Leo Tolstoy
Russian novelist who fought at Sevastopol in the Crimean War and wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
| Lived | 1828 – 1910 |
| Known as | Writer |
| Birthplace or main place | Yasnaya Polyana |
| Places on the map | Moscow |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1900) |
|---|---|---|
| Yasnaya Polyana | Russian Empire | same |
| Moscow | Russian Empire | same |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1819 – 1901 | Queen Victoria | Queen of the United Kingdom |
| 1835 – 1908 | Empress Dowager Cixi | De facto ruler of Qing China |
| 1815 – 1898 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Germany |
| 1844 – 1913 | Menelik II | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1825 – 1891 | Pedro II of Brazil | Emperor of Brazil |
| 1852 – 1912 | Emperor Meiji | Emperor of Japan |
| 1802 – 1885 | Victor Hugo | Writer |
| 1853 – 1910 | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | King of Siam |
| 1818 – 1883 | Karl Marx | Philosopher and economist |
| 1807 – 1882 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Leader of Italian unification |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.