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Alexei Tolstoy (2) has been aliased into Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.

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Legal name
Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich
Birthdate
1817-09-05
Date of death
1875-10-10
Gender
male
Education
University of Moscow
Occupations
courtier
poet
playwright
novelist
Relationships
Pavlova, Karolina (friend, translator)
Short biography
Count Aleksey Tolstoy was a courtier who served the tsar as Master of Ceremonies, then as Grand Master of Royal Hunting. He also wrote fiction, ballads, and licentious and satirical verse. Tolstoy and three cousins all wrote satire under the pen name Kozma Prutkov. He left the court in 1861 to devote more time to poetry.
Nationality
Russia
Birthplace
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Places of residence
Krasny Rog, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Place of death
Krasny Rog, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Burial location
Uspenskaya Church, Krasny Rog, Russian Empire
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Russian Empire

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