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Alexandra Tolstaya

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Birth Date:
18.06.1884
Death date:
26.09.1979
Extra names:
Александра Толстая, Саша
Nationality:
 russian
Cemetery:
Novo-Diveevo Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Diveyevo

Alexandra (Sasha) Lvovna Tolstaya (Russian: Александра Львовна Толстая; 18 July 1884 – 26 September 1979) was the youngest daughter and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy.

Although Alexandra Lvovna shared with her father the doctrine of non-violence, she felt it was her duty to take part in the events of World War I. For her courage, the Russian government awarded her three St George Medals and the rank of colonel.

The Bolsheviks imprisoned Alexandra in 1920, but she was installed as the director of the Tolstoy museum in Yasnaya Polyana the next year. She left the Soviet Union in 1929, and settled in the United States, where she founded the Tolstoy Foundation. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1941.

In later years, she helped many Russian intellectuals (notably Vladimir Nabokov and Sergei Rachmaninoff) to escape Bolshevik persecution and to settle in America.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Leo TolstoyLeo TolstoyFather09.09.182820.11.1910
        2Sophia TolstayaSophia TolstayaMother22.08.184404.11.1919
        3Илья  ТолстойИлья ТолстойBrother22.05.186611.12.1933
        4Мария Львовна ТолстаяМария Львовна ТолстаяSister24.02.187110.12.1906
        5Татьяна Львовна Сухотина-ТолстаяТатьяна Львовна Сухотина-ТолстаяSister04.10.186421.09.1950
        6Александр  КузьминскийАлександр КузьминскийCousin00.00.188100.00.1930
        7Ксения РодзянкоКсения РодзянкоCoworker30.08.188112.05.1970

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