Museum-estate "Spasskoe-Lutovinovo"

State memorial and natural museum-reserve I.S. Turgenev "Spasskoe-Lutovinovo" - one of the most valuable objects cultural heritage peoples Russian Federation. This unique monument Russian culture - the only memorial museum great writer.

The old estate of Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, which is spread among the hills and fields of the Oryol province, is the family nest of the great Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. Its history begins in the 16th century, when Spasskoye was granted the Lutovinov nobles by royal decree. The ordinary and provincial estate began to change when Turgenev's great-uncle Ivan Ivanovich Lutovinov became its owner. The center of the estate was an elegant manor house with a mezzanine, many verandas and porches. A park was laid out around the house, rightfully considered a masterpiece landscape gardening art that time. Outbuildings were erected - a mill, a forge, a poultry yard and others. Under Ivan Ivanovich Lutovinov, buildings for a hospital and an almshouse were built in Spassky.

Spasskoe-Lutovinovo was inherited by Lutovinov's niece Varvara, who soon married officer Sergei Turgenev and in 1818 gave birth to his son Ivan. Here, among the calm beauty of Russian lands and measured life manor estate nine childhood years of the future classic of Russian literature have passed. The bright linden alleys, the calm expanse of the park pond, the silence and coolness of the rooms of the manor house sunk deep into his soul, which could easily be recognized in his "Noble Nest", "Rudin", "First Love" and a host of other works.

The fate of Turgenev's estate after his death was difficult. Ivan Sergeevich had no direct heirs, and there was no one to take care of the safety of the estate and all the property. But since 1918, the estate gradually began to recover, from the memorial museum of the writer Spasskoye-Lutovinovo passed into the rank of the State Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve.

Today, Spasskoe-Lutovinovo is a huge complex that includes memorial buildings, museum expositions and one of the most beautiful parks in Russia. The main wealth of the museum-reserve is the memorial house of I.S. Turgenev, who keeps a priceless collection of authentic Turgenev things. According to the testimony of old-timers, sketches and photographs, the original atmosphere of the 19th century has been restored in the house and the “outhouse of the exile”. The estate is striking in its beauty and well-groomedness. Turgenev Park has regained its majestic appearance. The birch alley leading to the dam and the Big Pond and the Varnavitsky ravine has been restored.

The fame of the museum-reserve I.S. Turgenev stepped far beyond the borders of Russia. About 120 thousand visitors visit the memorial estate every year.

Membership in organizations:
Union of Museums of Russia - R14

Partner organizations:
State Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V.I. Dalia - M289
State Museum of A.S. Pushkin - M291
State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin - M296
State Museum-Reserve M.A. Sholokhov - M1956

Storage units:
23010, of which 8625 items of the main fund

Large exhibition projects:
"Two writers - two anniversaries", to the 195th anniversary of I. S. Turgenev and the 190th anniversary of the birth of A. N. Ostrovsky (from the collection of the museum-reserve of I. S. Turgenev "Spasskoye-Lutovinovo", museum-reserve A . N. Ostrovsky "Shchelykovo", State Literary Museum), 2013
Exhibition of old photographs from the collections of the State Historical, Artistic and literary museum- reserve "Abramtsevo" and museum-reserve I. S. Turgenev "Spasskoe-Lutovinovo", 2014
"And the captivating gods of the ancient world", 2015
“My address: Oryol province, in the city of Mtsensk…”, 2015
"My only friend..." to the 195th anniversary of the birth of Pauline Viardot, 2016

Traveling and exchange exhibitions:
"In the beautiful fullness of fine art." A unique collection of engravings of the 17th-19th centuries, made the best craftsmen Russia, France, Germany, Italy, England. Engravings from pictorial originals, genre scenes and hunting scenes performed famous artists and engravers, made in the best workshops of that time, unique cartographic materials, rare views of cities in Russia and Europe
"How I love that beautiful fiction...". Exhibition of illustrations for the works of I.S. Turgenev - more than 50 drawings and autolithographs for early poems, a cycle of stories "Notes of a hunter", short stories and novels, poems in prose. The works are made in a different manner and technique (charcoal, ink, pencil, watercolor), they are distinguished by a wide variety of subjects.
"Poetry is not in some verses ...". Landscapes by Oryol and Moscow artists convey the beauty of nature in central Russia, Spassky-Lutovinovo and its environs, Turgenev places in the Oryol and Tula regions - Bezhina meadows and the village of Turgenev
"Old picture". Over 150 professional and amateur photographs taken from the 1850s to the 1920s various genres: view, interior, everyday, landscape photography, from business card photography to office photo portraits
"Art that has become nature." The exhibition is dedicated to one of the most famous works I.S. Turgenev - a cycle of stories "Notes of a hunter". The exhibition presents various editions of the "Hunter's Notes", illustrations by artists of the second half of XIX- XX centuries, made in a different manner and technique, sculptural groups, photographs of the places where the action of the stories unfolded and the heroes of Turgenev's stories lived

Poetry is not in verses alone: ​​it is spilled everywhere,
she is around us. Take a look at these trees
on this sky - beauty blows from everywhere and
life, and where there is beauty and life, there is poetry.
I. S. Turgenev

Spasskoe-Lutovinovo is a state memorial and natural museum-reserve dedicated to the memory of the great Russian writer I. S. Turgenev. It is one of the largest literary memorial complexes on the territory of the Russian Federation, annually receiving over 120,000 visitors.

