Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Толстой) (January 10, 1883 (December 29 1882 (O.S.)) - February 23, 1945), nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Soviet Russian writer who was most famous for science fiction and historical novels. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was born in Nikolaevsk (now Pugachyov, Saratov Oblast) in 1883 into an impoverished branch of the Counts Tolstoy. His father was a count N.A.Tolstoi and his mother was a children's writer A.L.Bostrom (born Turgeneva). Aleksei Tolstoi left Russia in 1917 during the Bolshevik revolution but changed his political beliefs (he became a supporter of Communist Party until the end of his life) and returned in 1925. Categories: Russia geography stubs | Oblasts of Russia ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Coat of arms of Count Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (Russian: ) is a prominent family of Russian nobility, descending from one Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy (i. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia. ... In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ...

Aleksei Tolstoi is usually crediting with writing first (and some of the best) science fiction in the Russian language. His novels Aelita (1923), about a journey to the Mars, and Engineer Garin's Death Ray (1927) proved popular with teenager public. The former novel spawned a pioneering sci-fi movie in 1924. He also wrote several books for children, notably Nikita's Childhood and the Adventures of Buratino and the Golden Key (1936, it was an adaptation of Italian fairy tales about Pinocchio). Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Russian (русский язык   listen?) is the most widely spoken language of Europe and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) is a childrens tale about a mischievous, sentient, talking piece of firewood carved into a marionette by Geppetto, a poor Italian woodcarver. ...

He published two lengthy novels on historical subjects, Peter the First (1929-45), about the Russian reformist tsar, and The Road to Calvary (1922-41), tracking the Russian civil war over the period from 1914 to 1919. He also wrote several plays.

Tolstoi died in Moscow on February 23, 1945 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Besides Aelita (1924), there were many movies based on his novels released in the USSR during its existence, some ones were released in the post-Soviet Russia. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...

After the Collapse of the Soviet Union some sources claim, that several Tolstoi's early short stories, published in the 1910s, were panned by critics for their excessive naturalism and wanton eroticism. While other doubt, if they were actually written by Alexei Tolstoi, as there were few of them and their style differed from what Tolstoi wrote before and after them. The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... Naturalism refers to a number of different topics: Philosophical naturalism: the view that nothing exists but the world — that there are no supernatural entities. ...

Works

• Lirika, a poetry collection (1907)
• The Ordeal (1918)
• Nikita's Childhood (1921)
• The Road to Cavalry, a trilogy (1921-40, Stalin Prize in 1943)
• Aelita (1923)
• Death Ray of Garin (1926)
• Peter I (1929-34, Stalin Prize in 1941)
• A Week in Turenevo (1958)

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External links

• Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1883-1945)
• Aleksei N. Tolstoy at the Internet Movie Database