Encyclopedia - Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tolstoy - The Tolstoys In Russian Politics
According to a much later genealogical fable, Andrey Kharitonovich Tolstoy was in turn a great-grandson of some Indris who was "a man of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tolstoy - The Tolstoys In High Society
Count Feodor Petrovich Tolstoy (1783–1873), sympathetically mentioned by Pushkin in Eugene Onegin, was one of the most fashionable Russ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tolstoy - The Tolstoys In Russian Literature
Many of the Tolstoys devoted their spare time to literary pursuits. For instance, Count Alexei Konstantinovich (1817–75) was a courtier...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Letter To A Hindu: Encyclopedia - A Letter To A Hindu
Letter to a Hindu was a letter written by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy in 1908 to an Indian Newspaper which sparked a relationship betw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Karenina: Encyclopedia - Anna Karenina
Œ::For the former M/S Anna Karenina, see M/S Regina Baltica Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by Leo Tolstoy that was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism: Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism
Schools Anarcho-capitalism Anarcho-communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Eco-anarchism Individualist anar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Confession Novel: Encyclopedia - A Confession Novel
A Confession is a short work on questions of religion by Leo Tolstoy. It was first distributed in Russia in 1882. Consisting of autobiogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - What Is Art?: Encyclopedia - What Is Art?
What Is Art? (1897) is a nonfictional essay by Leo Tolstoy in which he argues against numerous aesthetic theories which define art in ter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War And Peace: Encyclopedia - War And Peace
War and Peace (Война и мир [Voyna i mir], in original orthography Война и миръ) is an epic Russian novel by Leo Tolsto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War And Peace Tv Miniseries: Encyclopedia - War And Peace Tv Miniseries
War and Peace was a made for television dramatization of the Leo Tolstoy novel of the same name. The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolsto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confession: Encyclopedia - Confession
Confession of sins is an integral part of the Christian faith and practice. The meaning is essentially the same as the criminal one – t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A. D. Gordon: Encyclopedia - A. D. Gordon
Aaron David Gordon (1856 in Troianov or Podolia Russia-1922 on Kibbutz Deganiah) was a Zionist ideologue and the spiritual force behind p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War And Peace 1968 Film: Encyclopedia - War And Peace 1968 Film
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир; Vojna i mir) was a Soviet-produced film version of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia - Nonviolence
Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a set of assumptions about morality, power and conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Kurakin: Encyclopedia - Alexander Kurakin
Prince (Kniaz) Alexander Borisovich Kurakin, sometimes spelled Kourakine (Russian: Александр Борисович Куракин) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean War: Encyclopedia - Crimean War
The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856 and was fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolai Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Tolstoy - Controversy
A fluent speaker and translator of Russian, he was called as an expert witness to the trial of John Demjanjuk in Israel, which was conclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolai Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Tolstoy - Political Activity
A committed monarchist, Tolstoy is Chancellor of the International Monarchist League. He was also Chairman of the London-based Russian Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nikolai Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Nikolai Tolstoy - Literary Career
Educated at Wellington College, and Trinity College, Dublin, Tolstoy wrote a number of books about Celtic mythology, and about World War ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Novels And Fictional Works
Tolstoy was one of the giants of 19th century Russian literature. His most famous works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Early Life
Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate situated in the region of Tula, Russia. He was the fourth of five children in his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Early Life
Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, the family estate situated in the region of Tula, Russia. He was the fourth of five children in his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Religious And Political Beliefs
Tolstoy's Christian beliefs were based on the Sermon on the Mount, and particularly on the phrase about turn the other cheek, which he sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Religious And Political Beliefs
Tolstoy's Christian beliefs were based on the Sermon on the Mount, and particularly on the phrase about turn the other cheek, which he sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo Tolstoy - Novels And Fictional Works
Tolstoy was one of the giants of 19th century Russian literature. His most famous works include the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burdock: Encyclopedia Ii - Burdock - Uses