Apart from literary value, Spasskoe-Lutovinovo has historical and architectural importance. The fact is that the Turgenev estate is one of the few surviving architectural and park estate complexes. late XVIII – early XIX centuries, as well as an example of the landlord life XIX century.

In 1997, by presidential decree, Spasskoye-Lutovinovo was included in the list of especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation.

History of the estate

Initially, on the site of the estate there was a village called Spassky by the name of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior located in it. At the end of XVI century The village of Spasskoye was transferred by Ivan the Terrible to Ivan Lutovinov.

In 1778, his descendant I. I. Lutovinov, following the results of a meeting of the Mtsensk nobles, was appointed a district judge. In addition, Ivan Ivanovich Lutovinov for a long time was the leader of the nobility of the Mtsensk and Chern districts. He maintained relations with Radishchev, Novikov and Leo Tolstoy's grandfather. I. I. Lutovinov was a rather prosperous nobleman: he owned three more estates: in the Tula, Tambov and Kaluga provinces. However, he put all his strength and soul into the development of the estate in the Oryol province.

The center of this architectural and natural complex, by decision of the owner, was a two-story wooden house lined with bricks. The manor house was equipped according to all the rules: it had a library, a theater and open galleries for musicians. The next step in the creation of the estate was the organization of flower beds in front of the house. Then utility rooms were erected: a stone gallery, a kitchen, a bathhouse, cattle and poultry yards, a forge, a mill and a joiner's wing. Also on the territory of the estate, I. I. Lutovinov organized a hospital, a police outbuilding and a laboratory. The architectural and natural complex included a park and a pond. The whole estate was surrounded by a moat. The estate was organized for about 10-15 years (work was carried out from the end of the 18th century to 1809). In 1813, I. I. Lutovinov died and was buried in the chapel above the family crypt.

By decision of the court, the brand new Spassky Estate was transferred to the possession of the niece of its late founder, Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova. In 1816, the mistress of Spassky-Lutovinov married a nobleman and officer, Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev. The writer's father participated in the Patriotic War of 1812.

In May 1839, the Spasskaya Manor lost its original appearance as a result of a severe fire. The house lost the theater, a large hall, a guest room. After this sad event, even the garden of Spassky-Lutovinov fell into disrepair.

After the death of Varvara Petrovna in 1850, Spasskoe-Lutovinovo passed into the possession of her son Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, who later became famous writer. The second son, Nikolai Sergeevich Turgenev, got the most profitable estates and a house in Moscow.

I. S. Turgenev spent all his childhood in Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, regularly came here for vacations during his years of study at a boarding school and university. In 1852 - 1853, in his family nest, the writer was under house arrest on the personal order of Nicholas I. Ivan Sergeevich suffered from a long separation from his beloved Polina Viardot, but these torments were partly beneficial - the writer became more humane and released the yard peasants. During the exile of I. S. Turgenev, Spasskoe-Lutovinovo was visited by M. Shchepkin, I. Aksyonov and A. Fet. Forced seclusion did not become fruitful: Ivan Sergeevich wrote only the story "Inn" and the novel "Two Generations".

But, having received the desired freedom, Turgenev often came to Spasskoe-Lutovinovo, and each of his visits was marked by a significant creative upsurge. In the autumn of 1854, in the family estate, he wrote an essay "On Nightingales", in 1855 he wrote the novel "Rudin" in 7 weeks, in 1856 he began work on "Faust". Over the years, Spasskoe-Lutovinovo has received such distinguished guests as N. A. Nekrasov and L. N. Tolstoy. After returning from Europe, inspired by I. S. Turgenev again went to his estate and wrote his best novels here: “ Noble Nest”,“ On the Eve ”,“ Fathers and Sons ”. Then the writer again went abroad in search of new experiences and ideas. Each time, returning to his homeland, Turgenev hurried to transform Spasskoye-Lutovinovo: on one of his visits he opened a school for peasant children here, on the other, an almshouse for old peasants.

In 1883 Ivan Sergeevich died. In 1906, the house from which the history of the Spasskoye-Lutovinovo estate began burned down. Fortunately, the new owners of Galakhova managed to take out all the library and furniture from it in advance.

