Is it true that Leo Tolstoy used to walk barefoot or that Anton Chekhov was elegance personified? What would you have to wear in those days to be called a buffoon? And what about Gogol’s love for weird clothing? You’ll find the answers to all that and more as we explore the styles of the most iconic figures in Russian literature.
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