785, died before 1839), Simbirsk and Nizhny Novgorod vice-governor.

Married to Vera Nikolaevna Shenshina. Tolstoy's cousin.

25/201. Gr. Nikolai Ilyich(12/158), (p. 26. VI. 1795, d. 21. VI. 1837, buried in the village of Kochaki, near Yasnaya Polyana), (review, letters), in 1812, almost a boy (17 years old), he entered the military service, served in the Ukrainian Cossack, Irkutsk Hussars, Cavalier Guards and Hussars of the Prince of Orange, was in many battles; in 1814, after the Battle of Lutsen, he was sent by courier from Germany to St. Petersburg, on the way back he was taken prisoner by the French, retired in 1819, married, and then settled in his wife's estate, Yasnaya Polyana. He died suddenly in Tula. According to the people who knew him, he was a man of an independent character. Some features of his life and character are depicted in "War and Peace" (Nikolai Rostov). His portraits are in the Tolstoy Museum in Moscow and in Yasnaya Polyana. Tolstoy's father

Married since 9. VII. 1822 on kzh. Maria Nikolaevna Volkonskaya (b. 10. XI. 1790, d. 7. VIII. 1830), (resp.).(About her, see "The Family of Prince Volkonsky", No. 15).

26. Gr. Alexandra Ilyinichna(12/158), (b. 1797?, d. 30. VIII. 1841, buried in Optina Desert), (resp.), wife gr. Karl Ivanovich von der Osten-Saken (b. 1797, d. 1855), (review, letters), was the guardian of her young nephews and nieces: Nikolai, Sergei, Dmitry, Leo and Maria Tolstoy. She was unhappy in her married life: her husband was mentally ill and made an attempt on her life. There are her portraits in Yasnaya Polyana and the Tolstoy Museum in Moscow. Tolstoy's aunt.

27. Gr. Pelageya Ilyinichna(12/158), (b. 1801, died 22.XII.1875, buried in the village of Kochaki, near Yasnaya Polyana), (resp., days, letters), wife retired. regiment. Vladimir Ivanovich Yushkov (b. 1789, d. 28. XI. 1869), after the death of her older sister, was the guardian of her young nephews Tolstoy, lived mostly in Kazan, where her husband was from; died in Yasnaya Polyana. She had no children. There are her portraits in Yasnaya Polyana and the Tolstoy Museum in Moscow. Tolstoy's aunt.

28/202. Gr. Ilya Ilyich(12/158), died in childhood (in 1809). Uncle Tolstoy.

29. Gr. Agrafena Fedorovna(13/159), (b. 1800, died in the winter of 1879), (days), wife since 27. IX. 1818 of the famous Moscow governor-general (in 1848-1859) gr. Arsenia Andr. Zakrevsky (p. 13. IX. 1783, d. 11. I. 1865). Tolstoy's cousin.

30. Gr. Elizaveta Andreevna(14/160), (b. 1812, d. 27.II. 1867), (days, letters), who lived with her younger sister, Mrs. Alexandra Andreevna, was well acquainted with Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy's cousin.

31/203. Gr. Ilya Andreevich(14/160), (b. 7. VIII. 1813, d. 21. VII. 1879), (days), senator. With his assistance, Leo Tolstoy entered the Caucasus for military service. Tolstoy's cousin.

32. Gr. Alexandra Andreevna(14/160), (p. 17. VII. 1817, d. 21. III. 1904), ( days, letters) chamber maid of honor, tutor of the daughter of Alexander II, Maria Alexandrovna; was on friendly terms with Leo Tolstoy for many years, as evidenced by the extensive correspondence between them, published by the St. Petersburg Tolstoy Museum in 1911. Tolstoy's cousin.

33. Gr. Sofia Andreevna(14/160), (b. 1824, d. 31. III. 1895), (days), younger sister of Alexandra Andreevna Tolstoy, who lived with her. Tolstoy's cousin.

Married to Tatyana Alekseevna Repeva. Tolstoy's cousin.

