Tolstoy Farm

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Gandhi & Count Tolstoy

Gandhi was inspired by Tolstoy not only in respect of non-violence and non-violent resistance but also by his idea of 'Bread Labour' and its concomitant idea of 'getting off the backs' of others including the poor.

Tolstoy farm

Tolstoy Farm was the first ashram initiated and organized by Mohandas Gandhi during his South African movement.

Architects impression of the Tolstoy farm

The settlement was called the Tolstoy Farm at the suggestion of Kallenbach

Gandhi + group, Tolstoy Farm, Kallenbach - Gandhi c. 1895 western dress

Tolstoy Farm was the first ashram initiated and organized by Mohandas Gandhi during his South African movement.

Tolstoy farm picnic

Miscellaneous illustrations from Indian Opinion on Gandhi & the passive resistance movement

Kallenbach the owner of Tolstoy farm

Dr. Hermann Kallenbach (1 March 1871 – 25 March 1945) was a German-Jewish architect who ... Kallenbach himself named this farm after Leo Tolstoy as he was deeply influenced by Tolstoy's writings and philosophy. Abandoning the life of a ...

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