In 1918, the writer's property was declared a national treasure, Spasskoe-Lutovinovo passed into the jurisdiction of the Oryol provincial land department. In 1922, thanks to the efforts of A. V. Lunacharsky and V. Ya. Bryusov, the museum-estate of I. S. Turgenev “Spasskoye-Lutovinovo” was opened.

During the Great Patriotic War(in 1941 - 1943) there were military units in the estate, a medical battalion was located in the wing. However, already in 1944 the museum-reserve was again open to the public.

In 1976, the Lutovinovs' manor house was restored and authentic items of I. S. Turgenev were brought there, which formed the basis of the exhibition of the house-museum. Now the atmosphere of 1881 is reproduced in the Lutovinovs' house.

Sights of Spassky-Lutovinovo

Arriving on an excursion to Spasskoe-Lutovinovo, you will get acquainted with the house-museum of I. S. Turgenev, visit the outbuilding in which the writer lived during his exile, see the church, almshouse, cellar, bathhouse, stable, carriage house, take a walk along the Lower and Upper garden, you will see a dam, a well, ser. 19th century, as well as the Bolshoi, Kuznechny and Zahara ponds.

Outhouse of the Exile

The outbuilding was erected in the forties XIX years century for the managers of the Turgenev estate.

In 2012, it is planned to open an exposition in the wing. The personal belongings of I. S. Turgenev, his autographs and those of Pauline Viardot, original photographs and unique engravings, rare editions of the writer's works and household items will be presented here.

Spassky-Lutovinov Park

The manor park was organized in the late 18th - early 19th centuries. I. I. Lutovinov. The Spassky-Lutovinov Park is a real standard of Russian manor garden and park art at the turn of the 18th - 19th centuries. The garden was organized in the English manner, with a regular park, apple orchards, greenhouses, berry fields and labyrinths of winding serpentine paths. About 2,000 trees, which are now in the park of Spassky-Lutovinov, found the period of the foundation of the estate. So when visiting Turgenev's estate, don't forget to take a look at the bicentennial lindens, ash trees, spruces, oaks and poplars that saw Turgenev himself.

In the middle of the park, linden alleys draw the Roman numeral XIX with clear lines. Linden alleys are surrounded by beautiful landscaped garden, consisting of tree plantations, clear lawns, islands of lilac bushes and honeysuckle. A labyrinth of paths from the center of the park leads to the Big Pond and the Varnavitsky ravine.

On the bank of the Big Spassky Pond you can see the favorite bench of I. S. Turgenev. In general, there are many small sights in the Spassky-Lutovinov park: a gazebo formed by a ring of growing lindens, which the writer immortalized in the novel Rudin; an alley planted by I. S. Turgenev during his home imprisonment.

Church of the Transfiguration

The first mention of the Church of the Savior dates back to the distant 1780s. In Vedomosti about the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior, the date of foundation is 1778. However, in 1808, I. I. Lutovinov demolished the original wooden building and erected a spacious beautiful stone church. Moreover, he moved the temple from the churchyard to the master's territory. For the organization of the church estate, 3.5 tithes of land were allocated. The place of the former wooden church, above the family crypt, in the center of the old cemetery, was occupied by a family chapel.

The stone church was consecrated on June 26, 1809 by the rector of the Sevsk Seminary Dionysius. There are 2 aisles in the temple: the first is in honor of Nicholas the Wonderworker, the second is in the name of the Great Martyr Nikita.

The temple is also associated with the personality of I. S. Turgenev, because in 1816 his parents got married here.

There was a cemetery around the church, where clergymen and members of their families were buried to the left of the altar, and important parishioners, including younger brother I. S. Turgenev Sergei, who died in 1837.

In the early 30s of the XX century, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was looted, the bell tower was demolished. Everything was reconstructed only in the 1970s. On November 9, 2000, the Church of the Transfiguration in Spasskoye-Lutovinovo was consecrated again and opened to parishioners and tourists.

Today, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior is considered an example of small estate churches in the style of mature classicism of the early 19th century.

Next to this chapel is a tomb with a stele, which says that Nicholas Etienne Veney Defresne from who arrived in Russia and deceased in . The epitaph says that he was a teacher, but it is known that at that time no children lived here. Who he was and how he got here is still unknown.

After the death of Ivan Lutovinov, the Spassky estate, according to a court decision, passed into the hands of his niece Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova. Her father, Pyotr Ivanovich, died two months before her birth. At the age of two, she moved from Spassky-Lutovinovo to the landowner Somov, whom her mother later married. The stepfather constantly insulted, beat and humiliated Varvara. At the age of 16, she fled to Spasskoye to live with her uncle Ivan Lutovinov.

IN in Spasskoye, the wedding of Varvara and officer Sergei Nikolayevich Turgenev, a participant, . In May there was a big event in the estate . However, new construction was not started and extensions were made to the surviving part of the house. The theatre, large hall, guest rooms, etc. have not been restored. The park is also empty.

