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A Tolstoy to the rescue. (Vladimir Tolstoy named museum director of Leo Tolstoy's country estate)

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From: U.S. News & World Report
Date: 19941205
Author:Trimble, Jeff

Vladimir Tolstoy, the famous author's great-great grandson, fought for two years to obtain control of his ancestor's estate called Yasnaya Polyana, near Tula, Russia. He was named director in July 1994, and plans to turn the estate into an agribusiness.

TULA, RUSSIA--The new museum director of Yasnaya Polyana, the country estate of Russia's greatest novelist, brings more than a cascade of ideas to revitalize the faded cultural shrine. He also brings the family name. Vladimir Tolstoy,

31, Leo Tolstoy's great-great grandson, struggled for two years to rescue the 1,000-acre property from ...

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