Yasna Polyana + Nikolo-Kochakovsky necropolis

14 km from Tula there is a world-famous museum-estate of the great Russian writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana", which you will visit. Born here on August 28, 1828, he spent most of his life. Here, in the forest "Old Zakaze", on the edge of the ravine, under the shade of trees is his grave. The estate museum includes a literary museum, Volkonsky’s house, the grave of L.N. Tolstoy, a lime park, ponds, forests, meadows, arable land, gardens, the house-museum of L.N. Tolstoy.

The appearance of the house, the location of its rooms, the furnishings - everything is preserved in the form it was in the last year of the writer's life. Here Leo Tolstoy spent about fifty years of his life. Many of the immortal creations of world literature were born in this house: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Resurrection, The Power of Darkness, Haji Murat.

South of Yasnaya Polyana, not far from it, in the village of Kochaki is the Nikolo-Kochakovsky necropolis - the family burial of the Tolstoys. Here are buried parents, brothers, wife, some of Tolstoy’s children and grandchildren, as well as many people close to him. Kochakiv cemetery is the only family necropolis of Tolstoys. In addition, it together with the church represents a valuable historical and architectural ensemble whiter than three hundred years ago. This monument is an integral part of the memorial and natural reserve of the museum-estate of Leo Tolstoy “Yasnaya Polyana”.