Leo Tolstoy: descendants, family tree. Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Leo Tolstoy

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Tolstoy Lev Nikolaevich (1828 - 1910) - a count, a popular writer who achieved incredible popularity in the history of world literature. Belongs to the richest and most famous family, which has occupied a prominent position since the time of Peter the Great. There are a lot of descendants of Leo Tolstoy. To date, there are more than three hundred people.

Short biography

This great man was born on September 9, 1828. His parents died early, so his relative T. A. Ergolskaya took care of him. At the age of 16, he was able to enter the university in Kazan. But soon the lectures bored him. In addition, Young Leo Tolstoy did not shine with outstanding learning abilities, as a result of which he failed the exam. He wrote a leave of absence and left the place.

He was greatly influenced by his older brother Nikolai, with whom Leo went to the Caucasus, where he fought against Shamil's highlanders. He decided to devote himself to a military career. In Tiflis, he passed the exam and became a cadet in the 4th battery, stationed in a Cossack village on the Terek River.

When the Crimean War began, he went toSevastopol, where he fought gloriously. For this, Lev Nikolaevich received the Order of St. Anna and two medals. At the same time, he wrote stories about Sevastopol. After the end of hostilities, he moved to St. Petersburg. There he immediately attracted the attention of famous people and entered their circle. His writing skills were greatly appreciated.

In 1856, Tolstoy finally left military service.

Writer's marriage

Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy began to like Sofia Andreevna Bers (1844-1919), who was the daughter of a doctor from Moscow. Sofya Andreevna was then only 17 years old. He married in 1862. Her chosen one was 18 years old. Immediately after his marriage, Lev Nikolaevich moved with his wife to Yasnaya Polyana. The writer gave himself entirely to his family and thought that he had finally given up writing, but in 1863 he had thoughts about a new work. A few years later, he finished work on the novel Anna Karenina. Without waiting much time, Tolstoy wrote several more works.

In 1910, the writer decided to move away from his family, anticipating his imminent death. He died seven days after leaving.

Everyone is familiar with the work of the greatest writer, but not everyone knows about his descendants. Did the children of Leo Tolstoy connect their fate, like their father, with literature? Perhaps they have found another calling for themselves?

If you examine the family tree of Leo Tolstoy, it will turn out to be large and rich in branches.

Homestyle

For almost 50 years of marriage LeoNikolayevich and his wife produced 13 children: four daughters and nine sons. Unfortunately, five of the babies died in infancy. The rest of the children of Leo Tolstoy lived a long life. Their wonderful father believed that in life every person should have only the most necessary things. Therefore, he gave the poor a lot of household goods, among which were furniture, clothes, even a piano. This, of course, did not like his wife very much, because of which disagreements began in the friendly family. The children of Lev Nikolayevich were brought up in strictness and without any excesses that were due to them, according to a high family. They played with peasant children, ate and dressed without frills. The grown children of Lev Nikolayevich behaved differently. Some took everything they could from life. Others continued to lead an ascetic life, following the rules of their father.

Sons of Leo Tolstoy

As mentioned above, the writer had 9 of them:

1. Sergei Lvovich (July 10, 1863 - December 23, 1947). Firstborn. Russian musician and composer. He was smart, dexterous and sensitive to art. But he was also quite distracted. Sergei Lvovich himself wrote several pieces of music. He studied not only Russian folklore, but also the music of India. Initially, he studied at the Physics and Mathematics Department of Moscow University, but music attracted him from an early age. He represented Russia at The Sufi Order in the UK. He also wrote a number of articles about the music that Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy loved during his lifetime, namely “Musicin the life of Leo Tolstoy”, “Musical works loved by Leo Tolstoy”, “Leo Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky”.
2. Tolstoy Ilya Lvovich (1866-22-05 - 1933-11-12), was a writer, memoirist, journalist and teacher. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy considered Ilya the most gifted in literature of all his children. Despite this, Ilya Tolstoy did not graduate from high school, but went to serve in the army. Studying was not as easy for him as for other children. He emigrated in 1016 to America, where he earned his living by lecturing. In this distant land he died.
3. Lev Lvovich (1869-1945). Author, writer, playwright, sculptor. His first published work was the children's story "Monte Cristo" in 1891 in the magazine "Rodnik". After that, he began to publish in Severny Vestnik, Vestnik Evropy, Novoye Vremya and in other publications. A little later, the process of publishing books began. He lived in France, then moved to his wife's homeland in Switzerland. Contemporaries believed that a bad writer, painter and sculptor came out of him. Lev Lvovich was very jealous of the glory of his father, for which he often spoke of his hatred for his parent.
4. Pyotr Lvovich (1872-1873).
5. Nikolai Lvovich (1874-1875).
6. Tolstoy Andrei Lvovich (1877-1916) Andrei Lvovich took part in the war between the Russians and the Japanese, was wounded. After he was awarded the St. George Cross for his courage. In 1907, Andrei Lvovich got a job as a civil servant in the department of special assignments. He was very attached to his mother, who adored him. His father directed him on the path of helping the people, buthe had different views. Andrei believed that he should fully enjoy the privileges of his ancestry. Most of all in his life he was attracted to women, wine and card games. He was legally married several times.
7. Tolstoy Alexei Lvovich (1881-1886).
8. Mikhail Lvovich (1879-1944) had talent in the musical field. From a very early age, he really liked music, he could skillfully play the balalaika, harmonica, piano, wrote romances, and learned to play the violin. Despite the fact that he wanted to be a composer, Mikhail Lvovich followed in his parents' footsteps and chose a career as a military man. He also emigrated, lived in France, then in Morocco where he died.
9. Tolstoy Ivan Lvovich (1888-1895) the youngest son of Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, the thirteenth child in the family. He had a very similar appearance to his father. Tolstoy himself had hopes for this child, he thought that he would continue his work in the future. The boy was incredibly talented, cordial and sensitive to the people around him, he surprised everyone with his seriousness and kindness. But a misfortune happened - Ivan died of scarlet fever. Lev Nikolaevich loved him with all his heart. It was a great loss for him.

Out of the nine sons of the writer, seven lived a long life and left behind a large offspring, which we will discuss below.

Daughters of Lev Nikolaevich

Fate gave the Tolstoy family only four girls. One of them (Varenka) died in infancy. Everyone's favorite Mashenka (Maria Lvovna) also died young and left no children behind. Let's talk about the writer's daughters in more detail:

1. Tatyana Lvovna (Sukhotina) Tolstaya. (1864-04-10 - 1950-21-09).

She was a writer, creator of memoirs. In 1899 she married Mikhail Sergeevich Sukhotinin. From 1917 to 1923 she managed the museum-estate in Yasnaya Polyana. She was capable of many things, but she was the best at writing. She inherited this from her father.

2. Maria Lvovna (1871-1906). From adolescence, she helped her father keep track of correspondence, translated texts, and acted as a secretary. She was a good person. But she could not boast of good he alth. Maria constantly quarreled with her mother, but she was unusually friendly with her father, fully shared his views, led an ascetic lifestyle. She was smart. Despite very poor he alth, she traveled unaccompanied even to distant provinces to heal the sick, taught children at the school she opened. Maria married Prince Obolensky, but she could not give birth to children. In 1906, she suddenly fell ill. Despite all the efforts of the doctors, Maria died. Her father and husband were by her side until the last moment of her life.

3. Varvara Lvovna (1875-1875).

4. Tolstaya Alexandra Lvovna (1884-1979). Writer of memoirs about his father. She is well educated at home. Her teachers were educators and adult sisters who taught her more than her mother Sofya Andreevna. Just like her mother, her father paid little attention to her in her early childhood. After Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya celebrated her 16th birthday, her rapprochement withfather. Since that time, she devoted her life to Lev Nikolaevich. She did the work of a secretary, under the dictation of Lev Nikolayevich wrote down his diary, learned shorthand, typewriting. She was talked about as a difficult child. She had to be de alt with longer and harder than with her brothers and sisters. But she grew up smart and dexterous. As a teenager, she began to study the works of her father, he transferred the copyright to her literature to her. She rejected the authorities who imposed their conservatism. As a result, she was sent to prison for 3 years. After 1929, she managed to open an educational institution and a hospital. In 1941, Tolstoy's daughter moved to the United States, where she helped other emigrants settle. She lived for quite a long time - 95 years. Died in 1979.

