appearing in the correspondence
Aleksandrovka1 (Aleksandrovskij homestead, a.k.a. Protasovo) — a small estate owned by LNT adjoining Nikol’skoe-Vjazemskoe
Arkhangel’skoe — see Blagodatnoe
Arzamas — regional centre of Arzamas Uezd in Nizhegorodskaja (Nizhnij Novgorod) Gubernia
Astapovo — railway station 95 versts from Yasnaya Polyana where LNT spent the final hours of his life
Atkarsk — regional centre of Atkarsk Uezd in Saratov Gubernia
Baburino — a village located 5 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Bajdary — settlement in Simferopol’ Uezd in the Crimea
Balaklava — a dacha community in the Crimea, about 12 versts from Sevastopol’
Bastyevo — a station on the railway Orël line, not far from Il’ja L’vovich’s Grinëvka estate
Begichevka — settlement in Dankov Uezd, Rjazan’ Gubernia, also the estate of Tolstoy’s friend Ivan Ivanovich Raevskij; this was one of the bases where Tolstoy worked on famine relief
Belaja — a tributary of the River Kama
Belëv — regional centre of Belëv Uezd in Tula Gubernia (western part)
Blagodatnoe (Arkhangel’skoe) — settlement in Tula Gubernia, also a railway station near the Sukhotins’ Kochety estate
Bogatovo (Bogatoe) — a station on the Orenburg railway line, 65 versts from Samara; the closest station to the Tolstoy’s Samara homestead
Bogoroditsk — regional centre of Bogoroditsk Uezd in Tula Gubernia, 70 versts south of Tula
Bol’shoj Irgiz — see Irgiz
Borodino — settlement in the Mozhajsk Uezd, Moscow Gubernia, about 115 versts from Moscow (the famous Battle of Borodino in the summer of 1812 was a turning-point leading to the rout of the Napoleonic forces from Russia)
Borolomka — a stream 3 versts from Yasnaya Polyana, the location of a watermill
Brattsovo (Brattsevo) — a dacha community in Moscow Gubernia, 13 versts from Moscow
Buzuluk — regional centre of Buzuluk Uezd in Samara Gubernia, 140 versts south-east of Samara (now part of Orenburg Oblast) — the Uezd where LNT bought a homestead in 1871
Chepyzh — forest at Yasnaya Polyana
Chern’ — regional centre of Chern’ Uezd, Tula Gubernia (southwestern part), 75 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Chernava — railway station in Rjazan’ Gubernia, the closest postal station to Begichevka
Dmitrievka — a village in Kaluga Gubernia
Dmitrov — regional centre of Dmitrov Uezd in Moscow Gubernia, 65 versts north of Moscow and 20 versts from the Olsuf’evs’ Nikol’skoe-Obol’janovo estate
Dnieper (Russian: Dnepr; Ukrainian: Dnipro) — a major European river, flowing from western Russia through Belarus and Ukraine (bisecting the city of Kiev) and emptying into the Black Sea
Epifan’ — regional centre of Epifan’ Uezd, Tula Gubernia, 75 versts south-east of Tula
Gaspra — village in Yalta Uezd on the south shore of the Crimea (location of Sof’ja Vladimirovna Panina’s estate, where the Tolstoys recuperated during the winter of 1900–01)
Gavrilovka — Cossack settlement in Samara Gubernia, not far from the Tolstoys’ farmstead
Grinëvka — village in Chern Uezd, Tula Gubernia, also the estate of the Tolstoys’ son Il’ja
Grodno — administrative centre of Grodno Gubernia, located in what is now western Belarus near the Polish border, about 855 versts west of Moscow
Grumont — village in Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia, 3 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Ikonskie Vyselki — village in Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia
Irgiz (Bol’shoj Irgiz) — a river flowing into the Volga (the Karalyk is its tributary)
Ivitsy — settlement in Tula Gubernia, also the estate of Tolstaya’s maternal grandfather, Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Islen’ev (it was here in August 1862 that LNT proposed to Sof’ja Andreevna Behrs)
Kaluga — regional centre of Kaluga Gubernia, about 180 versts south-west of Moscow
Kama — one of the main tributaries of the River Volga, flowing into it from the north-east
