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Tolstoy Studies Journal
A Publication of the Tolstoy Society of North America
IMAGE GALLERY
 L.N. Tolstoy as a student,1849Daguerreotype by V.Shenfeldt |  L.N. Tolstoy with his brothersfrom left to right, Sergei Nikolaevich Tolstoy, Nikolai Nikolaevich Tolstoy, Dmitri Nikolaevich Tolstoy, Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Moscow, 1854. |  L.N. Tolstoy. Petersburg, 1856Photo by S.L. Levitsky |
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 L.N. Tolstoy and a group of writersFrom left: I.A. Goncharov, I.S. Turgenev, L.N. Tolstoy, D.V. Grigorovich, A.V. Druzhinin, A.N. Ostrovsky. St. Petersburg, 1856. Photo by S. L. Levitsky. |  L.N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1862Written on the photograph in the hand of the writer's wife S.A. Tolstaia: "1862. Taken by himself. Count L.N. Tolstoy." |  L.N. Tolstoy. Moscow, 1862Photo by M. B. Tulinov |
 L.N. Tolstoy 1868At the time of the writing of War and Peace |  L.N. Tolstoy, Moscow, 1876At the time of the writing of Anna Karenina Photo by Sokolnikov |  L.N. Tolstoy. Moscow, 1884-1885Photo by Sherer and Nabgoltz |
 L.N. Tolstoy in a circle of familyTo the left of Tolstoy is the artist N.N. Ghe Iasnaia Poliana, 1888 |  L.N. Tolstoy. Moscow, 1892Photo by Sherer and Nabgoltz |  L.N. Tolstoy and his assistantsIn the Riazan' district during the famine, checking lists of famine-stricken people. Begichevka, 1892 |
 L.N. Tolstoy. Moscow, 1896Photo by Sherer and Nabgoltz |  L. N. Tolstoy's house in KhamovnikiCurrently a Tolstoy Museum. Moscow, 1890s |  L. N. Tolstoy. Moscow, 1896Photo by Sherer and Nabgoltz |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1896Photo by S. A. Tolstaia |  L. N. Tolstoy in his studyHis house in Khamovniki. Moscow, 1898. Photo by P. V. Preobrazhensky. |  L. N. Tolstoy skating in his gardenHis house in Khamovniki. Moscow, 1898. Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |
 L. N. Tolstoy, Iasnaia Poliana,1899.L. N. Tolstoy and S.A. Tolstaia with members of their family and guests Photo by M. L. Tolstaia |  L. N. Tolstoy, Iasnaia Poliana, 1899L. N. Tolstoy posing for the sculptor P. P. Trubetskoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1899. Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |  L. N. Tolstoy and A. M. GorkyIasnaia Poliana, 1900. Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |
 L. N. Tolstoy and S. A. TolstaiaWith V. V. Stasov and the sculptor I. Ya. Gintzburg. Iasnaia Poliana, 1900. Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |  L. N. Tolstoy and A. P. ChekhovGaspra, 1901. Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |  L. N. Tolstoy with his daughterTolstoy bedridden T. L. Sukhotina. Gaspra, 1902 |
 L. N. Tolstoy on his 75th birthdayIasnaia Poliana, August 28, 1903. Photo by F. T. Potasevich. |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1903Photo by S. A. Tolstaia |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1903Photo by S. A. Tolstaia |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1903Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy, on a strollWith S. A. Tolstaia, T. A. Kuzminskaia, A. M. Kuzminsky and others Iasnaia Poliana, 1905. Photo by D. A. Olsuffiev. |  L. N. Tolstoy after a swimIasnaia Poliana, 1905. Photo by V.G. Chertkov. |
 L. N. Tolstoy and A. B. GoldenweiserA. B. Goldenweiser is first from the right Teliatinki, 1905. Photo by V.G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1906Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1906Photo by V. G. Chertkov |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1906Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1906Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L.N. Tolstoy and a group of studentsIasnaia Poliana, 1907. Photo probably by A. D. Ratnitsky. |  L. N. Tolstoy in his houseIasnaia Poliana, 1907. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy playing chessWith V. V. Chertkov. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1907Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy on his 80th birthdayIasnaia Poliana, August 28, 1908. Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |  L. N. Tolstoy and S. A. TolstaiaOn his 80th birthday. Iasnaia Poliana, August 28, 1908. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 Iasnaia Poliana, estate entrance1908 Photo by K. K. Bulla. |  L. N. Tolstoy with his beloved horseIasnaia Poliana, 1908. Photo by K. K. Bulla. |  L. N. Tolstoy fording the VoronkaVoronka River on Délire. Iasnaia Poliana, 1908. Photo by K. K. Bulla. |
 L. N. Tolstoy in his studyIasnaia Poliana, 1908. Photo by K. K. Bulla. |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1908Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana. 1908Photo by K. K. Bulla |
