Countess Sophia Tolstoy
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Tolstoy's Daughter
By 18 83, finances were becoming an issue or the tolstoy family. Famine had drained them of resources. Tolstoy wanted to unburden himself of the evils of ownership by giving away all his property. Sophia objected on behalf of their children, and tolstoys gave in. In the end, he gave her power of attorney over all his affairs. She started a publishing company as a way of supporting them. But the fights kept coming, and so did the children.
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