# Death of Leo Tolstoy (1910)

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Leo Tolstoy, author of 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina', left home secretly at 82 and died at Astapovo railway station on 20 November 1910. He had been excommunicated in 1901. His funeral was one of the first public burials in Russia without a religious ceremony. Tolstoy's moral teaching influenced Gandhi and others.

## Why it matters
Tolstoy's moral teaching influenced Gandhi and others.

Ruler at the time: [Nicholas II](https://history-russia.com/rulers/nicholas-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Leo Tolstoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy)
- [Wikipedia — Russian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Death of Leo Tolstoy](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Death+of+Leo+Tolstoy)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)