Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian and Soviet writer, born on 10 January 1883 in Nikolayevsk in the Samara Governorate and died in Moscow on 23 February 1945. He wrote mainly science fiction and historical fiction, along with poetry, plays, journalism and children's books. After first opposing the Bolshevik Revolution, he lived in exile in Berlin and Paris before returning to the Soviet Union in 1923. His notable works include the science fiction novels Aelita (1923) and The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (1927), the historical trilogy The Road to Calvary, and the Peter I novels about Peter the Great. The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino (1936) adapted the Pinocchio story for Soviet children. He held senior cultural posts, including chairing the USSR Writers Union from 1936 to 1938.
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- Core Canon books: 1
- Current rank: #403 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 4.05
- Award recognitions: None recorded
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- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 1 book
- Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)
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