The image of St. Catherine

1780/1790

Museum-estate of Leo Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana"
Tula region, Russia

The image of St. Catherine's belonged to Leo Tolstoy's great-great-grandmother, Tatiana G. Gorchakova (1711 (?) -1781), née Princess Mortkina. From 1761 onwards she was a nun at the Kiev-Florovsky Ascension Convent (named Athanasius), where she died in October 1781.

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Title: The image of St. Catherine
Date: 1780/1790
Location: Leo Tolstoy Museum Estate Yasnaya Polyana

Museum-estate of Leo Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana"

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