As we can see, not all children of Leo Tolstoy could live long. But it is not uncommon for the time when children could die from the common cold. Many sons and daughters of the writer, who became adults, had their own children - the grandchildren of Leo Tolstoy.

Grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Leo Tolstoy had 31 grandchildren and several dozen great-grandchildren. Below in the article we will talk about them.

1. Sergei Sergeyevich Tolstoy (1897-24-08, Great Britain - 1974-18-09, Moscow).

Educator, specialist in English. Son of Sergei Lvovich Tolstoy. No children, although he was married three times. Known for writing memoirs about his grandfather Lev Nikolayevich, although he was brought up in the family of another grandfather - K. A. Rachinsky.

2. Sukhotina Tatyana Mikhailovna (06.11.1905- 1996-12-08) Tatyana Lvovna Tolstoy's daughter.

Her children:

• Albertini Luigi. Born on 1931-09-09 in Rome. Photographer, farmer.
• Albertini Anna. Born 1934, died 1936
• Albertini Martha. Born on May 11, 1937 in Rome.
• Albertini Christina. Born on May 11, 1937 in Rome.

3. Tolstaya Anna Ilyinichna (December 24, 1888 - April 3, 1954). Daughter of Ilya Lvovich.

Her children:

• Holmberg Sergey Nikolaevich. Born on 1909-07-11 in Kaluga, died on 1985-03-06
• Holmberg Vladimir Nikolaevich. Born on April 15, 1915 in Kaluga, died in 1932

4. Tolstoy Nikolay Ilyich (1891-12-12 - 1893-02-12). Son of Ilya Lvovich. No children.

5. Tolstoy Mikhail Ilyich (1893-10-10 - 1919-28-03) Son of Ilya Lvovich. No children.

6. Tolstoy Andrei Ilyich (1895-01-04 - 1920-03-04). Son of Ilya Lvovich. No kids. Was an officer during the imperialist war.

7. Tolstoy Ilya Ilyich (1897-16-12 - 1970-07-04). Son of Ilya Lvovich. He was a candidate of pedagogical sciences, as well as an associate professor at the Moscow Institute. He was an expert in the field of Slavic lexicography. Serbo-Croatian-Russian dictionary creator.

Children:

Tolstoy Nikita Ilyich. Born (1923-05-04 - 1996-27-06)

8. Tolstoy Vladimir Ilyich (1899-01-05 - 1967-24-11). Son of Ilya Lvovich. Worked as an agronomist. He gave lectures on the writer Tolstoy, actively participated in the creation of Leo Tolstoy museums in Moscow and Yasnaya Polyana.

Children:

• Tolstoy OlegVladimirovich. Born 1927-03-07 in Tetovo, Yugoslavia, died 1992-01-09 in Moscow.
• Tolstoy Ilya Vladimirovich. Born 1930-29-06 in Novy Bechey, Yugoslavia, died 1997-16-05 in Moscow.

9. Tolstaya Vera Ilyinichna (1903-19-06 - 1999-29-04). Daughter of Ilya Tolstoy.

Children:

Tolstoy Sergey Vladimirovich. Born 1922-20-10

10. Tolstoy Kirill Ilyich (1907-18-01 - 1915-01-02). Son of Ilya Lvovich.

No children.

11. Tolstoy Lev Lvovich (1898-08-06 - 1900-24-12). Son of Lev Lvovich.

12. Tolstoy Pavel Lvovich (1900-02-08 - 1992-08-04). Son of Lev Lvovich. An agronomist by profession. Lived in Sweden.

Children:

• Tolstaya Anna Pavlovna. Born 1937-05-05 Lives in Sweden.
• Tolstaya Ekaterina Pavlovna. Born on 1940-03-08. By profession a teacher.
• Tolstoy Ivan (Yuhan) Pavlovich. Born on January 25, 1945. Tax inspector by profession.
• Eberg Maria (May). She was born on February 15, 1932, an illegitimate daughter.