35. Anastasia Vladimirovna Rzhevskaya. (15), (p. 21. VII. 1784, d. 18 ..). Married on 9. X. 1804 to Andrei Andreevich Beer (b. 17 .., d. 24. VIII. 1820). Tolstoy's cousin.

36/211. Gr. Vladimir Stepanovich(16/164), (b. 25. III. 1778, d. 19. II. 1825), collegiate assessor.

Married since 5. VII. 1807 on Praskovya Nikolaevna Sumarokova (b. 1787, d. 19. VII. 1852), who was in a second marriage from 10. XI. 1831 for Peter Ivanovich Krasilnikov (d. 4. XI. 1847). Tolstoy's second cousin.

37. Gr. Elizaveta Stepanovna(16/164), (b. 1781, d. 18 ..).

Married since 1801 to a collegiate assessor, gr. Grigory Sergeevich Saltykov (born 1778, died 1814). Tolstoy's second cousin.

38/217. Gr. Andrey Stepanovich(16/164), (b. 1793, d. 1830), staff captain.

Married since 1821 to Praskovya Dmitrievna Pavlova (d. 1849), who was in her second marriage to Alexei Yakovlevich Venkstern (b. 6. I. 1810, d. 18 ..). Tolstoy's second cousin.

K.XX. 39/261. Gr. Alexey Konstantinovich(19/191, from second marriage), (p. 24. VIII. 1817, d. 29. IX. 1875), (days, letters), real state councilor, famous poet.

Married since 3. IV. 186З on Sofya Andreevna Bakhmeteva (b. 30. III. 1825, d. 9. IV. 1892), who was in her first marriage to an officer of the Horse Guards Lev Fedorovich Miller (b. 29. III. 1820, d. 21. I. 1888 ), with whom she is divorced. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

40. Gr. Maria Fedorovna(20/193, from his first marriage), (b. 3. X. 1817, d. 22. VII. 1898), author of memoirs, one drama and a novel.

Married since 18. VII. 1837 after Pavel Pavlovich Kamensky (b. 1814, d. 13. VII. 1871), author of stories from Caucasian life. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

41. Gr. Ekaterina Fedorovna(20/193, from the second marriage) (b. 24. XI. 1843, d. 20. I. 1913).

Married to the famous ophthalmologist Eduard Andreevich Junge (b. 1838, d. 15. IX. 1898), artist, author of memoirs. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

42. Gr. Praskovya Fedorovna(21/194), (b. 1831, d. 25. III. 1887), (days, letters).

Married to Vasily Stepanovich Perfilyev (b. 19. I. 1826, d. 21. VI. 1890); a friend of the youth of L. N. Tolstoy, who was in 1878-1887. Moscow governor. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

43/262. Gr. Valeryan Petrovich(22/195), (p. 19. X. 1813, d. 6. I. 1865), (days, letters), retired major.

Married since 3.XI. 1847 on the sister of Leo Tolstoy Maria Nikolaevna (b. 1. III. 1830, d. 6. IV. 1912), in the early 1850s. managed his property affairs. Marya Nikolaevna divorced him in 1857. From the bourgeois Goltsova, Valeryan Petrovich had children. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

44. Gr. Alexandra Petrovna(22/195), (b. 1831, d. 18..), (days).

Married to a bar. Ivan Antonovich Delvig (p. 9. VIII. 1819, d. 18 ..), brother of the poet; lived in Chernsky Tula lips. in the village of Khitrov, next to Pokrovsky, the Val estate. Peter. Tolstoy, husband of Leo Tolstoy's sister. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

45/264. Gr. Nikolai Sergeevich(24/197), (b. 19. XII. 1812, d. 1875), (days) writer, author of everyday essays of the Volga region and retrograde articles.

Married to Lydia Nikolaevna Levasheva. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

46. Gr. Alexandra Sergeevna(24/197), (b. 1817, d. 18..), (resp.).

Married since 1841 to prof. History of Kazan University Nikolai Alekseevich Ivanov (born 1813, died 30. III. 1869). They lived in Kazan during the youth of Leo Tolstoy. Second cousin of Tolstoy.

