Tolstoy Marg is usually the focal point of protest marches and other political rallies in the city.
[3] Tolstoy Marg was constructed during the British era, when Robert Tor Russell was designing the Connaught Place.
[10] When the headquarters of Communist Party of India were shifted from Bombay to New Delhi in 1951, they were first housed on “4, Keeling Road”.
[4] During Soviet era, Information Department of the USSR Embassy in India, was situated nearby on 25, Barakhamba Road of New Delhi.
[14] Soviet Airlines Aeroflot had an office on Tolstoy Marg,[15] which is currently shifted to nearby Barakhamba Road.