Luba Vukonsky

So the only thing on which they agreed was yogurt, because Tolstoy turned out to love yogurt. But other than that, it was pretty much a disaster, the meeting. Mitrikov very candidly, very honestly wrote about this himself afterwards.

So the only thing on which they agreed was yogurt, because Tolstoy turned out to love yogurt. But other than that, it was pretty much a disaster, the meeting. Mitrikov very candidly, very honestly wrote about this himself afterwards.

Meshikov was much more spiritual than Tolstoy gave him credit for. He did try, I think, understand human psychology. And I think he thought that somehow together with Tolstoy, he could get closer to cracking this riddle of, you know, what really happens in the human psyche, in the human mind, how, you know, we feel like that, how we feel when we age, why, you know, this fear of death.

Meshikov was much more spiritual than Tolstoy gave him credit for. He did try, I think, understand human psychology. And I think he thought that somehow together with Tolstoy, he could get closer to cracking this riddle of, you know, what really happens in the human psyche, in the human mind, how, you know, we feel like that, how we feel when we age, why, you know, this fear of death.

Meshikov was much more spiritual than Tolstoy gave him credit for. He did try, I think, understand human psychology. And I think he thought that somehow together with Tolstoy, he could get closer to cracking this riddle of, you know, what really happens in the human psyche, in the human mind, how, you know, we feel like that, how we feel when we age, why, you know, this fear of death.

And of course, it just, you know, totally crashed. You know, the meeting didn't work at all.

And of course, it just, you know, totally crashed. You know, the meeting didn't work at all.

And of course, it just, you know, totally crashed. You know, the meeting didn't work at all.

At the turn of the 20th century, this was a very dominant dichotomy between pessimism and optimism. Sort of your belief, you know, about the world, you know, is the world getting better?

At the turn of the 20th century, this was a very dominant dichotomy between pessimism and optimism. Sort of your belief, you know, about the world, you know, is the world getting better?

At the turn of the 20th century, this was a very dominant dichotomy between pessimism and optimism. Sort of your belief, you know, about the world, you know, is the world getting better?

In some of the Russian newspapers, he was bragging about how good he felt about He was saying that this is working. Look, you know, I'm eating yogurt three times a day. I believe, you know, it's doing me a lot of good. And look how vigorous I am.

In some of the Russian newspapers, he was bragging about how good he felt about He was saying that this is working. Look, you know, I'm eating yogurt three times a day. I believe, you know, it's doing me a lot of good. And look how vigorous I am.

In some of the Russian newspapers, he was bragging about how good he felt about He was saying that this is working. Look, you know, I'm eating yogurt three times a day. I believe, you know, it's doing me a lot of good. And look how vigorous I am.

What really killed him was World War I. He was such a believer in rational thought and science. He thought that there will be no more wars, that the world had learned from that. And he was devastated when war broke out and all signs stopped at the Pasteur Institute.

What really killed him was World War I. He was such a believer in rational thought and science. He thought that there will be no more wars, that the world had learned from that. And he was devastated when war broke out and all signs stopped at the Pasteur Institute.

What really killed him was World War I. He was such a believer in rational thought and science. He thought that there will be no more wars, that the world had learned from that. And he was devastated when war broke out and all signs stopped at the Pasteur Institute.

His wife describes it like how overnight he turned into an old man.

His wife describes it like how overnight he turned into an old man.

His wife describes it like how overnight he turned into an old man.