47/269. Gr. Nikolai Nikolaevich(25/201), (p. 21. VI. 1823, d. 20. IX. 1860, buried in Gier), ( days, resurrection, letters). After graduating from Kazan University in mathematics, he entered the military service, participated in the war with the Caucasian highlanders, retired with the rank of staff captain; died of consumption on the island of Gière, in the south of France. He had a very strong influence on his younger brother Leo, about which the latter writes in his memoirs and in the story "The Green Stick". In Sovremennik (1857, No. 2), H. N. Tolstoy's article "Hunting in the Caucasus)" was published. His bust and portraits are in Yasnaya Polyana and the Tolstoy Museum in Moscow. Tolstoy's brother.

48/270. Gr. Sergey Nikolaevich(25/201), (b. 17. II. 1826, d. 23. VIII. 1904, buried in the village of Pirogov), (days, resurrection, letters). Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics of Kazan University. In 1855-1856. served in the Shooting imp. surnames of the regiment; in 1881-1886 was Krapivensky leader of the nobility; the last years of his life he lived in his name day Pirogov (Krapivensky district of the Tula province.), where he died. His photographic portraits are in Yasnaya Polyana and the Tolstoy Museum in Moscow.

Married since 7. VI. 1867 on the gypsy Marya Mikhailovna Shishkina (b. 1832?, d. 14. III. 1919). Tolstoy's brother.

49/271. Gr. Dmitry Nikolaevich(25/201), (p. 23. IV. 1827, d. 21. I. 1856, buried in the village of Kochaki, near Yasnaya Polyana), (days., vosp., letters). After graduating from the Faculty of Mathematics of Kazan University, he served in the civil service, died at a young age from consumption in Orel. L. N. Tolstoy used some of his character traits to characterize Nikolai Levin in Anna Karenina. In Yasnaya Polyana there is his daguerreotype. Tolstoy's brother.

50/272. Gr. Lev Nikolaevich(25/201), (p. 28. VIII. 1828, d. 7. XI. 1910).

Married since 23. IX. 1862 on Sofya Andreevna Bers (p. 22. VIII. 1844, d. 4. XI. 1919), (His offspring, see Table VI.)

51. Gr. Maria Nikolaevna(25/201) (voice., days., letters).

Married on 3.XI. 1847 for his second cousin c. Valerian Petrovich Tolstoy (see No. 43/262), with whom she broke up in 1857. After getting married, she lived in her husband's estate with. Pokrovsky Chernsky st. Tula Province, then in her estate, part of Pirogov, for some time abroad, where she entered into a civil marriage with the Swede Viscount Hector-Victor de Klein (b. 1831, d. 1873), and in recent years in the Shamardin Monastery, where she took the vows in a nun (1891) and died. First of all, Leo Tolstoy went to see her, having left Yasnaya Polyana on October 28, 1910. Tolstoy's sister.

52. Vladimir Konstantinovich Rzhevsky(34), (b. 28. X. 1811, d. 14. III. 1885), (days), senator.

Married since 1852 to Natalia Andreevna Beer (b. 19. III. 1809, died. 15. IX. 1887), (see No. 55). Second cousin of Tolstoy.

53. Anna Konstantinovna Rzhevskaya(34), (b. 30. XI. 1816, d. II. 1908), (days). Second cousin of Tolstoy.

54. Sofia Konstantinovna Rzhevskaya(34), (b. 1826, d. 2. VI. 1901).

Married since 30. IV. 1850 for Nikolai Vasilyevich Velyashev (b. 25. IV. 1822, d. 6. VI. 1891). Second cousin of Tolstoy.

55. Natalya Andreevna Beer(35), (p. 19. III. 1809, d. 15. IX. 1887), (days, letters). Second cousin of Tolstoy.

Married since 1852 to her cousin Vladimir Konstantinovich Rzhevsky (see No. 52).

56/280. Gr. Mikhail Vladimirovich(36/211), (p. 23. V. 1812, d. 23. I. 1896), doctor of medicine, writer, author of articles on the history of the Orthodox Church.

