Lev Tolstoy (rural locality)
53°13′N 39°27′E / 53.217°N 39.450°E
Lev Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Толсто́й) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Lev-Tolstovsky District of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. Population: 8,875 (2021 Census); 8,650 (2010 Census); 9,035 (2002 Census); 9,139 (1989 Soviet census). Until 1932 it was known as Astapovo.