This day in history: Count Leo Tolstoy died on this day in 1910. He is best known for the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. He was influential in his time, and he had a religiously devoted following (some who even made pilgrimages to his estate). He also worked on the New Testament by simply rewriting it, and he was excommunicated from the Russian Orthodox Church for rejecting religious rituals. He could also be described as somewhat of a Libertarian...he was very critical of government: "Not only does the action of Governments not deter men from crimes; on the contrary, it increases crime by always disturbing and lowering the moral standard of society."
Read: The Gospel In Brief by Tolstoy at
https://archive.org/details/GospelInBrief_LevTolstoy
Read: War and Peace at
https://archive.org/details/leotolstoyswarpe01bloo/page/n6
Read: Anna Karenina at https://archive.org/details/anna_k/page/n8
Watch the War and Peace miniseries for free at
Listen to the War and Peace audiobook at
Watch Anna Karenina at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMrCMYcyS44 and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM2t7YSgAC4
Listen to the Anna Karenina audiobook at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kjWJjtMwuQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5o2nH027rc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJJSuwiej4Q
Also: 12 Quotes from Leo Tolstoy on Truth, Violence, and Government
https://fee.org/articles/12-quotes-from-leo-tolstoy-on-truth-violence-and-government/
Also: Tolstoyan movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolstoyan_movement
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