Married from 23. X. 1850 to kzh. Elizaveta Petrovna Volkonskaya (b. 25. XII. 1823, d. 4. IX. 1881). Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

57. Gr. Alexandra G. Saltykova(37), (b. 1805 d. 16.IV. 1871), (days).

Married since 1824 to the Decembrist Pavel Ivanovich Koloshin (b. 1799, d. 22. I. 1854). In his youth, Leo Tolstoy was on friendly terms with the Koloshin family. Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

58/290. Gr. Dmitry Andreevich(38) 217), (p. 2. III. 1823, d. 25. IV. 1889), author of "The History of Financial Institutions in Russia from the Foundation of the State to the Death of Catherine II", "Le catolicisme romain en Russie" and a number of articles. He was Minister of Public Education in 1866-1880. and Minister of the Interior in 1882-1889, known for his reactionary policies.

Married since 8.XI. 1853 on Sofya Dmitrievna Bibikova (p. 21. V. 1826, d. 8. I. 1907). Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

K. XXI. 59. Fedor Vasilievich Perfiliev(42), (b. 1849 or 1850).

Married since 1880 to kzh. Marya Alexandrovna Golitsyna (p. VII. 1857), in her second marriage to a bar. Vladimir Dmitrievich Shepping (d. 1920?). Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

60. Gr. Nikolai Sergeevich(48/270), (1851-185.) d. in early childhood. Tolstoy's nephew.

61. Gr. Grigory Sergeevich(48/270), (b. 13. I. 1853, d. 1. VIII. 1928), retired lieutenant colonel of the Pavlograd Dragoon Regiment (1895).

Married on January 24, 1892 to a bar. Elena Vladimirovna von Tizenhausen (b. 21. IV. 1873). Tolstoy's nephew.

62. Gr. Elizaveta Sergeevna(48/270), d. in early childhood. Niece of Tolstoy.

63. Gr. Agrafena Sergeevna(48/270) d. 12 years old. Niece of Tolstoy.

64. Gr. Nikolai Sergeevich(48/270), (b. 1863?, d. III. 1865), Tolstoy's nephew.

65. Gr. Konstantin Sergeevich(48/270), (b. 1. I. 1864, d. H. 1864). Tolstoy's nephew.

66. Gr. Vera Sergeevna(48/270), (p. 3. V. 1865, d. 6. VI. 1923). She worked a lot for the Posrednik publishing house, which published a number of her translations. She was in a civil marriage since 1899 with Abdurashid Abulfatkh Sarafov. Niece of Tolstoy.

67. Gr. Yuri Sergeevich(48/270), (p. 1867, d. VI?1871). Tolstoy's nephew.

68. Gr. Alexander Sergeevich(48/270), (p. I?1870?, d. VI?1871). Tolstoy's nephew.

69. Gr. Varvara Sergeevna(48/270), (p. 1. VI. 1871, d. 1920.).

In a civil marriage since 1899? for Vladimir Nikitich Vasiliev. Niece of Tolstoy.

70. Gr. Maria Sergeevna(48/270), (p. 10. VI. 1872).

Married on May 30, 1900 to a landowner from Krapiven, Sergei Vasilievich Bibikov (p. 25/III. 1871, died on January 30, 1920). Niece of Tolstoy.

71. Gr. Petr Valeryanovich(43/262 and 51), (b. and d. 1849). Tolstoy's nephew.

72. Gr. Varvara Valeryanovna(43/262 and 51), (b. 8. I. 1850, d. 12. VIII. 1921), (days, letters).

Married on 2. VII. 1872 for Nikolai Mikhailovich Nagornov (b. 3. XII. 1845, d. 23. I. 1896), in the 1870s. head of the publishing affairs of L. N. Tolstoy and in the 1880s. former member of the Moscow City Council. Niece of Tolstoy.

78. Gr. Nikolai Valeryanovich(43/262 and 51), (p. 31. XII. 1850, d. 12. VI. 1879), (days, letters). In 1876 he traveled with Leo Tolstoy to the Samara Province. Tolstoy's nephew.

