"One of my friends, Vasilii Maklakov, a learned and sharp-witted person, used to talk of Tolstoy's followers: "The one…"

"I was fortunate enough to grow up surrounded by people who loved one another and who loved me. I assumed then that su…"

"We also loved a certain story papa used to tell us. It was called 'the Seven Cucumbers' … 'A little boy went into a g…"

"Do you know why my father is buried under a little mound in the shade of some old oak trees, there in wood? It is bec…"

"My father was accustomed to say that disorders of the mind are simply a heightened form of egoism. And it was certain…"

"Calm had come to her during her final years. Her husband's dream for her had in part come true, that transformation f…"

"Колумбы Росские, презрев угрюмый рок, Меж льдами новый путь отворят на восток, И наша досягнет в Америку держава."

"The last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism says Tolstoy in The Reading Circle Not all patriotism of course Patrioti…"

"Western European humanity moves by will and reason. A Russian person lives first of all with his heart and imaginatio…"

"Ukraine is recognized as the most threatened part of Russia in terms of secession and conquest. Ukrainian separatism …"