Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy has been wished a happy 186th birthday by today’s Google Doodle. Tolstoy was born on 9 September 1828 and died from pneumonia at Astapovo train station aged 82 in 1910.
The
slideshow doodle begins with an image of a bearded Tolstoy busy writing
at his desk by candlelight before presenting scenes from his most
famous works, including War and Peace, Anna Karenina and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Tolstoy's epic War and Peace is widely regarded as one of the most important works of literature. It
tells of the events surrounding France’s 1812 invasion of Russia and
documents life in the Tsarist society of the Napoleonic years through
the eyes of five Russian upper class families.
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