Ilya Tolstoy (colonel)
Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy | |
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| Born | February 3, 1903 Tula Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 28, 1970 New York City, United States |
| Rank | Colonel |
Count Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy (3 February 1903 in Tula Governorate – 28 October 1970 in New York City) was a U.S. Army Colonel and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's envoy in Tibet. He was one of the founders of Marineland of Florida, of the Bahamas National Trust, and he served on the Caribbean Conservation Commission. He was a grandson of Leo Tolstoy.