Married since 8. X. 1878 to the daughter of the Tula provincial architect Nadezhda Fedorovna Gromova (p. 9. IX. 1859), remarried on 8. I. 1882 to Alexander Petrovich Verkhovsky (p. 5. VIII. 1854).

74. Gr. Elizaveta Valeryanovna(43/262 and 51), (b. 23.1.1852), (days, letters,).

Married from 18. I. 1871 to the book. Leonid Dmitrievich Obolensky (b. 28. I. 1844, d. 4. II. 1888), who was in the 1880s. Treasurer of the Moscow City Council. Niece of Tolstoy.

75. Elena Sergeevna Tolstaya(51 from G. de Maple), (p. 8. IX. 1863). She received her patronymic from her godfather, Count. Sergei Nikolaevich Tolstoy.

Married since 11. IV. 1893 for Ivan Vasilyevich Denisenko (b. 28. VI. 1851, d. 14. Kh. 1916), former chairman of the department of the Judicial Chamber in Novocherkassk. L. N. Tolstoy intended to go to them when, on October 28, 1910, he left Yasnaya Polyana. Niece of Tolstoy.

76. Alexandra Pavlovna Koloshina(57), (b. 1824, d. 1858). Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

77. Sergei Pavlovich Koloshin(57), (b. 10. I. 1825, d. 27. XI. 1868), (days.. letters), writer. Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

78. Dmitry Pavlovich Koloshin(57), (b. 1827, d. 2. XII. 1877), official. Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

79. Sofia Pavlovna Koloshina(57), (p. 22. VIII. 1828, d. 1911?), (days), childhood friend of Leo Tolstoy and, by his own admission, his first love. She was bred in "Childhood" in the person of Sonechka Valakhina. Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

80. Valentin Pavlovich Koloshin(57), (d. 28. VIII. 1855), a comrade of L. N. Tolstoy in Sevastopol, where he was killed. Tolstoy's fourth cousin.

K. XXII. 81. Sergey Grigorievich(61), (b. 7. XI. 1892).

Married on 1.XII. 1919 on Evgenia Nikolaevna Georgievskaya (b. 12. XII. 1892). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

82. Natalya Grigorievna(61), (p. 21. VIII. 1894).

Married to Chernoglazov. Great-niece of Tolstoy.

83. Grigory Grigorievich(61), (p. 6. XII. 1896, d. 12. VI. 1897). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

84. Zinaida Grigorievna(61), (p. 7. XI. 1899).

Married since 22.II. 1927 for Alexander Adolfovich Dranovich (b. 30. VIII. 1897). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

85. Nikolai Grigorievich(61), (b. 10. VI. 1903).

Married since 4. II. 1921 on Evdokia Nikandrovna Kupriyanova (b. 18. II. 1903), Tolstoy's great-nephew.

86. Mikhail Ilyich Tolstoy(66), (p. H. 1900, d. VIII. 1922). He received his patronymic from his godfather. Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

87.Anna Vladimirovna Tolstaya(69), (p. 1899).

Married to Kuznetsov. Great-niece of Tolstoy.

88. Vladimir Vladimirovich Tolstoy (69). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

89. Sofia Vladimirovna Tolstaya(69). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

90. Marfa Vladimirovna Tolstaya(69), (b. 1902, d. 14. X. 1904). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

91. Marya Sergeevna Bibikova(70), (b. 9. III. 1901). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

92. Tatyana Sergeevna Bibikov (70), (p. 29. VIII. 1902). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

93. Alexey Sergeevich Bibikov(70), (b. 22. III. 1903). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

94. Alexander Sergeevich Bibikov(70), (b. and d. 1910). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

95. Valeryan Nikolaevich Nagornov(72), (p. 19. IV. 1873).

Married since 8. I. 1899 to Elizaveta Nikolaevna Zhikhareva (p. 7. V. 1881). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

96. Elizaveta Nikolaevna Nagornova(72), (b. 25. III. 1875).

Married since 1897 to Lev Nikolaevich Krasnokutsky (b. 1875). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

97. Boris Nikolaevich Nagornov(72), (p. 2. V. 1877, shot himself in the summer of 1899). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

98. Tatyana Nikolaevna Nagornova(72), (b. 15. IV. 1879).

Married with first marriage since 16. II. 1897 for Grigory Emmanuilovich Volkenstein (p. 30. IX. 1875), with whom she parted ways in XII. 1902, and second marriage to XII. 1902 for Nikolai Ivanovich Rodnensky (p. 31. X. 1876). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

99. Anna Nikolaevna Nagornova(72), (p. 20. VI. 1881).

Married to Ivan Semyonovich Volodichev. Great-niece of Tolstoy.

