Л.Н.Толстой и Индия. Переписка

L.N.Tolstoy and India. Correspondence

Еditor: Bochkovskaya Anna
Compilator: Tatyana Zagorodnikova

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Москва, 2013, 272 p.

The book includes 102 documents from the Department of Manuscripts, State Museum of L.N.Tolstoy. This part of epistolary heritage of L.N.Tolstoy embraces a period from 1896 till 1910, when the teaching of a great Russian writer and thinker became famous beyond the borders of Russian Empire. For the peoples of the East and India among them he seemed to be a prophet and mahatma who had answered to all vital problems of their life. The published documents can be divided into 3 parts: Tolstoy’s correspondence with Indians; correspondence with Europeans about Indian problems; correspondence with Russians about Indian theme. The publication is supplied with commentaries.

Introduction
No 1. 1th/23rd January, 1896. – Letter of Vera Johnston addressed to L.N.Tolstoy, on the unity of all religions, Upanishads etc.
No 2-6. 28th August, 1896 − 2nd March, 1897 − Correspondence of Upendra Krishna Dutt with L.N.Tolstoy on Hinduism and Christianity, nonresistance, Darwinism etc.
No 7. 24th January, 1898 − Letter of missionary Ella M.M.Ridsdale to L.N.Tolstoy with a request for permission to published a Tamil translation of the story “Where love is there God is also”
No 8-9. 22nd September, 1898 − 16th August, 1899 − Letters of Elliot Walter Madge and Edund Robuton to L.N.Tolstoy asking to send them autograph
No 10. 29th April, 1901 − Letter of missionary C.B.Word to L.N.Tolstoy on his activities in India
No 11-14. 13th June − 12th September, 1901 − Correspondence of the editor of “The Arya” magazine A.Ramaseshan with L.N.Tolstoy on Christianity in Europe, British government in India, its positive and negative aspects etc.
No 15-20. 28th April, 1903 − 2nd February, 1904 − Correspondence of Mifti Muhammad Sadiq with L.N.Tolstoy on the Promised Messiah Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his teaching
No 21-22. 25th September − 4th November, 1903 − Correspondence of P.M.Dass Sharma with L.N.Tolstoy on his attitude to Christianity
No 23. 8th October, 1903 г.− Letter Narayan Kershaw to L.N.Tolstoy requiring explanation of the attitude of the Writer to the journal “Novoye Vremya” and to A.S. Suvorin
No 24. 12th January, 1905 − Letter of A.B.Kothatkar from Pune to L.N.Tolstoy asking to send him medicine for leprosy
No 25-29. 27th January, 1905 − 4th July, 1907 г. − Correspondence of Baba Premanand Bharati with L.N.Tolstoy on religion, Krishna, unity of their views on love to the mankind etc
No 30. 12th September, 1906 − Letter of Swamy J.L.Narayana to L.N.Tolstoy on his admiration of writer’s personality, on his wish to obtain the writer’s works and on his wish to translate “Resurrection” to Tamili
No 31-35. 5th May, 1907 − 26th June, 1909 − Correspondence of the journalist Gopaul Chetty with L.N.Tolstoy on the “New Reformer” magazine
No 36-40. 31st October, 1907 − 8th October, 1909 − Correspondence of Abdullah al-Ma’mun Suhrawardy with L.N.Tolstoy on sending the book “Sayings of Muhammad”, on translating Leo Tolstoy’s works into Hindustani, on Suhrawardy’s article in the “International Almanac dedicated to L.N.Tolstoy” etc.
No 41-45. 12th November, 1907 − 28th January, 1910 − Correspondence of professor Ram Dev with L.N.Tolstoy on the magazine, Gurucula, Vedic religion etc.
No 46. 19th December, 1907 − Letter of samanera Dhammanusani to L.N. Tolstoy on sending Nyanatiloka’s book containing the teachings of Buddha, with the hope that it will be translated into Russian
No 47. 21st January/3rd February, 1908 − Letter of L.N.Tolstoy to S.R.Chitel on his consent with the fundamental principle of the Bhagavad Gita, that man should direct all his spiritual force to his duty
No 48. 27th February, 1908 − Letter of E.T. Ry to L.N.Tolstoy asking information on Russian newspapers and magazines
No 49. 26th March, 1908 − Letter of P. Sankaranarayana to L.N.Tolstoy on the books on “The Religion of Truth” send to the writer
No 50. 15th May, 1908 − Letter of Helen F. Birnic to L.N.Tolstoy asking to send her an autograph
No 51-54. 24th May, 1908 − 16th October, 1909 − Correspondence of Taraknath Das with L.N.Tolstoy on condition of the people of India, on freedom struggle, on Free Hindustan Movement
No 55. 24th August, 1908 − Letter of G.D.Kumar to L.N.Tolstoy on disastrous situation in India and asking to visit his motherland
No 56. 24th October, 1908 − Letter of A. Saddhatissa from Ceylon to L.N.Tolstoy on his school asking for donation to support this school
No 57. 30th November, 1908 − Letter of Emmanuel Fernandez to L.N.Tolstoy narrating on the Youth Benevolent Association and asking for donation
No 58-65. 4th December, 1908 − 26th August, 1909 – Correspondence of N.O. Eingorn with L.N.Tolstoy on the issues of Indian philosophy
No 66. 17th January, 1909 − Letter of missionary Enok Hedberg to L.N.Tolstoy on Christian missions in India and missionary work
No 67. 22nd March, 1909 − Letter of Brahma Sri Srinivasa Bhagavatha Swamy to L.N.Tolstoy on his monthly journa «Gnanodaya»
№ 68-69. 1st − 28th March, 1909 − Correspondence of L.N.Tolstoy with A.A.Korsini on translation of Manu hymns and dissemination of information on India
No 70-71. 5th May − 9th July, 1909 − Correspondence between L.B. Havkina-Hamburger and L.N. Tolstoy on the activities on publishing popular books on the East
No 72. 8th May, 1909 − Letter of A. Vaidyanathan to L.N.Tolstoy with gratitude for the letter and books and with account of events in his family
No 73. 29th July, 1909 − Letter of Minni C. Robinson to L.N.Tolstoy with gratitude for the books and with terms of their sale in India
No 74-75. 1st − 24th September, 1909 − Correspondence of Bishen Narain and L.N.Tolstoy on the condition of Indian people and on the causes of their enslavement
NO 76−86. 1st October, 1909 — 26th November, 1910 − Correspondence of M.K.Gandhi with L.N.Tolstoy on position of Indian immigrants in South Africa, on passive resistance, on H.Kallenbach’s “Tolstoy Farm” etc.
No 87–99. 2nd May − 15th November, 1910 − Correspondence of different persons with L.N.Tolstoy on Indian sage Shri Paramahamsa’s visit to Yasnaya Polyana
No 100. 20th June, 1910 − Letter of Vijaya Dharma Sury to L.N.Tolstoy asking what kind of information he would like to get on Jainism
No 101. 28th June, 1910 − Letter of C.W.Daniel to L.N.Tolstoy on the death of Swami Vivekananda
No 102. 10th September, 1910 − Letter of Khushal J. Shah to L.N.Tolstoy with congratulations on occasion of writer’s birthday
Index of names