Leo Tolstoy and the Canadian Doukhobors
A Study in Historic Relationships. Expanded and Revised Edition
Andrew Donskov
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 11/2019
Pages: 520
Subject: Social Science, Literary Collections
Print ISBN: 9780776628509
eBook ISBN: 9780776628523
DESCRIPTION
As an idealist, Leo Tolstoy was constantly searching for practical applications of his philosophical ideas. He found a prime example in the religious sect of the Doukhobors, whom he personally helped emigrate to Canada in 1899, and to whom he referred as “people of the 25th century.”