13. Tolstoy Nikita Lvovich (1903-04-08 - 1992-25-09). Son of Lev Lvovich.

Children:

• Fat Mary (Marya). She was born on May 08, 1938. She is a psychiatrist by profession.
• Tolstoy Stefan (Stepan). Born on 1940-18-11 Lawyer by profession.

14. Petr Lvovich. (1905-08-09 - 1970-04-06). Son of Lev Lvovich.

Engaged in animal husbandry. Lived and died on his estate – Sofialund (Sweden).

Children:

• Tolstoy Lev. Born on January 31, 1934. Lawyer by profession.
• Tolstoy Peter. Born 1935-10-08d. Agronomist by profession.
• Tolstoy Andrei. Born on July 28, 1938. Agronomist by profession.
• Fat Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Born 1941-28-10 Lives in Germany.

15. Tolstaya Nina Lvovna (06.11.1906 - 09.01.1987). Daughter of Lev Lvovich.

Children:

• Lundberg Christian. Born on December 25, 1931 Jeweler by trade.
• Lundberg Wilhelm. Born on 1933-17-08
• Lundberg Staffan. Born on February 19, 1936
• Lundberg Stellan. Born on December 30, 1939
• Lundberg Gerdt. Born on 1948-20-06

16. Tolstaya Sofya Lvovna (1908-18-09 - 2006-05-11). Daughter of Lev Lvovich. Artist. Lived in Sweden.

Children:

• Seder Signe.
• Anna Charlotte Seder.

17. Tolstoy Fedor (Theodor) Lvovich (1912-02-07 - 1956-25-10). Son of Lev Lvovich.

Children:

• Tolstoy Mikhail. Born on 1944-28-06
• Tolstoy Nikolai. Born on 1946-01-10

18. Tolstaya Tatyana Lvovna (1914-20-09 - 2007-29-01). Daughter of Lev Lvovich. Artist.

Children:

• Pause Christopher. Born on 1941-02-06. Agronomist by profession. Lives in Sweden.
• Paus Greger. Born on February 14, 1943. Civil engineer by profession.
• Paus Tatyana. Born on 1945-16-12
• Paus Peder. Born on 1950-09-02

19. Tolstaya Darya Lvovna (02.11.1915 - 29.11.1970). Daughter of Lev Lvovich.

Children:

• Streiffert Yeran. Born on 1946-01-12
• Streiffert Helena. Born on January 18, 1948
• Streiffert Suzanne. Born on 1949-15-04
• Streiffert Dorothea. Born on 1955-14-12

20. Tolstaya Sofia Andreeva (1900-12-04 - 1957-29-07). Daughter of Andrei Lvovich Tolstoy. No children.

21. Tolstoy Ilya Andreevich (1903-03-02 - 1970-28-10). Andrey Lvovich's son.

A geographer by profession, created the world's first dolphinarium.

Children:

• Tolstoy Alexander Ilyich. (1921-19-07 - 1997-12-04). Geologist by profession.
• Tolstaya Sofia Ilyinichna. (1922-29-07 - 1990-18-04)

22. Tolstaya Maria Andreevna (1908-17-02 - 1993-03-05). Daughter of Andrei Lvovich.

Children:

Vaulina Tatyana Aleksandrovna. (1929-26-09 - 2003-19-02)

23. Tolstoy Ivan Mikhailovich (10.12.1901-26.03.1982). Son of Mikhail Lvovich. Church Regent.

Children:

Tolstoy Ilya Ivanovich. Born on September 20, 1926

24. Tolstaya Tatyana Mikhailovna (1903-22-02 - 1990-19-12). Daughter of Mikhail Lvovich.

Children:

Lvov Mikhail Alexandrovich. Born on December 21, 1923 in Paris

25. Tolstaya Lyubov Mikhailovna. Born and died in September 1904. Daughter of Mikhail Lvovich.

26. Tolstoy Vladimir Mikhailovich (1905-11-12 - 1988-06-02). Son of Mikhail Lvovich. An architect by profession.

Children:

• Penkrat Tatyana Vladimirovna. Born 1942-14-10 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
• Tolstaya-Sarandinaki Maria Vladimirovna. Born 1951-22-08 in the USA.

