Calendar of significant and memorable events. 5 September
200 years since the birth of Alexei Tolstoy - the most prominent representative of the Ukrainian anti-imperial cultural movement in Starodubshchina in the middle of the 19th century, the great-grandson of Hetman Kirill Razumovsky, the nephew of the Siver writer Anthony Pogorelsky, the cousin of fighters against Russian autocracy Alexei and Lev Zhemchuzhnikov.
"I am one of two or three writers who hold our art flag for art, because my conviction is that the poet's purpose is not to bring people any direct benefit or advantage, but to bring their moral level, inspiring them with love for beauty... ". AK Tolstoy
He was buried in his native Red Horn in Chernihiv in a small chapel, next to the great-grandfather's church of Hetman Razumovsky.
The library recommends:
- Tolstoy, AK Collection of works in four volumes - M.: Pravda, 1980.
- Tolstoy, AK Selected Works. - M.: Children. Literature, 1970. - 510 p.
- Tolstoy AK Prince Serebryany: The Tale of the Times of Ivan the Terrible. From the history of Russian journalism of the sixteenth century. Who and how he studied the history of Russia from the epoch of Ivan the Terrible. - M.: Young Guard, 1986. - 608 p.
- Tolstoy AK Bells of mine. - M.: Young Guard, 1978. - 447 p.
- Demidenko VV A. AK Tolstoy // The souls of their souls stayed here ... - K.: Rainbow magazine, 2010. - P. 68-72.
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