Tolstoy-Yurt (Russian: Толстой-Юрт; Chechen: Девкар-Эвла|Devkar-Evla) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Groznensky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population: The town is named after the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.[1]
In 2005, Aslan Maskhadov, the third president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, was reportedly killed in fighting in the locality of Tolstoy-Yurt. Maskhadov was reportedly killed when a Russian special forces soldier threw a grenade into his bunker.[2]