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However, their later life together has been described by [[A.N. Wilson]] as one of the unhappiest in literary history. Tolstoy's relationship with his wife deteriorated as his beliefs became increasingly radical. This saw him seeking to reject his inherited and earned wealth, including the renunciation of the copyrights on his earlier works.
Some members of the Tolstoy family left Russia in the aftermath of the [[1905 Russian Revolution]], or after the establishment of the Soviet Union following the 1917 [[October Revolution]], and many of Leo Tolstoy's relatives and descendants today live in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Tolstoy's son, Count [[Lev Lvovich Tolstoy]], settled in Sweden and married a Swedish woman, and their their descendants with family names including Tolstoy, [[Paus family|Paus]] and Ceder still live in Sweden. The Paus branch of the family is also closely related to [[Henrik Ibsen]].<ref>[[Jørgen Haave]], ''Familien Ibsen'', Museumsforlaget, 2017, ISBN 9788283050455</ref> Leo Tolstoy's last surviving grandchild, Countess [[Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus]], died in 2007 at [[Herresta]] manor in Sweden, which is owned by Tolstoy's descendants.<ref>"Tanja Paus och Sonja Ceder till minne," ''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]'', 11 March 2007</ref> Swedish writer Daria Paus and jazz singer [[Viktoria Tolstoy]] are among Leo Tolstoy's Swedish descendants.<ref>
One of his great-great-grandsons, Vladimir Tolstoy (born 1962), has been a director of the [[Yasnaya Polyana]] museum since 1994 and an adviser to the [[President of Russia]] on cultural affairs since 2012.<ref>[http://ypmuseum.ru/en/2011-04-13-17-30-44/mhistory/65-2011-08-19-09-30-03.html Vladimir Ilyich Tolstoy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223225741/http://ypmuseum.ru/en/2011-04-13-17-30-44/mhistory/65-2011-08-19-09-30-03.html |date=23 February 2019 }} at the official [[Yasnaya Polyana]] website</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/311/biography|title=Persons ∙ Directory ∙ President of Russia|website=President of Russia|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611164029/http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/311/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ilya Tolstoy]]'s great-grandson, [[Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy|Pyotr Tolstoy]], is a well-known Russian journalist and TV presenter as well as a [[7th State Duma|State Duma]] deputy since 2016. His cousin [[Fyokla Tolstaya]] (born Anna Tolstaya in 1971), daughter of the acclaimed Soviet [[Slavist]] Nikita Tolstoy ([[:ru:Толстой, Никита Ильич|ru]]) (1923–1996), is also a Russian journalist, TV and radio host.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/45825/|title=Толстые / Телеканал "Россия – Культура"|website=tvkultura.ru|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-date=9 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809072325/http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/45825/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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