To understand and re-evaluate the Christian thought of Leo Tolstoy, finally, simply to recognize it in its entirety and in its ever-present sense - this monograph helps. The author describes Tolstoy's worldview not as a cold observer, but also not as an enthusiastic neophyte adept. Mardov found the right tone, a balanced composition and a sharp intellectual plot that literally draws the reader into the spiritual world of the great man. You close the book differently than when you opened it. After all, it reminds us of the main thing - the meaning of life and the spiritual being of man.