Kameluk (Kamelik) — a tributary of the River Bol’shoj Irgiz in Samara Gubernia
Karalyk (Orlovka) — settlement on the River Karalyk in Samara Gubernia
Kazan’ — historic city on the River Volga, administrative centre of Kazan’ Gubernia, 820 versts east of Moscow
Kaznacheevo — settlement in Tula Gubernia, 50 versts north-west of Tula
Khar’kov — a major city in what is today eastern Ukraine, about 455 versts east of Kiev
Khitrovo — settlement in Chern Uezd, Tula Gubernia, also the estate of the Barons Delvig, 2 versts from Elizaveta Aleksandrovna Tolstaja’s Pokrovskoe estate
Klekotki — a railway station in Rjazan’ Gubernia, 30 versts from Begichevka
Kochaki — settlement on the Kochak Stream, 2 versts from Yasnaya Polyana; location of the Tolstoys’ family cemetry on the grounds of the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Worker
Kochety — settlement in the Novosil’sk Uezd of Orël Gubernia, also the estate of Tat’jana L’vovna’s husband Mikhail Sergeevich Sukhotin
Kolodezi — village in Rjazan’ Gubernia, close to Begichevka
Kostroma — administrative centre of Kostroma Gubernia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers, 345 versts north-east of Moscow
Kovno (Kaunas) — administrative centre of Kovno Gubernia, just under 1,000 versts west of Moscow, now in Lithuania
Kozlovka (Kozlova Zaseka) — a railway station only 4 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Krapivna — regional centre of Krapivna Uezd in Tula Gubernia, 45 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Krasnye Dvory — a coaching inn near the Kondyrëvka post office in Chern Uezd, Tula Gubernia
Kronshtadt (Kronstadt) — a port on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, just west of St. Petersburg
Kurkino — settlement in Tula Gubernia, 20 versts from Begichevka
Kutais (Kutaisi) — administrative centre of Kutais Gubernia in Georgia, 220 versts from Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Kuzmodem’jansk (Koz’modem’jansk) — port on the Volga River and regional centre of Kuzmodem’jansk Uezd in Kazan’ Gubernia, 214 versts from Kazan’
Lapashino — village in Mtsensk Uezd, Orël Gubernia, about 1.5 versts from Grinëvka
Lapotkovo — settlement in Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia, a postal station 25 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Livadija — royal estate 4 versts south-west of Yalta in the Crimea
Malakhovo — a bog in Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia, 10 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Mocha — river in Samara Gubernia, now known as the Chapaevka, a tributary of the Volga
Morshansk — regional centre of Morshansk Uezd in Tambov Gubernia (south-east of Moscow), on the way to the Tolstoys’ farmstead in Samara, located 90 versts north of Tambov
Mozhajsk — regional centre of Mozhajsk Uezd in Moscow Gubernia, 100 versts south-west of Moscow
Mtsensk — regional centre of Mtsensk Uezd, Orël Gubernia, 55 versts north-east of Orël, not far from Turgenev’s Spasskoe-Lutovinovo estate
Nikol’skoe-Obol’janovo — settlement in Dmitrov Uezd, Moscow Gubernia, also the estate of the Tolstoys’ friends, the Counts Olsuf’evs
Nikol’skoe-Vjazemskoe — settlement in Chern’ Uezd, Tula Gubernia, also LNT’s estate (100 versts from Yasnaya Polyana) which he inherited from his elder brother Nikolaj in 1860
Nizhnij Novgorod (Nizhnij) — administrative centre of Nizhegorodskaja Gubernia, 400 versts east of Moscow on the Volga (known as Gor’kij 1932–90)
Novoselki — settlement in Mtsensk Uezd, Orël Gubernia, also the estate of the poet Afanasij Fet not far from Tolstoy’s Nikol’skoe-Vjazemskoe estate
Obidimo — settlement 16 versts from Tula; a station on the Syzran’–Vjaz’ma railway line
Odessa — port on the Black Sea, regional centre of Odessa Uezd straddling Kherson’ and Odessa Gubernias, 450 km south of Kiev
Odoev — regional centre of Odoev Uezd of Tula Gubernia (western part)
Omsk — a city in Eastern Siberia, some 2,600 versts east of Moscow.
