Today's interactive Google doodle celebrates the greatest Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's 186's birthday by presenting his work through a collection of images.

Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy in today's doodle. Pictures courtesy Google

Tolstoy was born on 9 September 1828 in Yasnaya Polyana in the Russian Empire to a well-known aristocratic family and died from pneumonia at Astapovo train station aged 82 in 1910.

The doodle starts with a picture of a bearded Tolstoy writing at his desk by candlelight before showing scenes from his most famous works, including War and Peace, Anna Karenina and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.