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See Tolstoy for other articles with titles that contain, either by relationship or by coincidence, this character's surname.

Leo Tolstoy (9 September 1828 - 20 November 1910) was a 19th century human author and playwright best known for the Russian novel War and Peace.

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Spock was an admirer of Tolstoy and compared him to William Shakespeare and Gilla Dupree. (TOS novel: Devil World)

As a famous Russian, he was a source of pride for Pavel Chekov. While having a discussion about Russian inventions, Hikaru Sulu claimed that Tolstoy was an Asian invention. (TOS comic: "The Return!")

In 2377, Ardon Broht compared the USS Voyager's EMH to K'Ratak and Leo Tolstoy after reading Photons Be Free. (VOY episode: "Author, Author")

In 2385, Elim Garak commented to Jean-Luc Picard that Tolstoy would recognize the themes in Eleta Preloc's Meditations on a Crimson Shadow. (ST - The Fall novel: The Crimson Shadow)

The starships USS Tolstoy were named after this author.

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