The taproot of young burdock plants can be harvested and eaten as a root vegetable. While generally out of favor in modern European cuisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Karenina: Encyclopedia Ii - Anna Karenina - Thematic Overview
The novel, set among the highest circles of Russian society, is generally thought by the casual reader to be nothing more than the story ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Karenina: Encyclopedia Ii - Anna Karenina - Synopsis
The novel is depicted in eight parts. Part 1 introduces the character Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky ("Stiva"), a civil servant who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Anarchism - Anarchist Biblical Views And Principles
Many Christian anarchists hold a higher critical view of the Bible and therefore do not feel obliged to follow the complete text as law. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Anarchism - Fall Of The Roman Empire
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Anarchism - Other Trends Towards Anarchism
Christian anarchism - Nonconformism. In 1533, Anglicanism was formed after Henry VIII opposed certain Vatican decisions and directives,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Anarchism - Catholic Worker Movement
The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin on May 1, 1933, is a Christian movement dedicated to nonviolence an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Anarchism - Thinkers
Christian anarchism - Søren Kierkegaard. Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855), a Danish philosopher and theologian who some consider to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Anarchism - Fall Of The Roman Empire
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity of God God t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahatma Gandhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahatma Gandhi - Civil Rights Movement In South Africa 1893–1914
Mahatma Gandhi - Inspirations. During his years in South Africa, Gandhi drew inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita and the writings of Leo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolence - Why Nonviolence?
Most advocates of nonviolence draw their preference for nonviolence either from religious or ethical beliefs, or from a pragmatic politic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolence - How Does Nonviolence Work?
The nonviolent approach to social struggle represents a radical departure from conventional thinking about conflict, and yet appeals to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolence - The Methods Of Nonviolent Action
Hunger strikes, pickets, vigils, petitions, sit-ins, tax refusal, go slows, blockades, draft refusal and demonstrations are some of the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolence - Living Nonviolence
The embeddedness of violence in most of the world's populous societies causes many to consider it an inherent part of human nature, but o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolence - Criticism
Leon Trotsky, Frantz Fanon, and Malcolm X were fervent critics of nonviolence, arguing variously that nonviolence and pacifism are an att...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Confession: Encyclopedia Ii - Confession - Confession Of Faith
Confession is also used by many churches in the sense of a statement of faith. The word is used in many Bible translations to mean admit ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Plot
The novel tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is seized by a passion for flight. He pushes himself, learning ev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Interpretation
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - The first part. Several early commentators, focusing mainly on the first part of the book, see it as part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Bach’s Authorship
Richard Bach has claimed that he is, in a sense, not the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. He has stated that the words came to him ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Livingston Seagull: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Derivative And Referencing Works
Bach’s Jonathan Livington Seagull has inspired the production of a motion picture of the same name, with a soundtrack by Neil Diamond. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turn The Other Cheek: Encyclopedia Ii - Turn The Other Cheek - Historical Origins
It is commonly assumed that this teaching originated with Jesus, but some hold that it is better conceived of as an exaggerated extrapola...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turn The Other Cheek: Encyclopedia Ii - Turn The Other Cheek - Interpretations
This phrase, as with much of the Sermon on the Mount, has been subjected to both literal and figurative interpretations. Turn the other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turn The Other Cheek: Encyclopedia Ii - Turn The Other Cheek - Criticism
Many Christians and non-Christians have criticised this teaching as unworkable in practice, and potentially immoral, as it rewards those ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Etymology
For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought. "...it is not my purp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - War Novel - History Of The War Novel
War novel - Origins. The war novel's main roots lie in the epic poetry of the classical and medieval periods, especially Homer's The Il...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolence - Criticism
Leon Trotsky, Frantz Fanon, Subhash Chandra Bose and Malcolm X were fervent critics of nonviolence, arguing variously that nonviolence an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Etymology
