Alexandra Lvovna Tolstaya, born on June 18, 1884, in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Province, and died on September 26, 1979, in Welly Cottage, New York, was the youngest daughter and secretary of Leo Tolstoy, as well as an author of memoirs about him. She founded and headed the museum in Yasnaya Polyana and the Tolstoy Foundation. At 16, Alexandra grew close to her father and dedicated her entire life to him. She performed secretarial duties, recorded his diary by dictation, and mastered shorthand and typing. At the beginning of World War I in 1914, she completed nursing courses and voluntarily went to the front, where she served as a nurse on the Caucasian and Northwestern fronts, leading a military medical unit. On November 21, 1915, she was elected as a representative of the Main Committee of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union for the Aid of the Sick and Wounded. After the October Revolution of 1917, Alexandra did not accept the new government, known for its brutal persecution of dissenters. As a human rights activist, she openly spoke out against violence. In the 1920s, she actively participated in the activities of the American Relief Administration in Soviet Russia and worked in its Moscow office, under the watch of the Cheka. A secret report from the Cheka to the Soviet government noted that Countess Tolstaya, working in the office, openly expressed hatred for Soviet power. Abroad, she lectured about her father at various universities. In 1939, Alexandra organized and headed the Tolstoy Foundation, which provided assistance to Russian refugees and has branches in different countries. In 1941, she became a U.S. citizen. Alexandra Lvovna passed away at the age of 95, and she was buried by Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, who noted in his eulogy that the Church mourns together with her and the family of Leo Tolstoy.