100. Nikolai Nikolaevich Nagornoe(72), (p. 18. IV. 1884). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

101. Sergei Nikolaevich Nagornov(72), 30. IV. 1895, mind. 1921. Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

102. Nikolay Leonidovich Obolensky(74), (b. 28. XI. 1872, d. 1934). Married first marriage with 2. VI. 1897 on gr. Marya Lvovna Tolstoy (b. 12. II. 1871, d. 27. XI. 1906), daughter of L. N. Tolstoy; second marriage with I. 1908 to Natalya Mikhailovna Sukhotina (b. 16. I. 1882, d. 11. XI. 1925). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

103. Maria Leonidovna Obolenskaya(74), (b. 28.IV. 1874).

Married since 30. VI. 1893 for Nikolai Alekseevich Maklakov (b. 1871, d. 26. VIII. 1918), who was in 1912-1915. minister of the interior. Great-niece of Tolstoy.

104. Alexandra Leonidovna Obolenskaya(74), (p. 18. II. 1876).

Married on 19. X. 1895 to Ivan Mikhailovich Dolinin-Ivansky (b. . 1869). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

105. Mikhail Leonidovich Obolensky(74), (p. 22. VII. 1877).

Married since 29. IV. 1911 on kzh. Anna Alexandrovna Urusova. Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

106. Georgy Leonidovich Obolensky(74), (b. 24. II. 1880, d. 17. VIII. 1926).

First marriage with IV. 1905 married to Nina Sergeevna Zhekulina, with whom he divorced, his second marriage - to Vera Vladimirovna Nemchinova. Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

107. Natalya Leonidovna Obolenskaya(74), (b. 10. VIII. 1881).

Married since 16. II. 1905 for Khrisanf Nikolaevich Abrikosov (b. 7. I. 1877). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

108. Vera Leonidovna Obolenskaya(74), (p. 16. VII. 1886, d. 7. VII. 1890). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

109. Onisim Ivanovich Denisenko(75), (p. 25. V. 1894, d. 12. II. 1918). Great-nephew of Tolstoy.

110. Tatyana Ivanovna Denisenko(75), (p. 14. IV. 1897).

Married with IX. 1918 first marriage to Nikolai Ivanovich Antipas (b. 1899), with whom she divorced, and second marriage to I. 1923 to Evgeny Nikolaevich Dobrovolsky (b. 1900). Great-niece of Tolstoy.

Footnotes

1321 See Art. B. L. Modzalevsky “The family of Count L. N. Tolstoy” (“Tolstoy. Monuments of creativity and life”, book I, 1917, pp. 163-164).

1322. In the Tolstoy family, March 1 was considered a birthday, which is why the record of the birth register (now kept in the Tolstoy Museum in Moscow) about the birth of Maria Nikolaevna on March 7 must be considered incorrect.

Petr Tolstoy

great-great-grandson of Tolstoy, journalist

Although many modern Tolstoys live abroad (they emigrated after the revolution), the descendants of the "block of Russian literature" remained in our country as well. For example, Pyotr Tolstoy, whose father returned from exile in 1944 with his brother. Thanks to his family, Peter knew about his great-great-grandfather from childhood: he repeatedly visited Yasnaya Polyana, got to know family relics closely. This representative of the Tolstoy family is a very famous Russian journalist and TV presenter who has been working on Channel One for many years. Now he hosts the programs "Politics" and "Time will show." About the famous great-great-grandfather in an interview, Peter said this:

Tolstoy remained honest with himself, always remained so, even when he was mistaken

