Kvitko, D. Tolstoy's Philosophy (Filosofiya Tolstogo), 1930. In Russian.

Д. Квитко.
Философия Толстого.
Издание второе, дополненное.
Москва: Издательство Коммунистической Академии, 1930.
228 с. Слегка увеличенный формат. Твердый издательский переплет.
Тираж 4100 экз.
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D. Kvitko.
Tolstoy's Philosophy.
Second edition, enlarged.
Moscow: Publishing House of the Communist Academy, 1930.
228 pp. Slightly enlarged format. Hardcover.
Edition of 4,100 copies.

This 1930 second edition of David Kvitko’s Tolstoy's Philosophy represents a significant effort within early Soviet academia to grapple with the ideological legacy of Leo Tolstoy from a rigorous Marxist perspective. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of Tolstoy’s moral and religious searching, including the arrangement of his views on non-resistance to evil, his critique of the state, and his unique brand of Christian anarchism. Published by the Publishing House of the Communist Academy, this volume serves as a vital primary source for understanding how the Bolshevik intelligentsia sought to reconcile Tolstoy’s undeniable literary genius with his "reactionary" philosophical tenets. Kvitko analyzes Tolstoy not just as a writer but as a social phenomenon, tracing the class origins of his thought and his relationship to the Russian peasantry during a transitional period in Soviet intellectual history.