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Lev Nikolaievich Tolstoy (1828-1910) from 1880, he underwent a profound spiritual crisis and took up moral positions including passive resistance to evil, rejection of authority (religious or civic) and of private ownership, and a return to basic mystical Christianity.

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He was excommunicated by the Orthodox Church, and his later works were banned.

Tolstoy was born of noble family at Yasnaya Polyana, near Tula, and fought in the Crimean War. His first published work was read more...

Tags: novelist, pilgrimage, authority, resistance

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