Lev Tolstoy (rural locality)

Lev Tolstoy is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Lev-Tolstovsky District of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. Population:

Astapovo railway station, built in 1890 on the intersection of the Kozlov–Volovo and Moscow–Yelets routes, was named after a nearby selo of Astapovo , which was founded no later than the mid-17th century. The name derives from the masculine first name Ostap. On November 7, 1910, the famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy fell ill at the Astapovo station and died here. To commemorate this event, the station was renamed Lva Tolstogo in 1918. In 1932, the name of the station and of the settlement was changed to its modern form.