Resurrection, the Church excommunicated him in 1901. The Church, and the Tsarist establishment, hoped that this would make Tolstoy unpopular and would quash his reputation as a critic of the regime.

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) is best known for his sweeping epics ... His later works, such as 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' and 'Resurrection', emphasize the search for meaning, inner peace, and the struggle ...

As we catch up at the five-day programme, I learn that Daniil is the great-grandson of Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, the Russian literary and cultural icon (referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy), who ...