Background
KUZMINSKAYA, Tat’yana was born on November 10, 1846. Daughter of the physician A. Ye.
KUZMINSKAYA, Tat’yana was born on November 10, 1846. Daughter of the physician A. Ye.
Spent much of her youth with the Tolstoys. 1919 moved to Yasnaya Polyana, where she lived until her death. According to Tolstoy, she (and her sister Sof’ya Andreyevna) served as the prototype for Natasha Rostova in his novel Voyna i mir (War and Peace).
Early 1880’s began to write at the prompting of Tolstoy, who read and corrected the manuscript of her stories.