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Vladimir Grigoryevich Chertkov (Russian: Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Чертко́в; also transliterated as Chertkoff, Tchertkoff, or Tschertkow (3 November [O.S. 22 October] 1854 – November 9, 1936) was one of the editors of the works of Leo Tolstoy, and one of the most prominent Tolstoyans.
Vladimir Grigorievich Chertkov was born in 1854 in St. Petersburg. Three sources of power – wealth, aristocratic origin and eminent rank – were at the disposal of V.G. Chertkov’s family.
Aug 8, 2014 · In a triumph of marketing orchestrated by Tolstoy’s chief disciple Vladimir Chertkov, who had himself translated many of the religious tracts, the novel was soon being read by hundreds of ...
Vladimir Chertkov was a devoted friend of Tolstoy, who published abroad those of the Count’s works which were either altogether forbidden in Russia, or were mutilated by the censor.
- Alexander Kaun
Oct 5, 2018 · In 1883, Vladimir Chertkov, a young religious zealot, visits the novelist and expresses admiration for Tolstoy’s brand of Christianity. He becomes the great man’s trusted confidant, replacing...
Nov 15, 2014 · He was often seen in the company of his chief disciple, Vladimir Chertkov. A man of striking appearance, twenty-five years younger, Chertkov commanded attention. His photographs with Tolstoy show him towering over the writer.
Vladimir Chertkov was the literary executor of Tolstoy, and the organiser of the Russian pacifist movement in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union in the early 20th Century. The aim of this project was to preserve, by electronic scanning, documents from the library archive of his materials, to preserve them before the originals deteriorate.
