Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Leo Tolstoy across 5 places, from 1857 to 1910.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (–), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Leo Tolstoy is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Leo Tolstoy was documented, and when
1857year
Parisattested“During his 1857 visit, Tolstoy witnessed a public execution in Paris, a traumatic experience that marked the rest of his life.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1861year
Yasnaya Polyanaattested“The two men also discussed education, as Tolstoy wrote in his educational notebooks: "If I recount this conversation with Proudhon, it is to show that, in my personal experience, he was the only man who understood the significance of edu…”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1905year
Russiaattested“Some members of the Tolstoy family left Russia in the aftermath of the 1905 Russian Revolution, or after the establishment of the Soviet Union following the 1917 October Revolution, and many of Leo Tolstoy's relatives and descendants tod…”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1905year
Swedenattested“Some members of the Tolstoy family left Russia in the aftermath of the 1905 Russian Revolution, or after the establishment of the Soviet Union following the 1917 October Revolution, and many of Leo Tolstoy's relatives and descendants tod…”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
20 November 1910exact date
Astapovoattested“Tolstoy died on 20 November 1910 at the age of 82 of pneumonia, at Astapovo railway station, after a day's train journey south.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
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1844year
Kazan Universitymentioned“In 1844, he began studying law and oriental languages at Kazan University, where teachers described him as "both unable and unwilling to learn".”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1851year
Caucasus (geographic region)mentioned“In 1851, after running up heavy gambling debts, he went with his older brother to the Caucasus and joined the army.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1862year
Yasnaya Polyanamentioned“Tolstoy described the schools' principles in his 1862 essay "The School at Yasnaya Polyana".”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1901year
Russian Orthodox Churchmentioned“develop a radical anarcho-pacifist Christian philosophy which led to his excommunication from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1901.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1902year
Qing dynastymentioned“In 1902, he wrote an open letter describing and denouncing Nicholas II's activities in China.”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1906year
Russiamentioned“There can be only one permanent revolutiona moral one: the regeneration of the inner man." Despite his misgivings about anarchist violence, Tolstoy took risks to circulate the prohibited publications of anarchist thinkers in Russia, and…”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
1906year
St Petersburgmentioned“There can be only one permanent revolutiona moral one: the regeneration of the inner man." Despite his misgivings about anarchist violence, Tolstoy took risks to circulate the prohibited publications of anarchist thinkers in Russia, and…”source: Wikipedia: Leo Tolstoy
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