Exhibition "Leo Tolstoy: Advocate for a People of One Hundred Million"

The exhibition is open at the Viktor Astafyev National Centre in Ovsyanka (30 Shchetinkina Street).

The exhibits were brought to the Krasnoyarsk Region from the Leo Tolstoy State Museum-Reserve in Moscow. The project psents Leo Tolstoy not only as a writer, but also as a public figure, educator, advocate for human rights and philanthropist.

The exhibition features the author’s personal belongings, including an abacus from his school, his chain and badge as a peace mediator, cheques and reports from his relief work during the famine in Russia in the late 19th century, sculptural portraits and other items.

The exhibition will run until 9 October.

Photo: website of the Leo Tolstoy State Museum-Reserve