27. Tolstaya Alexandra Mikhailovna (1905-11-12 - 1986-11-01). Mikhail's daughterLvovich.

Children:

Alekseeva-Stanislavskaya Olga Igorevna. Born 1933-04-03 in Paris

28. Tolstoy Petr Mikhailovich (1907-15-10 - 1994-03-02). The son of Mikhail Lvovich.

Children:

Tolstoy Sergei Petrovich. Born 1956-30-11 in Nyack, New York, USA

29. Tolstoy Mikhail Mikhailovich (1910-02-09 - 1915). The son of Mikhail Lvovich.

30. Tolstoy Sergey Mikhailovich (1911-14-09 - 1996-12-01). Son of Mikhail Lvovich. Doctor by profession. He was president of the Society of Friends of Leo Tolstoy in France.

Children:

• Tolstoy Alexander Sergeevich. Born on May 19, 1938 in Paris
• Tolstoy Mikhail Sergeevich. (1938-19-05 - 2007-01-01)
• Tolstaya Maria Sergeevna. Born on 1939-08-08
• Tolstoy Sergey Sergeevich. (1958-29-01 - 1979-03-07)
• Dmitry Tolstoy. Born on January 29, 1959 in Paris. A photographer by profession.

31. Tolstaya Sofia Mikhailovna (1915-26-01 - 1975-15-10). Daughter of Mikhail Lvovich.

Children:

• Lopukhin Sergei Rafailovich. Born on January 3, 1942 in Paris.
• Lopukhin Nikita Rafailovich. Born on May 13, 1944 in Paris.
• Lopukhin Andrey Rafailovich. Born on 1947-03-06 in Lecunbury (France).

There is practically no information about many of the writer's grandchildren and great-grandchildren. This is understandable, because they live on different continents, do not do any great deeds that could glorify them.

Sofya Andreevna

Let's say a few words aboutgranddaughter of Leo Tolstoy Sonyushka (as she was affectionately called). She was the full namesake of the writer's wife and her grandmother, who doted on the girl, even became her godmother. When the girl was 4 years old, she and her mother moved to England. Since that time, she no longer met her grandparents, but often wrote letters to them, sent cute postcards. Her mother was involved in her upbringing, since her father (Andrei Tolstoy) left the family. In 1908 the Family returned to Russia. Sonya's mother bought an apartment in Moscow, where the descendants of Leo Tolstoy still live.

Sofya grew up smart, received a good education, knew several languages. She left her mark on history by becoming the wife and greatest love of Sergei Yesenin. He dedicated his immortal works to her. Sofya Andreevna wore a copper ring on her finger all her life, given to her by Yesenin. Now it is an exhibit in Yasnaya Polyana.

S. A. Tolstaya-Yesenina since 1928. She worked a lot in the museum of Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy. In 1941–1957 was the director of the museum. She did a great job of restoring Yasnaya Polyana after the Nazi occupation.

Young descendants of the 2000s

Also in Leo Tolstoy's genealogical tree, young descendants were born in the early 2000s and are his great-great-great-grandchildren:

1. Through Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy.

Karkishko Nikolai Grigorievich. 2004-10-06 year of birth.

Lysyakov Oleg Ivanovich. 2010-25-01 year of birth.

2. On the line of Lev Lvovich Tolstoy.

Leo Lundberg. Born on 31.12.2010g.

3. Through Mikhail Lvovich Tolstoy.

Mazhaev Dmitry Alekseevich. Born 2001-28-11.

Mazhaev Sergey Alekseevich. 2007-21-05 year of birth.

Diara Aminata. Born July 17, 2003, lives in France.

Leo Christopher Lvov. Born on September 28, 2010.

The fate of Tolstoy's descendants

As we can see, most of the descendants of Leo Tolstoy inherited his longevity, but only a few followed his creative path. The fate of all of them scattered in different corners of our Earth.

Total number of descendants of the writer

Currently, there are more than 350 descendants of Leo Tolstoy. Once every two years they meet on the land of their glorious ancestor in Yasnaya Polyana. One cannot but rejoice that more than 100 years after the death of the writer, his descendants have a connection with each other. It is safe to say that the name of Leo Tolstoy and his work does not leave his descendants indifferent. Who knows, maybe one of them will still surprise the world with their writing talent.