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Countess Tatiana “Tanja” <I>Tolstoy</I> Paus

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Countess Tatiana “Tanja” Tolstoy Paus

Birth
Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Oblast, Russia
Death
29 Jan 2007 (aged 92)
Strängnäs kommun, Södermanlands län, Sweden
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Buried in Sweden, probably in Strängnäs kommun Add to Map
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Countess Tatiana ("Tanja") Tolstoy-Paus was the daughter of the Russian count and author Lev Lvovich Tolstoy and his Swedish wife Dorothea (Dora) Westerlund. Her paternal grandfather was Leo Tolstoy.


In 1940 she married the Norwegian-born estate owner Herman Christopher Paus, of Herresta manor in Sweden. Herman's father was a first cousin of Henrik Ibsen.

Countess Tatiana ("Tanja") Tolstoy-Paus was the daughter of the Russian count and author Lev Lvovich Tolstoy and his Swedish wife Dorothea (Dora) Westerlund. Her paternal grandfather was Leo Tolstoy.


In 1940 she married the Norwegian-born estate owner Herman Christopher Paus, of Herresta manor in Sweden. Herman's father was a first cousin of Henrik Ibsen.



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