Tolstoy (Russian "Толстой") is a noble Russian family name derived from the Russian adjective "то́лстый" ("thick, stout, fat"). The family name is shared by three major Russian writers of the 19th-20th centuries, of whom two also share first names ''Alexei'', and one of these has the same

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

''Nikolaevich'' (Nicholas's son) with the best known of them - Lev or

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

(1828–1910). Tolstoy (Rus. masculine), Tolstaya (Rus. feminine), or Tolstoye may also refer to:

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Tolstoy (family) The House of Tolstoy, or Tolstoi (russian: Толстой), is a family of Russian gentry that acceded to the high aristocracy of the Russian Empire. The name Tolstoy (Russian "Толстой") is itself derived from the Russian adjective "тол� ...

, Nobility with origins in the 15th century *

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (russian: link= no, Алексей Николаевич Толстой; – 23 February 1945) was a Russian writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. Despite having ...

(1883–1945) 'Comrade Count', writer of science fiction and historical novels. *

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (russian: Граф Алексе́й Константи́нович Толсто́й; – ), often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy, was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He is considered to be the most ...

(1817–1875), poet and writer of historical dramas, second cousin of Leo Tolstoy. *

Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy Count Alexander Ivanovich Count Osterman-Tolstoy (Russian: Александр Иванович Остерман-Толстой; 1770 – 12 February 1857) was a Russian nobleman and soldier in the era of the French Revolutionary Wars. He belonged ...

(1770–1857), soldier, later military consultant to Ibrahim-pasha in Egypt *

Alexandra Tolstaya Countess Alexandra (Sasha) Lvovna Tolstaya (russian: Александра Львовна Толстая; 18 June 1884 – 26 September 1979), often anglicized to Tolstoy, was the youngest daughter and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo ...

(1884–1970), youngest daughter of Leo Tolstoy and founder of Tolstoy Foundation * Alexandra Tolstoy (born 1974), born Alexandra Tolstoy-Miloslavsky, British equine adventurer, broadcaster and businesswoman *

Dmitry Tolstoy Count Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy (russian: Дми́трий Андре́евич Толсто́й; , Moscow – , Saint Petersburg) was a Russian statesman, a member of the State Council of Imperial Russia (1866). He belonged to the comital b ...

(1823–1889), Russian statesman and historian * Fyodor Tolstoy (disambiguation) **

Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy Count Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (russian: Фёдор Петрович Толстой; 21 February 1783 – 25 April 1873) was a Russian artist who served as Vice-President of the Imperial Academy of Arts for forty years (1828–1868). His wo ...

(1783–1873), Russian artist **

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy Count Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy (russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Толсто́й; 17 February 1782 – 5 November 1846), also known as "the American", was a Russian nobleman from the well-known Tolstoy family. Possessed of an unusual tempe ...

(The American) (1782–1846), Fyodor Petrovich's cousin, Russian adventurer and bonvivant *

Ilya Tolstoy Count Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy (; 22 May 1866 – 11 December 1933) was a Russian writer, and the third child and second son of Leo Tolstoy. Early life Ilya was born at Yasnaya Polyana and spent most of his young life there, until the family took ...

(1866–1933), writer and son of Leo Tolstoy *

Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy Count Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy (3 February 1903 Tula Governorate – 28 October 1970 New York City) was a U.S. Army Colonel and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's envoy in Tibet. He was one of the founders of Marineland of Florida, of the Bahamas Na ...

(1903–1970), U.S. Army Colonel, F. D. Roosevelt's envoy in Tibet, grandson of Leo Tolstoy * Natalia Tolstaya (1943–2010), writer and translator * Nikolai Tolstoy (born 1935), English-Russian author and former parliamentary candidate of the UK Independence Party. * Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy (1769–1844), general and statesman *

Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy (russian: Граф Пётр Андреевич Толстой; 1645–1729) was a Russian statesman and diplomat, prominent during and after the reign of Peter the Great. He was the ancestor of all the Counts Tol ...

(1645–1729), statesman and diplomat *

Sophia Tolstaya Countess Sophia Andreyevna Tolstaya (née Behrs; russian: Со́фья Андре́евна Толста́я, sometimes anglicised as ''Sophia Tolstoy''; 22 August 1844 – 4 November 1919), was a Russian diarist, and the wife of Russian writer ...

(1844–1919), diarist and wife of Leo Tolstoy. * Svetlana Tolstaya (born 1971), Kazakh race walker * Tatyana Tolstaya (born 1951), Russian writer and TV host, mother of Artemy Lebedev, Russian designer and businessman (born 1974) *

Viktoria Tolstoy Louise Viktoria Tolstoy (born 29 July 1974) is a Swedish jazz singer of Russian ancestry. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and the daughter of Erik Kjellberg. Tolstoy was a regular studio guest in season one o ...

(born 1974), Swedish jazz singer *

Yegor Tolstoy Count Yegor Petrovich Tolstoy russian: Граф Егор Петрович Толстой; 19 July 1802 – 12 March 1874) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant-general, senator, and governor of Taganrog, Kaluga, and Penza. Military career Son of ...

(1802–1874), Russian lieutenant-general, senator, and governor * Tatyana Sukhotina-Tolstaya (1864 – 1950), Russian painter and memoirist, oldest daughter of Leo Tolstoy. *

Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy (russian: Пётр Олегович Толстой; born June 20, 1969, in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian journalist, producer, presenter, politician. He has been the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma since 5 Oct ...

(born 1974), Russian journalist and statesman

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* Tolstoy House, a building in St. Petersburg, Russia *

Tolstoy Cup The Tolstoy Cup is an annual football match played between the students of the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford and the Department of War Studies at King's College London since 2007, though the match was first played ...

, an annual student football match in England * Tolstoy Foundation *

Tolstoi, Manitoba Tolstoi is a hamlet in the Municipality of Emerson – Franklin, Manitoba, Canada. It is located along Manitoba Highway 59 at the junction with Provincial Road 209, approximately south of Winnipeg and north of the Tolstoi Port of Entry at the ...

, Canada * Tolstoy, South Dakota, US *

Moscow Conference (1944) The Fourth Moscow Conference, also known as the Tolstoy Conference for its code name ''Tolstoy'', was a meeting in Moscow between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin from 9 October to 19 October 1944. Procedures Churchill made a secret proposa ...

, code name ''Tolstoy''

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