Before you is a collection of selected articles by the great Russian writer, whose powerful voice sounded and still sounds throughout the world. Leo Tolstoy always responded to the most pressing, painful problems of Russia; he was immensely concerned about the fate of the country's citizens. The collection includes three articles by the writer, revealing his gift as a thinker and publicist. “Come to your senses!” - anti-war article. It was written after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War and was first published in English due to censorship. In the manifesto “I Can’t Be Silent,” the writer strongly speaks out against the death penalty, and in the article “The Law of Violence and the Law of Love” he condemns any violence of some people against others. When discussing war and peace, love and death, faith, duty and free will today, we cannot do without references to these bright, polemical texts. The foreword to the book was written by Pavel Basinsky, winner of the Big Book Prize, biographer of Leo Tolstoy.