Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya, also known by her nickname Sasha, was the youngest daughter and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Although Alexandra Lvovna shared with her father the doctrine of non-violence, she felt it was her duty to take part in the events of World War I. For her courage, the Russian government awarded her three St George Medals and the rank of colonel.

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  • Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya, also known by her nickname Sasha, was the youngest daughter and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Although Alexandra Lvovna shared with her father the doctrine of non-violence, she felt it was her duty to take part in the events of World War I. For her courage, the Russian government awarded her three St George Medals and the rank of colonel. The Bolsheviks imprisoned Alexandra in 1920, but she was installed as the director of the Tolstoy museum in Yasnaya Polyana the next year. She left Russia in 1929, and settled in the United States, where she founded the Tolstoy Foundation. In later years, she helped many Russian intellectuals to escape Bolshevik persecution and to settle in America. When she was put on trial with other prisoners including Nikolia Berdyaev and Sergei Melgunov they were given a chance to bargain for their lives. They refused to do so and Alexandra shamed her interrogator Iakov Agranov into silence.
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  • Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya, also known by her nickname Sasha, was the youngest daughter and secretary of the noted Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Although Alexandra Lvovna shared with her father the doctrine of non-violence, she felt it was her duty to take part in the events of World War I. For her courage, the Russian government awarded her three St George Medals and the rank of colonel.
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