Fekla Tolstaya

great-great-granddaughter of Tolstoy, journalist

Second cousin of Peter Tolstoy and also a very famous Russian journalist. Her real name is Anna, but she is known mainly under the name Thekla, a childhood nickname that later turned into a pseudonym. Tolstaya was born into a family of philologists and followed in the footsteps of her parents: she graduated from the Faculty of Philology of Moscow State University, speaks five languages. However, already in childhood, she was drawn to television: as a schoolgirl, Fekla began acting in minor roles in films, and in 1995 she entered GITIS at the directing department. Behind Fekla there are many projects on radio and television, including author's programs about his own family tree "Tolstoy", as well as "War and Peace": Reading a novel. In a conversation with MK Bulvar, the journalist happily spoke about the advantages of her huge family, whose members are scattered all over the world:

If you have relatives in another country, you understand it completely differently. I can explore, for example, Rome with my beautiful niece, who, like a Roman, shows me places that I have loved since childhood - and this is an incomparable feeling. The same can be said about my relatives in Paris or New York. I get into the family, talk to their friends

Andrey Tolstoy

great-great-grandson of Tolstoy, reindeer breeder

Another descendant representing the Swedish branch of the family, Andrey Tolstoy, is a simple farmer who has been breeding deer for many years. He achieved great success: Andrei is one of the most famous reindeer herders in Scandinavia. He admitted that he could not read "War and Peace" at school. However, then he still mastered the four-volume book. A few years ago, Andrei visited Russia for the first time.

Vladimir Tolstoy

great-great-grandson of Tolstoy, adviser to the President of Russia

Vladimir Ilyich is a man without whom there would be no meetings of Tolstoy's descendants (which are held regularly today), and the fate of Leo Tolstoy's estate Yasnaya Polyana would remain in jeopardy. In the early 90s, they wanted to take away the estate's lands for new buildings, cut down the forests ... But in 1992, Vladimir Ilyich published a large amount of material about all the troubles in Komsomolskaya Pravda. Soon he was appointed director of the museum-reserve. Now Tolstoy is an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, and his wife Ekaterina Tolstaya is in charge of the museum. Vladimir confessed to the Tula newspaper Molodoy Kommunar, speaking of his relatives:

Each of us has his own personality, each of us has his own view of the world. And everyone is talented in their own way. Fat people can do everything: they take pictures, draw, write. And at the same time they are embarrassed by their talents: modesty is another family quality ...

Victoria Tolstoy

great-great-granddaughter of Tolstoy, jazz singer

Yes, yes, she is Tolstoy, not Tolstaya: the Swede Victoria decided not to incline her last name, but to make it more “authentic”. How did the Swedish line of the Tolstoy family appear? The son of Lev Nikolaevich, Lev Lvovich, was forced for health reasons to turn to the Swedish doctor Westerlund. And then he fell in love with his daughter Dora ... The modern representative of this family branch, singer Victoria, is better known in her homeland under the pseudonym "Lady Jazz". By her own admission, Victoria does not know the Russian language and has not read the novels of Lev Nikolayevich, however, in her work she often turns to classical Russian composers. At the moment, the blonde has already 8 albums on her account, one of which is called My Russian Soul (“My Russian Soul”). Victoria told JazzQuard:

When I was in Moscow a few years ago, I visited the Tolstoy House Museum. I remember I saw a portrait of a lady from the Tolstoy family there and was amazed at how similar this young woman from past centuries was to me! Then for the first time I really felt my involvement in the Tolstoy family: how much connects and unites us at the deepest genetic level!

Ilaria Stieler-Timor

great-great-granddaughter of Tolstoy, teacher of Italian

Shtiler-Timor is the great-granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy's eldest daughter, Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya. According to Ilaria, her grandmother tried to start a theatrical career, but because of her difficult financial situation, she was married to a wealthy Italian, Leonardo Albertini, who was one of the founders of the Corriere della Sera newspaper. More recently, Stieler-Timor has been living in Israel, where he teaches Italian. She visited Russia for the first time in 1985, since then she has kept in touch with her Russian relatives. The Israeli portal Haaretz.com quotes Ilaria.