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Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy
(c. 1794–1837)
BIRTH
c. 1794
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
June 21, 1837
PLACE
Tula, Russian Empire
FAMILY
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy was father of novelist Leo Tolstoy. He served in the Russian army and married Princess Maria Volkonskaya, whose Yasnaya Polyana estate became the family home.
EARLY LIFE
Count Tolstoy served in the Russian army and held the family estate associated with Yasnaya Polyana.
CAREER
DEATH
Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy died suddenly while in Tula on family business. Sources disagree on whether his death occurred June 21 or July 21, 1837; the Tolstoy chronology records June 21. He was buried beside his wife in the family crypt at Kochakovsky Cemetery.
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