For Gandhi, Truth was the sovereign principle; inclusive of many other spiritual principles and schools of thought. "...it is not my purp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - Overview
The Story of My Experiments with Truth - Spiritual angle. In his own words Gandhi takes us through some of the experiences in his life,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - First Publication And Later Editions
After its initiation, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" remained in the making for 4-5 years (including the time while Gandhi was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth: Encyclopedia Ii - The Story Of My Experiments With Truth - About The Translator
Mahadev Desai (1892—1942), a journalist, was born in 1892 in the Surat district of Gujarat state in India. He graduated from the Bombay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1812 Overture: Encyclopedia Ii - 1812 Overture - Overview
The overture is a piece of program music. It opens with the somber tones of a Russian Church chant, recalling the declaration of war anno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akira Kurosawa: Encyclopedia Ii - Akira Kurosawa - Influences
A notable feature of Kurosawa's films is the breadth of his artistic influences. Some of his plots are adaptations of William Shakespeare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgism: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgism - Famous Georgists
Winston Churchill, Clarence Darrow, David Lloyd George, George Grey, Walter Burley Griffin, Tom L. Johnson, Albert Jay Nock, Sun Yat Sen,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Princess Of Mars: Encyclopedia Ii - A Princess Of Mars - Legacy
This book and its series are noted as inspiration of many later science fiction authors and scientists. Ray Bradbury and Carl Sagan note ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Red And The Black: Encyclopedia Ii - The Red And The Black - Literary Significance
A "writer's writer," Stendhal is known more in literary circles than to the public at large. Many writers have acknowledged his influence...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean War - The War
Crimean War - Beginning of the war. A new conflict was ostensibly provoked during the 1850s by an obscure religious dispute. Under trea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean War - Characteristics Of The War
The war became infamously known for military and logistical incompetence, epitomised by the Charge of the Light Brigade which was immorta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean War - From The Ottoman Point Of View
The first major Ottoman war, the Crimean War (1854-1856), came with Russia. Like so many of the later conflicts with Europe, this one was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean War - The War
Crimean War - Beginning of the war. A new conflict was ostensibly provoked during the 1850s by an obscure religious dispute. Under trea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean War - Characteristics Of The War
The war became infamously known for military and logistical incompetence, epitomised by the Charge of the Light Brigade which was immorta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimean War - The War
Crimean War - Beginning of the war. In the 1840s, Palmerston and other British leaders expressed fears of Russian encroachment upon Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1883: Encyclopedia Ii - 1883 - Births
1883 - January-June. January 3 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967) January 6 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Literature - Terminology
"Literature", with emphasis on the uppercase L, is a subset of the more general "literature". "Literature" refers to written work of exce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boris Pasternak: Encyclopedia Ii - Boris Pasternak - Early Life
Pasternak was born in Moscow on February 10 (Gregorian), 1890 (Julian January 29). His parents were a prominent Jewish painter Leonid Pas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aslan Maskhadov: Encyclopedia Ii - Aslan Maskhadov - Maskhadov's Death
On March 8, 2005, FSB head Nikolay Patrushev announced that special forces attached to the FSB had "today carried out an operation in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odessa: Encyclopedia Ii - Odessa - Culture
Odessa is a popular tourist destination, with many therapeutic resorts in and around the city. The Tolstoy, Vorontsov, and Potocki famili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - As You Like It: Encyclopedia Ii - As You Like It - Critical Response
Critics from Samuel Johnson to George Bernard Shaw have complained that As You Like It is lacking in the high artistry of which Shakespea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anatomy Of Criticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anatomy Of Criticism - Polemical Introduction
The purpose of the introduction is to defend the need for literary criticism, to distinguish the nature of genuine literary criticism fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Copperfield Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - David Copperfield Novel - Overview
Dickens worked on David Copperfield for two years between 1848 and 1850, carefully planning out the plot and structure. Seven novels prec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War And Peace: Encyclopedia Ii - War And Peace - Background
The novel tells the story of seventy six and one half aristocratic families (particularly the Bezukhovs, the Bolkonskis, and the Rostovs)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Isaiah Berlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Isaiah Berlin - Bibliography
