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Leo Tolstoy Festival carried out in Connecticut


30.08.2018

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The forum dedicated to the life, work and philosophy of Leo Tolstoy was conducted in the city of Sherman in Connecticut, TASS reports. Several years ago the writer and historian Robin Raybould and professor of Russian literature and language Elena Mikhailova built a museum of the great writer in Raybould's estate. It is a copy of the outbuilding of Tolstoy's museum-estate in Moscow Khamovniki.

The forum was timed to coincide with the 190th birth anniversary of the Russian classic.

The Russian Center New York organizes the event. According to its President Elena Branson, every year the center holds major cultural events dedicated to Russian culture. She does not doubt that they are very useful for young Russian Americans. It is important for them to know the Russian history, Russian culture and be proud of it, says Elena Branson.

About sixty people joined the forum. There were the Russian and American researchers of War and Peace and Anna Karenina author's works. They discussed the historical legacy of the Russian writer and the cultural influence that he had on Americans.

The Russian ambassador in the US Anatoly Antonov welcomed participants and guests of the forum. In his speech he recalled that there were strong ties between the Russian writer and the people of the United States. Despite the fact that Leo Tolstoy never crossed the ocean, he was interested in American literature and philosophy. He corresponded a lot with journalists from the United States and welcomed writers, politicians, scientists in Yasnaya Polyana (Tolstoy's estate in nearly 200 km south of Moscow). Some of them were specially sent to Russia to meet with Tolstoy.

Among the honored forum guests was the great-granddaughter of the Russian writer Tatyana Pencrat-Tolstaya. She has lived almost all of her life in New York State and changed many professions. According to her, she is interested in cultural events in Russia and the ability to speak Russian is inherited in her family.

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