num_pages: 140
description: Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1883-1945) was a russian novelist, playwright, historian, and short story writer, a former nobleman who immigrated to western Europe after the Bolshevik Revolution. Tolstoi returned to Russia in 1923, where he became a supporter of the Communist Party and honoured artist receiving three Stalin Prizes. "Nikita's Childhood" (1922), a lyrical story of a childhood in a Russian village that incorporates autobiographical elements.
language: English
title: Nikita's Childhood
titlecomplete: Nikita's Childhood
genres: Classics, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 232
publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)