Optina pustyn’ — monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church situated in Kozel’sk Uezd, Kaluga Gubernia, 150 versts from Yasnaya Polyana, where Tolstoy went for the last time shortly before his death in 1910
Orël — administrative centre of Orël Gubernia, 360 versts south-west of Moscow
Orenburg — administrative centre of Orenburg Gubernia in the southern Urals, at the confluence of the Ural and Sakmara Rivers, 1450 versts south-east of Moscow
Orlovka — settlement in Epifan’ Uezd, Tula Gubernia, 8 versts from Begichevka; see also Karalyk
Patrovka — settlement in Samara Gubernia 20 versts from the Tolstoys’ Samara farmstead
Pavlovsk — suburb of St. Petersburg, approx. 24 versts south of the city centre.
Penza — administrative centre of Penza Gubernia (620 versts south-east of Moscow), where Tolstoy went in 1869 to buy an estate
Petrovskoe-Razumovskoe — dacha community (now in the northern part of Moscow), site (since 1865) of the Petrovskaja Agricultural Academy with a farm and nurseries
Pirogovo — settlement in Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia, also the estate of LNT’s brother Sergej Nikolaevich and sister Marija Nikolaevna
Podol’sk — regional centre of Podol’sk Uezd in Moscow Gubernia, 36 versts south of the centre of Moscow on the way to Yasnaya Polyana
Podsolnechnaja — a railway station in Moscow Gubernia, the closest station to the Olsuf’evs’ Nikol’skoe-Obol’janovo estate
Pokrovskoe — settlement in Chern Uezd, Tula Gubernia, also the estate of Elizaveta Aleksandrovna Tolstaja
Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo (Pokrovskoe) — dacha community north-west of Moscow, where for many years SAT’s father Andrej Evstaf’evich Behrs rented a dacha (it was here on 22 August 1844 that Sofia Andreevna Behrs was born)
Poltava — administrative centre of Poltava Gubernia, in the south of Russia, 290 versts east of Kiev (now in Ukraine)
Rjazan’ — administrative centre of Rjazan’ Gubernia, 175 versts south-east of Moscow
Rozhnja — village in the Dankov Uezd of Rjazan’ Gubernia, not far from Begichevka
Rudakovo — settlement in the Tula Uezd of Tula Gubernia, about 7 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Rvy — a village about 5 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Samara — administrative centre of Samara Gubernia, just over 1,000 versts south-east of Moscow on the Volga River, known as Kuybyshev 1935–91 (here in the Gubernia’s Buzuluk Uezd LNT bought a homestead in 1871)
Saransk — regional centre of Saransk Uezd in Penza Gubernia, about 500 versts south-east of Moscow
Saratov — administrative centre of Saratov Gubernia, on the Volga, about 800 versts south-east of Moscow
Selivanovo — settlement in Tula Gubernia 20 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Sergievskoe — settlement in Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia belonging to the Princes Gagarin; also a postal station 40 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Sevastopol’ — military port on the south-west shore of the Crimean peninsula, about 850 versts south of Kiev (it was LNT’s participation in the heroic defence of the city during the Crimean War [1853–56] that gave rise to his Sevastopol’ stories)
Shablykino — settlement in Karachaevsk Uezd, Orël Gubernia, also the estate of Nikolaj Vasil’evich Kireevskij, where LNT often went hunting
Shamordino — settlement in Kozel’sk Uezd, Kaluga Gubernia, location of the Convent of St-Ambrose and Our Lady of Kazan’, where LNT’s sister Marija Nikolaevna served as a nun
Shilovo (Shilino) — village 19 versts from Gorbatovo, Nizhegorodskaja Gubernia, on the way to Penza Gubernia, where LNT went in 1869 to purchase an estate
Simbirsk — administrative centre of Simbirsk Gubernia, about 840 versts south-east of Moscow, re-named Ul’janovsk in 1924
Simeiz — settlement on the southern shore of the Crimean peninsula, 20 versts south-west of Yalta, featuring parks and cypress groves
Spass-Torbeevo — a village not far from the Troitse-Sergieva Monastery Sergiev-Posad, about 110 versts north of Moscow.
