Initially, the Astapovo train station (it is now called Leo Tolstoy station) was built for refueling steam locomotives with water. Two large water towers were installed on it, one of which has survived to this day. By 1910, the station building was completed. A railway school was also built here.
Two train station buildings can be seen at the station. The small wooden building of the old railway station, built in the early 20th century, has been completely preserved. Leo Tolstoy was sitting in the waiting room of this station when the stationmaster Ivan Ozolin was preparing a room for him in his house. Later, a new two-story brick building was added to the old wooden station.
In 2014, passenger services at this station were discontinued, but both stations are preserved as a memorial Museum of Leo Tolstoy. The clock on the station building since 1910 shows the same time – 6 hours and 5 minutes. It was at this time that the great Russian writer Lev Tolstoy died in the house of the stationmaster of Astapovo on the morning of November 7, 1910.
At the station, you can see the steam locomotive OV. These locomotives were used in the late 19th century to pull trains when Leo Tolstoy arrived at this station. Nearby is the building of the outpatient clinic, from which the doctor came on the first evening when Tolstoy was forced to get off the train to Astapovo. In front of the stationmaster house in 1960, a memorial square was laid out, in which a bust of Leo Tolstoy was installed.
