Leo Tolstoy was buried here, at the “place of the little green stick”, on November 9 th 1910. The legend about the green stick with the secret of happiness for all people written on it was mentioned in one of the versions of Leo Tolstoy’s will: “There should be no ceremonies while burying my body; a wooden coffin, and let anyone, who will be willing to, carry it to the Stary Zakaz Wood, near the ravine, to the place of the little green stick”.