Novel of a Russian Landowner 131
On Life 322, 323
‘On Popular Education’ 200, 233
‘On Reason in Religion’ 361
‘Polikushka’ 158–9
The Power of Darkness 322, 323, 324, 329
‘The Raid – A Volunteer’s Story’ 106, 130
‘Religion and Morality’ 346
Resurrection 333, 342, 349, 376–82, 387, 408
attack on the Orthodox Church 381
infamous description of the Holy Eucharist 382
number twenty-eight in 34
plot of 376–7
publication of 377, 378
seduction scene 73, 377
Sonya’s disgust at T’s confession 96
success of 377, 378
translation 378
and T’s excommunication 6, 388
Russian Books for Reading 201
‘Sebastopol in August’ 125
‘Sebastopol in December’ 111, 114–16
‘Sebastopol in May’ (censored version published anonymously as ‘A Night in the Spring of 1855 in Sebastopol’) 115–16, 122
‘Sebastopol in September’ 116–17
Sebastopol Sketches 114–17
‘Shameful’ 64
‘The Snowstorm’ 125
‘Sparrows’ 196
‘Strider’ (‘Kholstomer’) 38, 160–61, 316, 333
‘The Tale of Ivan the Fool’ 316, 333
‘A Terrible Question’ 337, 338
‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ 346
‘Three Deaths’ 139
‘Tikhon and Malanya’ 159
To the Clergy 396–7, 398
Tolstoy’s Complete Collected Works Banned in Russia 407
‘The Two Hussars’ 125
Union and Translation of the Four Gospels 4, 252, 283, 285–7, 289, 301
War and Peace 35, 38, 43, 159, 188, 232, 266, 342, 369, 437, 447
ancestors as prototypes for central characters 13, 19, 21, 29
battle scenes 99, 172
changes in its eventual form 169–70, 177, 201
christmas 46
the holy fool 332
hunting scenes 37
moral duties of Russian aristocracy 81
Moscow as a queenless hive 162
Natasha’s night at the opera 372
Natasha’s seduction by Kuragin 172–3
not regarded as a novel by T 66, 86, 173
popularity 177–8, 180
publication of 2, 169, 170, 173, 177
religiosity of Princess Maria 41–2
research for 166–7, 171, 306
royalties 168–9
sales 173, 209
shooting parties 176
sin and redemption 373
T begins writing 66, 152, 160
T manipulates events and people to suit his view of history 287
‘Three Ages’ plan 165
title 170
translations 281, 317, 347
T’s family members inspire memorable characters 166
T’s skewed presentation of history in 172
Turgenev on 178–9
and World War II 444
written at the happiest time in T’s life 3, 164
written with Sonya’s support 10, 166
and Yasnaya Polyana 25, 26
War Stories 130
What I Believe 301, 305, 308–311, 317, 321, 326, 341, 347
What is Art? 349, 362, 368–9, 372, 374, 375–6
‘What Men Live By’ 292–3, 299
What Then Must We Do? (What Is to Be Done?) 316–17, 320, 322, 398
‘The Wood-Felling: A Cadet’s Tale’ 104, 115, 119–20, 130
Youth 25, 114, 130, 132
Tolstoy, Mikhail Lvovich (Misha; T’s son) 202, 279, 326, 368, 403, 436
accomplished pianist and violinist 370
marriage to Alexandra Glebova 389
and T’s death 412
share of the Yasnaya Polyana estate 417
war service 421
Tolstoy, Nikolay Nikolayevich (T’s brother) 107, 138
character 30, 33, 52–3, 202
at Yasnaya Polyana 32–3
little green stick in the woods 52, 53, 413
T on 52–3
education 56, 57, 70, 75
and his father’s death 58
guardianship issue 66–7
army career 70, 84, 97, 101–2, 106, 130, 136
Nikolskoye estate 82, 144, 331
T accompanies him to the Caucasus 98–9
character 98
T confesses to gambling lapse 112
