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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

1883 - 1945

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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Толстой; 10 January 1883 [O.S. 29 December 1882] – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction. Despite having opposed the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, he was able to return to Russia six years later and live a privileged life as a highly paid author, reputedly a millionaire, who adapted his writings to conform to the line laid down by the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy is the 743rd most popular writer (down from 685th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Russia (down from 226th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Russian Writer.

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy is most famous for being a Russian writer who wrote War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

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Among writers, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy ranks 743 out of 7,302. Before him are Aristarchus of Samothrace, Louise Hay, Emilio Salgari, Iris Murdoch, John le Carré, and Sinclair Lewis. After him are Eduardo Galeano, Edmond Rostand, Jean Froissart, Antoine Galland, Elisabeth of Wied, and Claudian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy ranks 34. Before him are Mohammed Nadir Shah, Wang Jingwei, Andrey Vyshinsky, Celâl Bayar, Johannes Blaskowitz, and Angela Hitler. After him are Douglas Fairbanks, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Peter Kürten, Nina Ricci, Zaifeng, Prince Chun, and Joseph Pilates. Among people deceased in 1945, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy ranks 60. Before him are Robert H. Goddard, Karl-Otto Koch, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Oskar Dirlewanger, and Heinrich Wölfflin. After him are Ludwig Stumpfegger, Vladimir Vernadsky, Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Felix Salten, Arthur Nebe, and Carl Friedrich Goerdeler.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy ranks 239 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolay Basov (1922), Gennady Zyuganov (1944), Stenka Razin (1630), Pharnaces II of Pontus (-95), Mykola Azarov (1947), and Michel Fokine (1880). After him are Aleksandr Dugin (1962), Daniel of Moscow (1261), Vladimir Vernadsky (1863), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Bruno Taut (1880), and Léon Theremin (1896).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy ranks 27. Before him are Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884), Ivan Goncharov (1812), Alexander Herzen (1812), Ivan Krylov (1769), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), and Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828). After him are Alexander Blok (1880), Nikolay Karamzin (1766), Arthur Adamov (1908), Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), Varlam Shalamov (1907), and Viktor Shklovsky (1893).

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