Astapovo

Astapovo is a rural locality in Russia best known for the railway station at which the writer Leo Tolstoy died in 1910, during a journey from Yasnaya Polyana to Saint Petersburg. The event gave the site enduring historical significance and has made the station a landmark in Russian literary history. The settlement developed around the railway and surrounding agricultural activity, and it remains a small community with a landscape typical of the East European plain.

Geographically, Astapovo lies along a regional rail corridor that connects several towns and serves as a local transport node within its district. Administratively, it forms part of a rural settlement within a larger district in central Russia. The climate is temperate continental, with cold winters and warm summers.

Economy and demographics in Astapovo are modest, with activity centered on agriculture, railway-related services, and local small businesses. The Tolstoy connection continues to attract visitors, scholars, and readers interested in Russian literary history, and the site is sometimes included in cultural tours related to Tolstoy’s life.

Notable people associated with Astapovo include Leo Tolstoy, the renowned writer, whose death at the Astapovo railway station in 1910 remains a key point in the locality’s historical identity.