Short answers, pulled from the story.
Leo Tolstoy was born on the 9th of September 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate located southwest of Tula and south of Moscow. He was the fourth of five children born to Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy and Princess Mariya Tolstaya, née Volkonskaya.
Leo Tolstoy transformed from a privileged author to a spiritual anarchist after serving as an artillery officer in the Crimean War and witnessing a public execution in Paris during 1857. These experiences led him to renounce government service and adopt non-violent beliefs.
Leo Tolstoy married Sophia Andreevna Behrs, known as Sonya, on the 23rd of September 1862. They had 13 children, eight of whom survived childhood.
Leo Tolstoy died on the 20th of November 1910 at the age of 82 of pneumonia at Astapovo railway station. He had traveled south by train and was taken to the stationmaster's apartment where he received medical treatment before passing.
Leo Tolstoy influenced Mahatma Gandhi through his concept of truth and nonresistance to evil, which formed the basis of Gandhi's satyagraha movement. Gandhi derived his understanding of truth from Tolstoy's interpretation of Christianity rather than from Hindu tradition.