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In 1869, a third son was born into the family of Lev Nikolaevich and Sofia Andreevna Tolstoy, who was given his father’s name. To be the son of Tolstoy, the second Leo Tolstoy, is a great responsibility and a cross. He understood this well and did not want to put up with it: he tried to become a doctor, a writer (!), a sculptor, and a social and political figure. But everywhere he was accepted only as the son of the great writer, Leo Tolstoy the Little. They jokingly called him Tiger Tigrovich. The result is unfulfilled dreams and a broken life. Love for my father turned into hatred... The story about father and son, about Tolstoy’s relationship with his children in the new book by Pavel Basinsky, a famous writer and journalist, author of the bestseller “Leo Tolstoy: Escape from Paradise” (BIG BOOK Award) and Saint vs. Lion.