Leo Tolstoy, who in his fifties gave up much of his wealth and devoted himself to a life of pacificism and asceticism, had as one of his disciples a certain wealthy aristocrat named Chertkov.

托尔斯泰五十多岁时捐弃了大部分财，平、禁为生。他有一位门徒叫切尔科夫，是个有的贵族。