A short biography of Tolstoy Leo Nikolayevich - childhood and adolescence, finding a place in life

In 1828 in the estate of Yasnaya Polyana, August 26, the future great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy was born. The family was well-born - his ancestor was a nobleman, who received for his services to Tsar Peter the title of the Count. The mother was from an ancient noble family of Volkonsk. Belonging to the privileged strata of society influenced the writer's behavior and thoughts throughout his life. A brief biography of Tolstoy Leo Nikolayevich does not fully disclose the whole history of the ancient family of the family.

Serene life in Yasnaya Polyana

The writer's childhood was quite prosperous, despite the fact that he lost his mother early. Thanks to family stories, he kept her bright image in her memory. A short biography of Tolstoy Leo Nikolayevich testifies that his father was the embodiment of beauty and power for the writer. He instilled in the boy a love for dog hunting, which was later described in detail in the novel War and Peace.

A close relationship was with his older brother Nikolenka - he taught little Levushka different games and told him interesting stories. Tolstoy's first story - "Childhood" - contains many autobiographical memories of the writer's childhood years.

Youth

A serene, joyous stay in Yasnaya Polyana was interrupted due to the death of his father. In 1837 the family moved to Kazan under the care of her aunt. In this city, according to a brief biography of Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, the writer's youth passed. Here he entered in 1844 in the university - first on the philosophical, and then on the law faculty. True, the study attracted him little, the student preferred various entertainments and binges.

During this period of time, a short biography of Tolstoy Leo Nikolaevich characterizes him as a man who disparaged the people of the lower, non-aristocratic class. He denied history as a science - in his eyes she had no practical use. Sharpness of his judgments the writer has preserved throughout his life.

In the role of landowner

In 1847, after not having graduated from the university, Tolstoy decided to return to Yasnaya Polyana and try to arrange the life of his serfs. Reality sharply disagreed with the views of the writer. The peasants did not understand the master's intentions, and the short biography of Tolstoy Leo Nikolayevich describes the experience of his management as unsuccessful (the writer shared it in his story "The Morning of the Landlord"), so he leaves his estate.

The Way of Becoming a Writer

Several subsequent years, held in St. Petersburg and Moscow, did not pass for the future of the great prose writer for nothing. From 1847 to 1852, diaries were kept, in which Leo Tolstoy carefully verified all his thoughts and reflections. A brief biography tells that while working in the Caucasus, work is in progress on the story "Childhood", which will be printed in the journal Sovremennik. This marked the beginning of the creative path of the great Russian writer.

Ahead of the writer awaits the creation of his great works "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina", and while he hones his style, printing in the "Contemporary" and bathing in favorable reviews of critics.

Late years of creativity

In 1855, Tolstoy briefly arrived in St. Petersburg, but literally a couple of months left him and settled in Yasnaya Polyana, opening there a school for peasant children. In 1862, he married Sofia Bers and in the early years was very happy.

In 1863-1869 years the novel "War and Peace" was written and developed, which reminded little of the classical version. There are no traditional key elements of that time. Rather, they are present, but they are not key.

1877 - Tolstoy finished the novel "Anna Karenina", in which the internal monologue is repeatedly used.

Beginning in the second half of the 1960s, Tolstoi was experiencing a creative crisis that he managed to overcome only at the turn of the 1870s-80s by completely reinterpreting his former life. Then there is a discord in the family of Tolstoy - his wife categorically did not accept his new views. The ideas of the late Tolstoy are similar to the socialist doctrine, with the only difference being that he was an opponent of the revolution.

In 1896-1904 Tolstoy finished the story "Hadji Murat", which was published after his death, which occurred in November 1910 at the station Astapovo Ryazan-Ural road.