Leo Tolstoy's Offsprings With Sofya Andreyevna Behrs

Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist and moral philosopher, was born Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy in their family estate Yasnaya Polyana in Tula Province, Russia. Some books claim that he was born on August 28, 1828 while others place his birthdate as September 9, 1828.  

In September 1862, he married the daughter of a famous doctor from Moscow.  Sofya Andreyevna Behrs was beautiful and intelligent and gave birth to their eldest child in 1869.

Tolstoy and Sofya had 13 children with 10 surviving infancy. 

Here are the names of their children:

• Sergey Tolstoy: Born in 1863. Sergey stayed in Russia all his life. Sergey died in 1948.
• Tatyana "Tanya" Lvovna Tolstoy: Born in 1864. Tanya died in 1950.
• Ilya Lvoich Tolstoy: Born in 1866. A writer and actor, Ilya died in 1933.
• Leo Tolstoy: Born in 1869. Leo had a bitter relationship with his father. Leo died in 1945.
• Marya "Masha" Tolstoy: Born in 1871. Marya died of pneumonia in her mid-30s in 1906.
• Pyotr "Petya" Tolstoy: Born in 1872. Petya died in 1873 from croup.
• Nicholas Tolstoy: Born in 1874. Nicholas died in 1875 of meningitis when he was 10 months old.
• Varvara Tolstoy: Born and died within an hour in 1875. Varvara was born prematurely.
• Andrey Tolstoy: Born in 1877. Andrey died during WWI in 1916.
• Michael Tolstoy: Born in 1879. Michael lived in France for many years. He died in Morocco in 1944.

Those are the first 10 of their children.  To find out more about Leo Tolstoy and Sofia's brood, click on the following link:

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