Leo Tolstoy: Flight from Paradise

At the age of eighty-two, the writer Count L. N. Tolstoy ran away from his home at night, secretly, in an unknown direction. Since then, the circumstances of the great elder’s departure and death have given rise to countless myths and legends...

Renowned writer and literary scholar Pavel Basinsky, drawing on strictly documentary material, including archived sources, does not offer his own version of this event, but rather a vivid reconstruction of it. Step by step, you can trace the entirety of Lev Tolstoy’s life and his departure, understand the reasons behind his family drama, and uncover the secrets surrounding the signing of his spiritual testament.