Tolstoy and Sofya had 13 children with 10 surviving infancy.
- Sergey Tolstoy: Born in 1863. Sergey stayed in Russia all his life. Sergey died in 1948.
- Tatyana "Tanya" Lvovna Tolstoy: Born in 1864. Tanya died in 1950.
- Ilya Lvoich Tolstoy: Born in 1866. A writer and actor, Ilya died in 1933.
- Leo Tolstoy: Born in 1869. Leo had a bitter relationship with his father. Leo died in 1945.
- Marya "Masha" Tolstoy: Born in 1871. Marya died of pneumonia in her mid-30s in 1906.
- Pyotr "Petya" Tolstoy: Born in 1872. Petya died in 1873 from croup.
- Nicholas Tolstoy: Born in 1874. Nicholas died in 1875 of meningitis when he was 10 months old.
- Varvara Tolstoy: Born and died within an hour in 1875. Varvara was born prematurely.
- Andrey Tolstoy: Born in 1877. Andrey died during WWI in 1916.
- Michael Tolstoy: Born in 1879. Michael lived in France for many years. He died in Morocco in 1944.
- Alexis Tolstoy: Born in 1881. Alexis died in 1886 of quinsy when four years old.
- Alexandra "Sasha" Tolstoy aka Aleksandra Lvovna Tolstoy: Born in 1884. Actress, co-founded the Tolstoy Foundation. Tolstoy made Aleksandra his heir. She died in 1979.
- Ivan "Vanichka" Tolstoy: Born in 1888. Vanichka died in 1895 of scarlet fever when he was seven years old.
- Timothy Tolstoy: Born abt. 1859. Timothy became a coach driver on Tolstoy's estate. Timothy's mother is Aksinya aka Axinya Bazykin, a married peasant. Leo Tolstoy's relationship with Aksinya lasted three years.