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Apr 7, 2020 · A framed photograph shows a glimpse of the man. Sergei Pugachev is pictured on Tolstoy's left, with deep-set green eyes, a trimmed moustache and beard. Watch The Countess and the Russian...
- The Rise of The Russian Oligarch
BBC Russian's Yevgeny Kanevsky explains who the Russian...
- The Rise of The Russian Oligarch
Apr 7, 2020 · Russian billionaire Sergei Pugachev met Alexandra Tolstoy when she was hired to teach him English. They would stay in his chateau in the south of France and had homes across the world. It was...
1 day ago · After she left the country, the Soviet authorities removed her images and name from all books and movies – in effect, they ‘canceled’ her. it was as if there never had been a woman by the ...
- Sergei (1863-1947) "Seryozha (diminutive of Sergei) is intelligent, has a mathematical mind and is sensitive to art," is what Leo Tolstoy himself wrote about his eldest son when he was a child.
- Tatyana (1864-1950) "Everyone says she's like Sonya [diminutive of Sofia, Tolstoy's wife] and I believe it," Tolstoy wrote about his eldest daughter.
- Ilya (1866-1933) "He is big-boned, fair-skinned with rosy cheeks, radiant. He studies poorly and is always thinking about something he is told not to think about.
- Lev (1869-1945) All his life, Lev (Leo) Jr. strove to come out of the shadow of his famous father. He attempted to become a sculptor (and even studied with Auguste Rodin in Paris), as well as a public figure and a writer.
Mar 16, 2022 · According to Netflix's synopsis, the documentary "follows the love story of Countess Alexandra Tolstoy and oligarch Sergei Pugachev and the scandal that led to their fallout". The film is 59...
Sep 22, 2022 · The latest case has taken place in Spain, more specifically in Lloret de Mar, where Russian oligarch Sergei Protosenya, 55, was found dead along with two other family members on 19 April.
Tolstoy is considered one of the giants of Russian literature; his works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina and novellas such as Hadji Murad and The Death of Ivan Ilyich. Tolstoy's earliest works, the autobiographical novels Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), tell of a rich landowner's son and his slow realization of ...
