Biographical dossier

Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy is classified in the historical people index as WRITER. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q7243
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q7243
Wikidata ID
Q7243
Occupation class
WRITER
Life span
AD 1828–AD 1910
Birth anchor
Yasnaya Polyana (AD 1828)
Death anchor
Lev Tolstoy (rural locality) (AD 1910)
HPI
90.12765051491536

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1828 and AD 1910. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Yasnaya Polyana (AD 1828). Death: Lev Tolstoy (rural locality) (AD 1910).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class WRITER. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 12.612271696894856.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?