Lev Tolstoy (settlement)

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This article is about a settlement. For the famous Russian novelist after whom this settlement was named, see Leo Tolstoy.

Coordinates: 53°12′25″N, 39°27′03″E

Lev Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Толсто́й) is a settlement in the northern part of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. It is the administrative center of Lev-Tolstovsky District. Population: 8,800 (2005 est.); 9,035 (2002 Census); 9,139 (1989 Census).

The settlement was founded in 1890 as Astapovo (Аста́пово) railway station on the intersection of the Kozlov–Volovo and Moscow–Yelets routes. Leo Tolstoy, a famous Russian novelist, fell ill at Astapovo station and died here in 1910. In 1918 (1920 according to other sources) the station was renamed Lev Tolstoy.