Ilya Tolstoy(1866-1933)
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Ilya Lvovich ("son of Leo") Tolstoy was the 3rd child of the
world-famous Russian writer and philosopher Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910),
from the latter's 48-year marriage to Sonya Behrs, a marriage which
produced 13 children in all. Although 5 of the Tolstoys' children died
at birth or in infancy, the other 8 (including Ilya) survived to
adulthood, and had careers which took them in many different
directions. Ilya worked as a journalist, migrated to the USA in 1918
(around the time of the Russian Revolution), and had a motley career in
the States. He did some journalism, including writings about his famous
father in Russia, and served as a consultant on a few Hollywood films
with Russian themes, including "Resurrection" and "Love" (1927). In one
film Ilya Tolstoy even appeared briefly playing the role of his own
father Leo Tolstoy. He died in poverty in a New York hospital in 1933.
Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy's children were: Anna (1888- ), Mikhail
(1893-1919), Andrei (1895-1920), Ilya Jr. (1896- ), and Vera (1898-
).