in September 1920 he married Nadine Perchina, who later became one of the closest disciples of the spiritual teacher Meher Baba. This was the second marriage for both. They moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, and he continued to lecture and write. He pawned some of the family treasures brought from Russia to raise money in 1922. Then, in 1925, along with fellow Russian writer, George Grebenstchikoff, Tolstoy moved to the small Connecticut town of Southbury. They founded a Russian community in the southwest corner of the town. Tolstoy had originally found the area and set up a home earlier in 1923. He loved the way the rolling hills reminded him of the Russian country side. He moved temporarily to California in 1926 to work on a movie version of his father's novel, Resurrection. He died on 11 December 1933 in New Haven, Connecticut. He is best known for his book of memoirs about his father Reminiscences of Tolstoy. He also wrote the short novel The Corpse in 1890 (published posthumously), and the story One Bastard Less which was published in the journal Russian Thought in 1905. English translations Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chapman & Hall, London, 1914 (at the Internet Archive). Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Century Company, NY, 1914 (on Google Books). Tolstoy, My Father; Reminiscences, Cowles Book Company, Chicago, 1971. (at the Internet Archive). References External links 1866 births 1933 deaths Russian memoirists Russian male short story writers Russian publishers (people) Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Leo Tolstoy Ilya Military personnel of the Russian Empire Counts of the Russian Empire 19th-century short story writers from the Russian Empire