Leo Tolstoy's wisdom highlights that popular support does not validate an action. History shows many widely accepted ...

Often styled a romance, one of the story’s themes is the corrupting influence of adultery on the human soul.

Several years ago, while researching a book about trying to become a serious senior tennis player in my sixties, I happened upon a photograph on the Tumblr feed of The Millions, the online literary ...

The Diary of Sofie Andreyevna, Countess Tolstoy, exclusive of girlhood reminiscences, covers a period of thirty-five years; from 1862, the year of her marriage, to 1897. The entries are ...

Leo Tolstoy, a renowned Russian novelist, penned epic works like "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina." His life was marked by ...

For mountain climbers, one imagines that Mt. Everest looms as the ultimate climb to validate one’s ability. For runners, it would be the Boston Marathon, for triathletes the Iron Man? Which meant I ...

The old magician stands before me, alien to all, a solitary traveler through all the deserts of thought, in search of an all-embracing truth which he has not found—I look at him and, although I feel ...

Marking the death of Leo Tolstoy 110 years ago on November 20, we present photos from the life of one of Russia's greatest writers. 1 Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy poses for a portrait at the age of 20. The ...

MOSCOW A museum devoted to Leo Tolstoy reopened recently in the village in Chechnya where he spent his formative years as a writer in the 1850s, and where he warned of the pitfalls of Russia’s quest ...