13 Facts About Ilya Tolstoy

Ilya Tolstoy received his early education at home; his mother taught him to read and write, first in Russian, and later in French and English, and his father taught him mathematics, and later Greek and Latin.

In 1881 Ilya Tolstoy entered a private gymnasium to continue his education.

Ilya Tolstoy's father had originally planned for him to attend a state school, but had refused to sign a declaration of Ilya's loyalty to the Tsar, which was required for entry.

Ilya Tolstoy left school before graduating, and entered military service in the Sumy Dragoons.

In 1916, Ilya Tolstoy left Russia, and travelled to the United States, arriving in December; and he traveled across the country lecturing about his father's life and work.

Ilya Tolstoy moved to Paris and then back to the United States, where in September 1920 he married Nadine Perchina, who later became one of the closest disciples of the spiritual teacher Meher Baba.

Ilya Tolstoy pawned some of the family treasures brought from Russia to raise money in 1922.

Ilya Tolstoy had originally found the area and set up a home earlier in 1923.

Ilya Tolstoy loved the way the rolling hills reminded him of the Russian country side.

Ilya Tolstoy moved temporarily to California in 1926 to work on a movie version of his father's novel, Resurrection.

Ilya Tolstoy died on 11 December 1933 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Ilya Tolstoy is best known for his book of memoirs about his father Reminiscences of Tolstoy.

Ilya Tolstoy wrote the short novel The Corpse in 1890, and the story One Bastard Less which was published in the journal Russian Thought in 1905.