Leo Tolstoy started writing short stories after he left the military in 1856 and grew as a new rising star in literature of Russia. The war of Crimea provided him the background for his future stories. However, “how much land does a man need” had always influenced him during his future writing to cover up the plot of poverty, greed and peasant’s life.The most important part of his legacy in his defense of the individual personality and conscience in a world where such issues are under attack. Here we present collection of his well known short stories which will fascinate readers even today as we live very near to such conditions.