Yasnaya Polyana - The Kuzminskiy Wing

The Kuzminskiy Wing

The Kuzminsky wing, like the house of Leo Tolstoy, was originally part of the large house built by Tolstoy's father. and later demolished. In 1859 Tolstoy turned it into a school for the peasant children of his estate, where he practiced his theories of education. After 1862 it became the home of the younger sister of his wife, Tatyana Andreyevna Kuzminskiy, and her family.

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