Biography from children

Students Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy are a writer with a loud name. The second century, his books are read with interest both in Russia and abroad. Many writers and thinkers of his time listened to the views and beliefs of Tolstoy. In the new material you will find: the biography of the great Russian writer, interesting facts from his long life, the history of the creative path and a list of well -known works for primary school students.

The text of this article can be used to prepare for an essay on literature, for a report or for general familiarization. Tolstoy's family in the left of the second L. He was the youngest and in a row the fourth child in the family. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy - representative of the old noble family of Tolstoy. All the ancestors of the writer occupied the highest ranks and many were close to the royal court.

Parents died early, so the two -year -old lion, his sister and older brothers are taken up by his native aunt Pelagei Ilyinichna Yushkova. They move to Kazan. There, orphaned children live in an atmosphere of love and care. Later, the years of life in the house of the Yushkovs Leo Tolstoy will immortalize on the pages of his autobiographical story “Childhood”.

Pelageya Ilyinichna Yushkova Youth and study of the writer first, like all children of that time, Leo Tolstoy received home education. In the year, he enters the Imperial Kazan University, in which his brother Nikolai was already studying. There, Tolstoy studies the oriental languages, but does not manage well in subjects, so he leaves from there and is transferred to the law faculty.

But there Lev Nikolaevich does not find himself, so two years later he throws the university, left without higher education. Returning to Yasnaya Polyana, Leo Tolstoy continues to look for herself. He is trying to manage the estate, but the landlord life disappoints the young man. Tolstoy moves to Moscow, then to Petersburg. The youth of Leo Tolstoy is an important period of his life, because at that time he is actively engaged in self -development and self -education.

He reads books and writes in his diary the goals that should be achieved. In these years, Lev Tolstoy studies history and music, is fond of drawing, medicine, agriculture, and studying foreign languages. Self -education gives the future writer a great baggage of knowledge - the writer spoke freely in English and French, read texts in Italian. In addition, the writer knew the Latin, Greek, Tatar and several Slavic languages.

For three stays there, he created the famous trilogy "Childhood", "adolescence" and "Youth". The writer was published in the magazine "Contemporary" and received the approval of readers. Since then, Lev Nikolaevich decided to finally devote his life to literary work. The writer opposed social inequality. He arranged a school for peasant children, wrote his "alphabet", composed many fairy tales for kids and stories for schoolchildren.

Leo Tolstoy passed away in 82 years, on November 7 according to the old style - November 20. The writer’s manor Yasnaya Polyana still exists. Every year, thousands of tourists go there on an excursion to see the edge with their own eyes where the writer's happy years have passed. Tolstoy on May 19 of the year Books for schoolchildren Leo Tolstoy - the author of hundreds of stories for elementary school.

The language of his works is simple and understandable to schoolchildren. Here are some Tolstoy stories that take place at school: "Leo and the dog."