Leo in the shade of the lion. Basinsky P.V.

In 1869, the third son was born in the family of Lev Nikolayevich and Sofia Andreevna Tolstoy, who was given the name of his father. He tried to become a doctor, writer (!), A sculptor, a socio-political figure. But everywhere he was accepted only as the son of a great writer, Leo Tolstoy-Small. The Tiger Tigrovich was jokingly called. As a result, unfulfilled dreams and broken life. Love for his father grew into hatred...

Pavel Basinsky - writer, journalist, literary critic. Laureate of the Prize "Big Book". His exciting documentary studies about the life and work of Leo Tolstoy raised a new wave of interest in the phenomenon of the "Yasnaya Polyan Apostle." The Leo in the Shadow of the Leo continues the series “Tolstoy: New View”, begun by the book “The true story of Anna Karenina.”