Who Was Alive

Were Mikhail Lermontov and Leo Tolstoy alive at the same time?

Yes. Mikhail Lermontov and Leo Tolstoy were alive at the same time for 12 years, from 1828 to 1841.

Mikhail Lermontov was 13 when Leo Tolstoy was born.

Leo Tolstoy was 12 when Mikhail Lermontov died, aged 26.

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter

Born 3 October 1814 (Julian calendar) · died 15 July 1841 (Julian calendar), aged 26

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

Born 28 August 1828 (Julian calendar) · died 7 November 1910 (Julian calendar), aged 82

  1. Napoleon
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Charles Darwin
  4. Mikhail Lermontov
  5. Karl Marx
  6. Leo Tolstoy
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
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Mikhail Lermontov and Leo Tolstoy in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.