Lev Tolstoy (rural locality)

This article is about rural locality. For the Russian novelist after whom it was named, see Leo Tolstoy.

Coordinates: 53°13′N 39°27′E / 53.217°N 39.450°E / 53.217; 39.450

Lev Tolstoy railway station

Lev Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Толсто́й) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Lev-Tolstovsky District of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.[1] Population: 8,650(2010 Census);[2] 9,035(2002 Census);[3] 9,139(1989 Census).[4]

History

Astapovo railway station, built in 1890 on the intersection of the Kozlov–Volovo and MoscowYelets routes, was named after a nearby selo of Astapovo (Аста́пово), which was founded no later than the mid-17th century.[5] The name derives from the masculine first name Ostap.[5] On November 7, 1910, the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy fell ill at the Astapovo station and died here.[5] To commemorate this event, the station was renamed Lva Tolstogo (Льва Толсто́го) in 1918.[5] In 1932, the name of the station and of the settlement was changed to its modern form.[5]

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Notes

  1. Law #382-OZ
  2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  4. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Pospelov, p. 29

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