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Aleksey Tolstoy
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian and Soviet writer whose works span across many genres, but mainly belonged to science fiction and historical fiction.
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culture · Russian and Soviet writer (1883–1945) · playwright · writer · poet · novelist · children's writer · screenwriter · science fiction writer · politician · also Aleksey Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy, Tolstoy
Born 29 December 1882 · Died 23 February 1945 · Q192279
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Understanding that welfare for human beings lies only in their unity, and that unity cannot be attained by violence. Unity can only be reached when each person, not thinking about unity, thinks only about fulfilling the laws of life. Only this supreme law of love, alike for all humans, unifies humanity.
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2026· 3 entries
“Understanding that welfare for human beings lies only in their unity, and that unity cannot be attained by violence. Unity can only be reached when each person, not thinking about unity, thinks only about fulfilling the laws of life. Only this supreme law of love, alike for all humans, unifies humanity.”
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“Russia came into Europe like the launching of a ship”
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2019· 1 entry
Published “Validating the AMRFinder Tool and Resistance Gene Database by Using Antimicrobial Resistance Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in a Collection of Isolates” in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy — cited 1,287 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Reference sequence (RefSeq) database at NCBI: current status, taxonomic expansion, and functional annotation” in Nucleic Acids Research — cited 6,134 times.
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1983· 1 entry
“The break with Sophia was as abrupt as it had been with Julia. Out on a stroll, Aleksey said significantly,”
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1974· 1 entry
A minor planet was discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova and named 3771 Alexejtolstoj after the Red Count
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1973· 1 entry
That Alexey, 'took the child's death very much to heart
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1956· 1 entry
“Reminiscences of Lenin by His Relatives”
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1945· 1 entry
Died 1945-02-23.
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1944· 1 entry
And The Eagle and His Mate received its premiere in the Maly Theatre in October, but the reviews were such that it was taken off, and the next performance opened a week after Tolstoy's death
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1940· 1 entry
And Mikhail Sholokhov proposed that Akhmatova be awarded a Stalin Prize, which would have been her first official recognition by the Soviet literary establishment, but the proposal was vetoed by Stalin
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1939· 1 entry
With war looming in Russia, Tolstoy produced a third version of his play, which stressed the importance of the army, and the patriotism of its foot soldiers
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1937· 1 entry
Published his novel Bread, which eulogised Stalin's role in the defence of Tsaritsyn (later renamed Stalingrad) during the civil war
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1936· 1 entry
Created an adaptation of the famous Italian fairy tale about Pinocchio entitled the Adventures of Buratino or The Golden Key, whose main character, Buratino, quickly became hugely popular among the Soviet populace
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1935· 1 entry
After Pokrovsky had died and his school of history had been denounced by the party leadership, and the Soviet economy had begun the process of rapid industrialisation through Five Year Plans, Tolstoy wrote a radically di
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1927· 1 entry
On instruction from the authorities, to discredit the Russian royal family
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1920· 1 entry
Wrote the story Nikita's Childhood, about growing up as an exile
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1917· 2 entries
Who was starting to speak with a French accent
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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 (Bol
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1910· 1 entry
But Rosenfeld always refused to divorce Dymshitz
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1908· 1 entry
Learnt from his ex-wife that their son had died from meningitis
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1907· 3 entries
At his own expense, but in later life he was embarrassed by it and preferred to forget it
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Tolstoy broke off his studies to dedicate himself to writing
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And arrived in Paris in January 1908, to join a wide network of emigré Russian writers and artists, including Nikolay Gumilyov, Valery Bryusov, Konstantin Balmont, Andrei Bely, Maximilian Voloshin
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1900· 1 entry
Leaving a will from which Aleksey received 30,000 rubles
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-12-29.
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