 Iasnaia Poliana. House of TolstoyToday the Iasnaia Poliana Tolstoy Museum. 1908. Photo by K. K. Bulla. |  L. N. Tolstoy with peasantsIasnaia Poliana, 1908. Photo by K. K. Bulla. |  L. N. Tolstoy with I. E. RepinIasnaia Poliana, 1908. Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1908Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1908Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy in his study. IasnaiaPhoto by V. G. Chertkov |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy with his secretaryIasnaia Poliana, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 L.N. Tolstoy with peasants at a fairLomtsy Village, Oryol Province, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy with his daughterZatishye, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 L. N. Tolstoy with S. A. Tolstaiagranddaughter of L. N. Tolstoy and an unknown person on the platform of Kryokshino station Moscow province, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy with relatives and friKryokshino, Moscow province, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy among peasantsKryokshino, Moscow province, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 L. N. Tolstoy and his grandchildrenS. A. and I. A. Tolstoy. Kryokshino, Moscow province, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy with his granddaughterT. M. Sukhotina. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909Photo by V. G. Chertkov |
 L. N. Tolstoy with peasantsIasnaia Poliana, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L.N. Tolstoy with peasants’ childrenIasnaia Poliana, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L.N. Tolstoy and Dr. D.P. MakovitskyIasnaia Poliana, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy and I. I. MechnikovIasnaia Poliana, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy and I. I. MechnikovTeliatinki, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 L. N. Tolstoy with studentsTilev evening school for workers. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy. Iasnaia Poliana, 1909Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy. 1910Photo by V. G. Chertkov |
 L. N. Tolstoy, Iasnaia Poliana, 1910L. N. Tolstoy, A. L. Tolstaia, D. P. Dolgorukov and P. I. Biriukov going to Iasnaia Poliana village to attend the inauguration of a rural library Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy, Iasnaia Poliana, 1910L. N. Tolstoy at the inauguration of a rural library. Iasnaia Poliana, 1910. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy going over his morningMeshcherskoye, 1910. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |
 L. N. Tolstoy. Kochety, 1910Photo by V. G. Chertkov |  L. N. Tolstoy, Moscow province, 1910L. N. Tolstoy during a visit to the Pokrov psychiatric asylum, talking with peasant writer S. T. Kuzin. Ivino village, Moscow province, 1910. Photo by V. G. Chertkov. |  L. N. Tolstoy and S. A. TolstaiaThe last photograph of the two together Iasnaia Poliana, 1910 Photo by S. A. Tolstaia. |
 The house of stationmaster in AstapoWhere L. N. Tolstoy died (currently the museum of L. N. Tolstoy) |  L. N. Tolstoy on his deathbedAstapovo, 1910. Photo by V. Chekhovsky. |  The funeral processionOn the road from Zaseka Station to Iasnaia Poliana. 1910 |
 The funeral processionOn the road from Zaseka Station to Iasnaia Poliana. 1910 |  Near L. N. Tolstoy’s graveIasnaia Poliana. 1910 |  L. N. Tolstoy’s graveIasnaia Poliana. 1910 |
 L. N. Tolstoy State Museum in MoscowIt was decided that the proposed Tolstoy Museum should contain the greater part of the collections then on view, so that they might be always accessible to the public |
Information and Credits
All of the images in this photo gallery have been taken from one book, Lev Tolstoy in Photographs by Contemporaries, which was published in 1960 (Moscow: Publishing House of the USSR), before the Soviet government signed any international copyright agreements. In a Tolstoyan spirit, Tolstoy Studies Journal and The Tolstoy Society invite the public to freely use any or all of the images in this photo gallery. Not all of the images from this Soviet era book are in good condition, but all are interesting. Professor Caryl Emerson first called our attention to this book, and she sent us a complete set of slides taken by Ivan Zaknic from it. Tolstoy Studies Journal thanks Professors Emerson and Zaknic for their generous donation of these slides to the journal’s archives. The photos are arranged chronologically, and each one is accompanied by a brief description of its provenance and the date when it was taken. The descriptions of the photos were taken from Lev Tolstoy in Photographs by Contemporaries and edited by Julie Novak. If any viewer can add to a description, we urge him or her to write the web master. All information will need to come from a verifiable source.
The photo gallery was prepared for the web by Kat Tancock.
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