Spasskoe-Lutovinovo — settlement in Mtsensk Uezd, Orël Gubernia, also the estate of writer Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Starogladkovksaja (Starogladovskaja) — Cossack village in the Terek region on the River Terek, where Tolstoy lived while serving in the Caucasus (1851–54), described as Novomlinskaja in his narrative The Cossacks
Sudakovo — village in Tula Gubernia, 7 versts from Yasnaya Polyana
Tambov — administrative centre of Tambov Gubernia, about 420 versts south-east of Moscow
Tananyk — the dried-up tributary of the River Bobrovka, which flowed into the River Buzuluk in Samara Gubernia
Teljatinki — village in Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia, 2 versts from Yasnaya Polyana, also the estate of Vladimir Grigor’evich Chertkov and his family
Tiflis — administrative centre of Tiflis Gubernia; the capital of Georgia; known today as Tbilisi
Tsarskoe Selo — a town about 22 versts south of St. Petersburg, where one of the royal residences was located
Tula — administrative centre of Tula Gubernia, about 200 versts south of Moscow
Tver’ — administrative centre of Tver’ Gubernia, 170 versts north-west of Moscow; known as Kalinin (1931–90)
Ufa — administrative centre of Ufa Gubernia, 1,260 versts east of Moscow
Uspenskoe — settlement in Bogoroditsk, Tula Gubernia, also the estate of Vasilij Nikolaevich Bibikov
Uzlovaja — railway station 48 versts south-east of Tula
Voin — estate of Pëtr Petrovich Novosil’tsov in Orël Gubernia, 13 versts south-west of Mtsensk
Vorob’ëvka — estate of Afanasij Afanas’evich Fet in Kursk Gubernia
Voronezh — administrative centre of Voronezh Gubernia, about 500 versts south of Moscow
Voronka — stream located 1 verst from Yasnaya Polyana
Vorotynka — village in Bogoroditsk Uezd, Tula Gubernia, originally belonging to the Tolstoys and sold at the beginning of the 1850s
Vsesvjatskoe — settlement on the Petersburg Chaussée north-west of Moscow, close to Nikol’skoe and Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo
Yalta — port in the Crimea on the Black Sea, about 840 versts south of Kiev
Yasenki — postal station 5 versts from Yasnaya Polyana; also, from the late 1860s, a station on the Moscow-Kursk railway line, later re-named Shchëkino
Yasnaya Polyana — the name of LNT’s ancestral estate, as well as of a nearby village, located in Krapivna Uezd, 45 versts from Krapivna (the regional centre).
Zemljanki — settlement in Samara Gubernia, 15 versts from the Tolstoys’ farmstead
Zhitovo — settlement in the Krapivna Uezd, Tula Gubernia, also the Ladyzhenskij family’s estate
1 Stressed vowels in Russian place names are shown in boldface type. The stress on the words Uezd and Gubernia are indicated at their first occurence only. Note that the letter ë (always stressed) has a sound approximating yo. A verst is equivalent to 1.07 km (see From the Editor).
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF NIKOLAJ IL’ICH TOLSTOY AND MARIJA NIKOLAEVNA TOLSTAYA
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN2 OF ANDREJ EVSTAF’EVICH BEHRS AND LJUBOV’ ALEKSANDROVNA BERS
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN OF LEV NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY AND SOFIA ANDREEVNA TOLSTAYA
1 By her mother’s extra-marital liaison (see My Life Part III, Note 435).
2 Grandchildren listed only by Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya and Tat’jana Andreevna Kuzminskaja.
