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Tolstoy leaves Yasnaya Polyana on 28 October 1910 and dies at Astapovo on 20 November

On 28 October 1910 Tolstoy left Yasnaya Polyana after a long dispute over diaries, copyright, and household authority, and died at Astapovo station on 20 November 1910. In the causal graph this event weakens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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On 28 October 1910 Tolstoy left Yasnaya Polyana after a long dispute over diaries, copyright, and household authority, and died at Astapovo station on 20 November 1910. It is one episode, not two cosmetic twins.

Context

Museum and Britannica independently date the flight and the station death. Property and disciple conflicts with Sophia Tolstaya and Vladimir Chertkov are the sourced household file. This catalog does not invent a bedroom scandal. Later Soviet tomb tourism is not 1910.

Leo Tolstoy’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional years are 1828–1910. Surviving public files are later museum pages, collected-works sites, library catalogues, and encyclopedias. Tolstoy did not typeset those later pages.

Why it matters

Cohesion-cost path. High confidence on the dates; medium on unique legal-property coefficients.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Leo Tolstoy

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He left the house. Family, Chertkov, and station staff share the last days.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactTolstoy leaves Yasnaya Polyana on 28 October 1910 and dies at Astapovo on 20 November
    2. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 28 October 1910 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Yasnaya Polyana Museum-Estate — official English pageMuseum-Estate of L. N. Tolstoy “Yasnaya Polyana” · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Leo TolstoyEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

The estate museum and Britannica independently date 28 October departure and 20 November 1910 death at Astapovo.

Established: he left on 28 October 1910 and died at Astapovo on 20 November. Not established: a unique will-contest statistic as a welfare series.

Leo Tolstoy did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. A station death is not a novel.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLeo Tolstoy
  2. contributed toFactTolstoy leaves Yasnaya Polyana on 28 October 1910 and dies at Astapovo on 20 November
  3. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Tolstoy leaves Yasnaya Polyana on 28 October 1910 and dies at Astapovo on 20 November. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/lt-astapovo-1910

https://factrail.ai/facts/lt-astapovo-1910

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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