1. Tolstoy visited Florence in winter of 1860-1861. Here he met S.G. Volkonsky, a Decembrist, the prototype of one of the protagonists of the novel “War and Peace”.
2. The versions of Chapter XXIX of the novel “War and Peace” where the name of Dante and the theme of sublime romantic love appears in the conversations of the protagonists.
3. The theme of love and the women’s images in Tolstoy’s works. Dante’s youth love to Beatriche is a philosophical symbol.. Tolstoy as philosopher analizes love. For Tolstoy, the personification of a happy femenine character is the woman protagonist of Anton Chekhov’s novel “Dushechka” (Pussy cat).
4. Dante is mentioned in the treatise “What is Art ?” in Tolstoy’s diary.

5. According to Tolstoy, the Italian philosopher Joseph Madzini is “The true prophet of all peoples”.
6. Tolstoy’s influence on the social life in Italy in nineteenth century. The court proceedings against «Vita Internazionale» magazine in 1898. Giuzeppe Jacosa’s speech in the court.
7. The Albertini as descendants of Tolstoy and Jacosa.