Literature · Kazan
Kazan opens an exhibition on Tolstoy and India
Three rooms explore the writer’s reading and correspondence.
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Opened 27 October; runs until 25 January 2027 · 1 min read
Published 29 October 2026 · Source dated 27 October 2026
Opened 27 October; runs until 25 January 2027 · 1 min read
Published 29 October 2026 · Source dated 27 October 2026
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Kazan’s Leo Tolstoy Museum opened Leo Tolstoy and Indian Culture: Points of Contact on 27 October. The exhibition is a joint project with the writer’s museum in Moscow.
Three rooms examine Tolstoy’s study of Indian spiritual texts, his correspondence with Gandhi and other connections with India. Themes include a proof of Pythagoras’ theorem that interested him. The exhibition runs until 25 January 2027 at 15 Yapeev Street; check visitor arrangements with the museum.
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