Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Russian-Soviet writer

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1883

Place of Birth: Pugachyov, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 23-Feb-1945

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, politician, playwright, children's writer, novelist, science fiction writer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: ??????´? ??????´???? ??????´?; 10 January 1883 [O.S.
29 December 1882] – 23 February 1945), nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and in historical novels. During World War II he served on the Extraordinary State Commission of 1942-1947 which "ascertained without reasonable doubt" the mass extermination of people in gas vans by the German occupiers.
During the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals, Soviet prosecutors recognized his work in the investigation of atrocities committed in the Stavropol region.