Literay Fact Literay Fact 2541-8297 2542-2421 IWL RAS https://doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2022-26-75-89 Research Article and Publication of Archival Documents Articles Leo Tolstoy in Italy Cinzia Cadamagnani editor@litfact.ru 2022 Leo Tolstoy in Italy Florence Giovanni Guidotti Florence Ecumenical Conference Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The author of the article describes two trips to Italy made by Leo Tolstoy in 1857 and 1860–1861, and for the first time publishes her own translation from Italian into Russian of the text appearing in the pamphlet “Three Popes, or Peace Between Christian Churches” (I tre papi, ossia la pace tra le chiese cristiane, 1893) as a report by L.N. Tolstoy at the “Conference on the fusion of all Christian churches” (held supposedly in 1891, in Florence). She also publishes three letters sent to Tolstoy by the author of the pamphlet, Giovanni Guidotti, recently discovered in the Department of Manuscript Funds of the State Museum of L.N. Tolstoy, which demonstrate that Tolstoy never attended the aforementioned conference and that Guidotti’s book is a historical forgery. 1. Biriukov, P.V. Biografiia L.N. Tolstogo: v 4 t. [Leo Tolstoy Biography: in 4 vols.]. Мoscow, Algoritm Publ., 2000. (In Russ.) 2. Botkin, V.P. “Pis’mo k M.P. Botkinu 4 (16) ianv. 1861” [“Letter to M.P. Botkin of 4 (16) January 1861”]. Literaturnaia mysl’ [ Literary Thought], book 2. Petrograd, Mysl’ Publ., 1923, pp. 166–167. (In Russ.) 3. Gol’denveizer, A.B. Vblizi Tolstogo (Zapiski za piatnadtsat’ let): v 2 t. [Near Tolstoy (Notes for Fiteen Years): in 2 vols.]. Moscow, Tsentral’noe tovarishchestvo “Koo­perativnoe izdatel’stvo”: Golos Tolstogo Publ., 1922. (In Russ.) 4. Gusev, N.N. Letopis’ zhizni i tvorchestva L’va Tolstogo [Chronicle of the Life and Work of L.N. Tolstoy]. Moscow, Academia Publ., 1936. 874 p. (In Russ.) 5. Molostvova, E.V., Rodionov, N.S. “Kratkaia khronologicheskaia kanva zhizni i tvorchestva L.N. Tolstogo za 1881–1887 gody” [“A Brief Chronological Outline of the Life and Works of L.N. Tolstoy in 1881–1887”]. Tolstoi, L.N. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii: v 90 t. [ Complete Works: in 90 vols.], vol. 49. Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo khudozhestvennoi literatury Publ., 1952, pp. 161–184. (In Russ.) 6. Opul’skaia, L.D. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoi: Materialy k biografii s 1886 po 1892 god [Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy: Materials for a Biography from 1886 to 1892]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1979. 287 p. (In Russ.) 7. Petrovskii, A.S. “Khronologicheskaia kanva zhizni i tvorchestva L.N. Tolstogo za 1891–1894 g.” [“Chronological Outline of the Life and Works of L.N. Tolstoy in 1891– 1894”]. Tolstoi, L.N. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii: v 90 t. [Complete Works: in 90 vols.], vol. 52. Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo khudozhestvennoi literatury Publ., 1952, pp. 281–297. (In Russ.) 8. Tolstaia, S.A. Pis’ma k L.N. Tolstomu 1862–1910 [Letters to L.N. Tolstoy. 1862–1910]. Moscow, Leningrad, Academia Publ., 1936. 863 p. (In Russ.) 9. Tolstaia, S.A. Dnevniki: v 2 t. [Diaries: in 2 vols.]. Moscow, Khudozhestvennaia literatura Publ., 1978. (In Russ.) 10. Tolstoi, L.N. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii: v 90 t. [Complete Works: in 90 vols.]. Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo khudozhestvennoi literatury Publ., 1928–1958. (In Russ.) 11. Adriani, M. Firenze sacra. Firenze, Nardini Editore, 1990. 343 p. (In Italiano) 12. Arnone, V. “A Firenze un Tolstoj ecumenico.” Avvenire, 6 maggio 2010, p. 29. (In Italiano) 13. Belentschikow, V. “Bertha von Suttner und Lev N. Tolstoj.” Zeitschrift für Slawi­stik, XXVIII, no. 1–3, 1983, pp. 284–301. (In German) 14. Cadamagnani, C. “Storia di un falso storico. Lev Tolstoj a Firenze e quel conve­gno ecumenico che non ebbe mai luogo.” Studi slavistici, XVIII, no. 1, 2021, pp. 235–251. (In Italiano) 15. Coaloa, R. Lev Tolstoj. Il coraggio della verità, prefazione di Goffredo Fofi. Roma, Edizioni della Sera, 2015. 191 p. (In Italiano) 16. Coaloa, R. Lev Tolstoj e l’Italia. Pistoia, Gli ori, 2016. 160 p. (In Italiano) 17. Guidotti, G. I tre papi ossia la pace tra le chiese cristiane. Palermo, Torino, Carlo Clausen Edit., 1893. 20 p. (In Italiano) 18. Risaliti, R. “La presenza russa a Firenze. Dall’Unità alla fine degli anni Ottanta.” Slavia, no. 4, 2009, pp. 139–170. (In Italiano) 19. Salomoni, A. “Lev N. Tolstoj e Bertha von Suttner. Una corrispondenza sulla pace, l’arbitrato e il disarmo.” Filippi, P.M., a cura di. Parlare di pace in tempo di guerra. Bertha von Suttner e altre voci del pacifismo europeo. Rovereto, Edizioni Osiride, 2015, pp. 129–148. (In Italiano) 20. Sansone, A. Storia del R. Istituto Tecnico Filippo Parlatore. Palermo, Scuola tip. Boccone del povero, 1920. 212 p. (In Italiano)