The spiritual heritage of L. N. Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, artist and thinker, can be interpreted in many ways. For some, he is the heretic who rebelled against basic principles of Russian Orthodoxy; others saw him as the philosopher and humanist who was far ahead of his generation; still others viewed him as a relic of the past and a symbol of the old Russia and its literary traditions. The labels for Tolstoy are many, but the one thing that can not be disputed is his power to excite the hearts and minds of people of all different nationalities and ages. His philosophy and literary legacy are pirceless, and Anri Truaia offers readers the opportunity of forming their own opinions of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. IN RUSSIAN.