Уход Льва Толстого из Ясной Поляны в вар­шавской прессе: первые сообщения
Leo Tolstoy's disappearance from Yasnaya Polyana in Warsaw press: first news

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the first news and telegrams about Leo Tolstoy’s disappearance from Yasnaya Polyana on 28th October, 1910 (Nov. 10, New Style), which were published in Warsaw newspapers (“Kurier Warszawski”, “Kurier Poranny”, “Gazeta Warszawska”, “Słowo”, “Goniec” — the morning and evening edition, “Nowa Gazeta”, “Polak-Katolik”). An analysis of press publications mentioned above shows that materials from Russian newspapers correspondents (e.g. “Russkoe slovo” and “Russkie vedomosti”) were the main source of information about the writer’s “escape” for Polish journalists. Those materials were not only translated into Polish, but also edited, which led sometimes to creation of a certain image of Tolstoy (a wealthy count, a man close to the people). Nevertheless, thanks to such source materials, publications in Warsaw press are detailed, but at the same time they include, as the Russian texts, various inaccuracies and mistakes. However, opinions about Tolstoy’s act in the Polish and Russian press differ significantly.

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