Major works: All publications listed from 1978 onwards are compilations of various lectures, essays, and letters, brought together and ed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kazan: Encyclopedia Ii - Kazan - The University
The Kazan State University was founded in 1804 and has had several prominent students, including Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Leo Tolst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Execution Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - Execution Novel - Themes And Symbolism
The novel espouses McDougall's thesis that although the Canadians inhabit a brutal and unforgiving world, they are not intrinsically immo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Zukofsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Zukofsky - Early Life And Writings
He was born in New York of Lithuanian Jewish parents and grew up speaking Yiddish. His parents were orthodox and Louis reacted against th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Literature - Golden Age
19th century is traditionally referred to as the "Golden Age" for Russian literature. Romanticism permitted a flowering of especially poe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Literature - Soviet Era
Sovietization of Russia affected literature after 1917. Maxim Gorky, Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Sholokhov, Valentin Kataev, Aleksei Nikol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Left-libertarianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Left-libertarianism - Contemporary Left-libertarians
Aside from Noam Chomsky, professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, most left-libertarians came to p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rumyantsev: Encyclopedia Ii - Rumyantsev - Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev
The first Rumyantsev to gain prominence, Alexander Ivanovich (1680 - 1749), enrolled in the Preobrazhensky regiment of guards in 1704. Wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Condoleezza Rice: Encyclopedia Ii - Condoleezza Rice - Academic Career
At Stanford University, Rice was an Assistant Professor, Political Science (1981-1987), Associate Professor (1987-1993), Professor of Pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of Tibet: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of Tibet - Wartime Relations With The United States
The first United States mission to Tibet, in 1942, a reconnaissance mission sent by the OSS to scout out a possible route to southern Chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sergei Prokofiev: Encyclopedia Ii - Sergei Prokofiev - Works
Complete work list available at http://www.prokofiev.org/catalog/index.html Sergei Prokofiev - Operas. Maddalena, Op. 13 The Gambler (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barnes & Noble Classics Collection: Encyclopedia Ii - Barnes & Noble Classics Collection - Black Dustjacket Hardcover Collection
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - ISBN 1566192943 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - ISBN 15...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ture Nerman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ture Nerman - Political Awakening
The year 1905 saw both a revolution in Russia and revolutionary development in Scandinavia as Norway declared itself independent from the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zheng Zhenduo: Encyclopedia Ii - Zheng Zhenduo - Contribution To Literature
Zheng Zhenduo - Translation. Zheng was proficient in foreign languages including English, Russian, Indian, Greek and Roma. He did a gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Okkervil River: Encyclopedia Ii - Okkervil River - History
The band was named after a short story by Russian author, Tatyana Tolstaya, Leo Tolstoy's great grandniece, and after a real river outsid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolent Resistance: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolent Resistance - Examples Of Nonviolent Resistance
Nonviolent resistance - A list of current and recent nonviolent resistance organizations. Kifaya (Egypt) Kmara (Georgia) Otpor (Serbia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toni Morrison: Encyclopedia Ii - Toni Morrison - Morrison's Early Years
Morrison was born as Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. Morrison was the second of four children in a working-cl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Virgo: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Virgo
VIRGO This is the sign of earth's mutation and permutation. Virgo is both hermaphroditism and chastity. As Taurus is the procreative f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mortimer Adler: Encyclopedia - Mortimer Adler
Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher and author. Adler was born in New York City. Afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia - The Mother
Mirra Alfassa (later Morisset and Richard), known as The Mother (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973), was the spiritual partner of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Difficulties Facing The Biographer
There are a number of different narratives interwoven in Mirra's life, most dramatically the transformation of a girl from a non-religiou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tolstoy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tolstoy - The Tolstoys In The Napoleonic Wars
Two members of the family were active during the Napoleonic wars. Count Peter Alexandrovich (1761–1844) served under Suvorov in wars ag...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Ix - L
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IX - L . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article