Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy , was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, considered to be the most important nineteenthcentury Russian historical dramatist, primarily on the strength of his dramatic trilogy The Death of Ivan the Terrible , Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich , and Tsar Boris . He also gained fame for his satirical works, published under his own name and under the collaborational pen name of Kozma Prutkov. His fictional works include the novella The Vampire , and the historical novel Prince Serebrenni .
Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy was born in Saint Petersburg to the famed family of Tolstoy. His father, Count Konstantin Petrovich Tolstoy , a son of the army general, was a Russian state assignation bank councilor. His mother, Anna Alekseyevna Perovskaya , was an illegitimate daughter of Count Aleksey Kirillovich Razumovsky , an heir of the legendary Ukrainian hetman Alexey Razumovsky. A. K. Tolstoys uncle was Fyodor Tolstoy . His uncle on his mothers side was Aleksey Perovsky , an author known under the pen name of Antony Pogorelsky. Aleksey Konstantinovich was a second cousin of Leo Tolstoy Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy was their common greatgrandfather.
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