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Tolstoy is the daughter of Count Nikolai Tolstoy and Georgina Brown. She was born in Poole, Dorset. [2] She is the older sister of Xenia Sackville, Lady Buckhurst. Tolstoy was educated at Downe House, [2] and then studied for a Master of Arts degree in Russian at the University of Edinburgh, during the course of which she spent a year in Russia.
Oral history interview with Alexandra Tolstoy 1966 on the subject of Soviet Union History - Revolution, 1917-1921; Bio at Tolstoy Foundation web site; Picture of Alexandra Tolstoy in Valley Cottage [dead link ] The human spirit is free (in Russian), Alexandra Tolstaya's appearances by Radio Svoboda's microphone. Introduction by Ivan Tolstoy ...
Alexandra is believed to have been born in Moscow to Count Andrei Andreevich Tolstoy (1771–1844) and Praskovia Vasilievna (née Barykova; 1796–1879). She had two brothers, Ilya (1813–1879) and Vasily (1813–1841), who devoted themselves to the military, and two sisters, Elizaveta (1815–1867) and Sophia (1824–1895), who like herself would remain unmarried.
Life story work as a concept has dated back to at least the 1960s, possibly further. [1] The application of the concept to children in foster care and adoption was discussed in academia from the early 1980s onward. [2] Life story work is well documented in the UK and Australia [3] and has been incorporated into UK Adoption legislation. More ...
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Chertkov was born in 1854 in St. Petersburg, Russia into a wealthy and aristocratic family.His mother (to whom he felt especially close), Elizaveta Ivanovna, born Countess Chernysheva-Kruglikova, was known among her circle in St. Petersburg society for her beauty, intellect, authoritativeness and tact.
Getty Images I have a love/hate relationship with Leo Tolstoy. I love his fiction, and for that reason keep feeling compelled to learn more about his life, but then am driven away by his faults.
The story concerns the love and marriage of a young girl, Mashechka (17 years old), and the much older Sergey Mikhaylych (36), an old family friend. The story is narrated by Masha. After a courtship that has the trappings of a mere family friendship, Masha's love grows and expands until she can no longer contain it.