in Moscow with T 136
hunting 139
seeks a cure for his tuberculosis abroad 140, 141
marble bust of him 349
death 38, 119, 124, 141, 231, 240, 358
‘Hunting in the Caucasus’ 141–2
Tolstoy, Nikolay Lvovich (T’s son) 232–3, 237
Tolstoy, Nikolay Ilyich (T’s father)
civil service career 20
his illegitimate son 20
army career 20
marriage to Maria Nikolayevna 21, 30, 32
embroiled in endless court cases 35
hunting 36, 37, 38, 45, 48
a conscientious single parent 36
relationship with T 36–7
appearance 36, 37
character 36
his serfs 36, 38, 45
artistically gifted 36, 73
works hard to restore the family fortunes 38
building work at Yasnaya Polyana 38
Toinette’s love for him 43, 166, 233
Toinette refuses his proposal 43
lunch-time 46–7
Pirogovo lawsuite 57–8
health problems 57, 58
death (1837) 55, 58, 59
Aline has to deal with his financial affairs 58–9
Tolstoy, Nikolay Valerianovich (Kolya
T’s nephew) 93, 141, 206, 268, 280
Tolstoy, Pyotr Alexandrovich 13
Tolstoy, Pyotr Andreyevich (1645–1729) 14–18
character 15, 49
studies navigation and ship building in Italy 15
Western influence 15
ambassador to Constantinople 15
and tsarevich Alexey 16
made a count 16
imprisoned by Menshikov 16, 93
loses title and exiled to Solovetsky Monastery 16–17, 338, 448
death 17, 277
title restored 18
Tolstoy, Pyotr Lvovich (Petya; T’s son) 202, 210, 231, 237
Tolstoy, Sergey Lvovich (Seryozha; T’s son) 44, 150, 176, 189, 211, 214, 370
birth 34, 162–3
education 181, 190, 201–2, 261, 274, 290, 291
teaches at T’s school 198
appearance 201
character 202
Christmas at Yasnaya Polyana 206
T orders peasant shirts for him 207
and Anna Karenina 222
sympathy for the family’s male tutors 265
plays chess with Turgenev 274
at Samara 290
accompanies the Kreutzer Sonata 325
works for the Tula peasant bank 326
receives Nikolskoye 331
failed marriage 367
composer and ethnomusicologist 370
French rights to Resurrection 379
accompanies Dukhobors to Canada 379, 380
second marriage 403
and T’s death 412
relinquishes his share of T’s estate 417
and complete scholarly edition of T’s works 423, 425, 426
teaches at Moscow Conservatoire 436
biography of Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy 49, 50
Tolstoy, Sergey Nikolayevich (T’s brother) 51, 73, 136, 186, 404
at Yasnaya Polyana 32–3
inherits Pirogovo 38, 82, 84–5
education 70, 81
Dmitry’s polar opposite 73
a major influence on T’s waywardness 73–4
character 74, 78, 166
short army career 84, 130
love of hunting 85
concerned about T gambling in St Petersburg 90
in love with gypsy Maria Shishkina 90, 97, 244
pet phrase for T 90–91
tries to help T 91–2
in Germany 140, 141
and T’s wedding 155
a depressive 240
breaks off engagement to Tanya Bers 244
marriage to Maria Shishkina 244, 368, 400
lack of sympathy for T 312
heartfelt letter to T 394
death 400
Tolstoy, Sergey Mikhailovich (T’s grandson) 14
Tolstoy, Valerian Petrovich (T’s brother-inlaw) 82, 84, 88, 107, 120, 123, 130, 135–6, 139, 184, 241, 242, 243
Tolstoy, Vladimir Ilych (T’s great-great-grandson) 7, 453
Tolstoy archive 407, 418, 425, 427, 444
Tolstoy family
belief in its German provenance 13–14
becomes connected with the Yasnaya Polyana estate 21
daily rituals 46–7