✍️ #OTD, on September 9, 1828, Leo Tolstoy was born — one of the greatest writers in the history of world literature. Author of the novels "War and Peace", "Anna Karenina", "Resurrection" and many others, Tolstoy made an invaluable contribution to the development of Russian and world realism.

💭 Besides literary activity, Leo Tolstoy was known as a philosopher and social thinker. His humanistic ideas and moral quest had a profound influence on his contemporaries and subsequent generations. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature, although he himself later declined further nominations.

🇷🇺🇮🇳 In the last years of his life, Leo Tolstoy took an active interest in the East, particularly in India. He corresponded with many Indian figures, including young Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi called himself a faithful disciple of Tolstoy, noting the great influence of his works, especially the book "The Kingdom of God within You", on the formation of his worldview.

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📆 #OTD, on January 30, 1948, the great philosopher, one of the leaders and main ideologist of the Indian Independence Movement, Mahatma Gandhi, perished.

☝️ Yet, his ideas are still alive and remain relevant both for India and for the world.

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