Secrets of Leo Tolstoy | His Home Yasnaya Polyana and Memories of His Friends

Dear friends and fellow readers, this video is not monetized due to the fact that I've added some parts from the Leo Tolstoy series (without them, it wouldn't be the same, right?), so if you really liked this mini-documentary and would like to show some appreciation to my work, I'd be so happy if you decide to send a little donation: 🔹on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/languageeasy 🔸or here: https://app.lava.top/languageeasy?don... (thank you!💛) 📖 Join my Reading Salon: 🔹on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/summary/c05ecd50-59... 🔸or here: https://app.lava.top/products/ac5f6b7... 📘Quotebook - Leo Tolstoy's Portrait in Recollections: https://ko-fi.com/s/0b20887539 https://app.lava.top/products/cb582e5... 📗Tolstoyan Movement magazine: https://app.lava.top/products/586e473... Leo Tolstoy — the genius behind War and Peace and Anna Karenina — was not just a great writer. He was a deeply caring, complex soul whose life inspired millions. In this video, I share rare memories from Tolstoy’s contemporaries, and take you on a visit to his beloved home, Yasnaya Polyana. Discover what Tolstoy was really like behind the fame — his kindness, his struggles, and his legacy. 🤍 Embroidered portraits of Leo Tolstoy and notebooks: https://languageeasyofficial.ru/shop 🔸Clips from the 1984 Soviet miniseries ‘Lev Tolstoy’ are used here under fair use for educational/critical purposes:    • Лев Толстой 1 серия (1984)   🔸The real footage from Tolstoy's life:    • Leo Tolstoy. Лев Толстой в Ясной Поляне. К...   ☕ Buy me a coffee & Support — https://ko-fi.com/languageeasy https://app.lava.top/languageeasy?don... 💛 Shop: https://languageeasyofficial.ru/shop 📖 Website | JOIN FREE NEWSLETTER 🗞️ https://languageeasyofficial.ru/ 📸 Instagram:   / langeasyofficial   🧶 my art blog and shop:   / yul_sib_artshop   Chapters: 00:00 - prologue 02:02 - about the creation of this video 03:45 - Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy's home 09:20 - Leo Tolstoy and animals 10:19 - remarkable effort to stay physically and mentally act 12:04 - Tolstoy-inspired creations for you 13:09 - Tolstoy and nature 14:26 - contradictory opinions about the writer 16:42 - Tolstoy, religion, spiritual crisis 20:39 - Tolstoy is their enemy 22:04 - Tolstoy's school for peasants 24:59 - Tolstoy is their enemy [2] 27:16 - memories of his family members 23:24 - atmosphere in Tolstoy's home and reading 31:13 - Tolstoy's opinions on music, poetry and art 36:48: Tolstoy's usual behaviour 38:34 - guests in Yasnaya Polyana 40:40 - simplification of life and Tolstoyan movement 45:07 - "you don't live the way you preach" 47:14 - Tolstoy, his wife and his last days 48:47 - who was Leo Tolstoy? 49:23 - epilogue 50:41 - more of Yasnaya Polyana of nowadays #booktokleotolstoy #leotolstoyquotes #literature #whattoread #RussianLiterature #philosophy