The significance of voice arose in Russian literature due to Tolstoy

(University of Tyumen) Leo Tolstoy was the first Russian writer to make voice a distinctive individual, professional and social feature. He created a new stereotypical vocabulary. Tolstoy's voice stereotypes have since been adopted by other Russian writers and still influence them today.

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