IN barbarian Petrovna died, ( — ), who conceded to his brother Nikolai all the most profitable estates and a house in Moscow, got a family nest, where he spent his childhood (until ) and where he regularly came for holidays and vacations. WITH by personal order Turgenev stayed in Spasskoye in under police supervision. He released the servants. Turgenev was separated from . He did not manage to make friends with his neighbors, periodically they came to him , , . Here he writes the story "Inn" and the novel "Two Generations" (not published). At the end the writer was "declared freedom with permission to leave the capital." However, already in the autumn of the following year, Turgenev returned to Spasskoye, wrote here the essay "On Nightingales" and hosted. IN a novel is written here in seven weeks. IN Spasskoye visited .

At the same time, Turgenev began work on Faust. Then Ivan Sergeevich left for Europe for some time. Upon his return, he writes in Spassky's works: "”, “On the eve”, “ ". Then Turgenev again spends most of his time abroad. Coming here, he opens a school for peasant children and an almshouse for elderly peasants. Last time he visited here. In he died in, in the city.

The heirs removed the furniture from Spasskoye, and in the house burned down. IN the writer's property became a national treasure. in accordance with the decree "On the Protection of Gardens and Parks", Spasskoye was declared state reserve. IN funds were allocated for the restoration of the estate. During territory of Spassky was in and was mined. IN refurbished was opened main house from currently reproduced environment.

In culture

In a number of works the author used memories of this place. So, the prototype of Yermolai from " was Afanasy Alifanov, a local peasant. A number of works were written here (see above).

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A ballerina was born in the village of Spasskoe-Lutovinovo .

Museum-reserve

The Spasskoe-Lutovinovo State Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve of I. S. Turgenev is a unique cultural monument, the only memorial museum of the great Russian writer in Russia.

The fate of Turgenev family nest after the death of the great writer developed dramatically. The estate itself and the land adjacent to it were leased. The deserted house was not repaired or heated, outbuildings were destroyed. Turgenev manuscripts and documents, family portraits and family heirlooms passed on to heirs. Many have disappeared forever. In January 1906, Turgenev's house was destroyed by fire. Only thanks to the foresight of the new owners, O. V. and N. P. Galakhovs, the Spasskaya library and furniture were removed in advance and mostly preserved. The pre-revolutionary provincial museum, which nominally took care of the estate, turned out to be powerless to stop the process of its desolation.

Journalists of those years wrote bitterly about the extinction of the Turgenev family nest: “The park turned into a continuous forest, overgrown with hazel bushes, nettles and weeds. The house burned down, in its place, blackened remnants of walls and piles of bricks rise from behind the weeds. Most of the former outbuildings are gone. The alleys are overgrown with grass, for a long distance the park has turned into a densely overgrown thicket; the bushes grew chaotically and mixed with nettles and burdocks. It turned out full picture desolation".

For a number of years, the Turgenev estate was rented out - first to private individuals, later - to agricultural artels, a state farm and a local school. Turgenev park ran wild, suffered greatly from logging. The remaining buildings dilapidated, were plundered, some of them were completely dismantled. The manor park and ponds were overgrown, the landscape was changing for the worse.

In 1918, by a decree of the Oryol Gubernia Executive Committee, the Spassky Estate was declared a national treasure and passed into the jurisdiction and management of the provincial land department. Four years later, the museum department of Glavnauka adopted a resolution: “The park at family estate Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, with an area of ​​38 hectares, located in the Oryol province Mtsensk district with all plantings, pond<…>, the wing where I. S. Turgenev lived, is recognized as an inviolable monument of nature, gardens and parks.

Museum-estate of I.S. Turgenev "Spasskoe-Lutovinovo" was created on October 22, 1922 in accordance with the resolution of the department of museums and the protection of monuments of art and antiquity of the People's Commissariat of Education and the legislative act of 1921 on the protection historical estates, natural monuments, parks and gardens.

Museumification literary heritage I. S. Turgenev began a little earlier. In 1918, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of I. S. Turgenev, a museum was opened in Orel. For this purpose, the house of the Galakhovs was nationalized. Surviving Turgenev books, furniture, manuscripts, personal items were declared national property.

On October 26, 1922, Izvestia of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee published official information about the estates of the classics, declared inviolable monuments of nature and culture. Among them is "the estate of the writer Turgenev, Spasskoe-Lutovinovo, Oryol province: there is preserved an outbuilding where the writer lived and a park."

A. V. Lunacharsky and V. Ya. Bryusov were at the origins of the creation of the museum. In the formation of the museum-estate in different time A. M. Gorky, K. A. Fedin, I. A. Novikov took part. The famous literary scholar M. V. Portugalov became the first custodian. Already in the 1920s began preparatory work for the restoration of the estate. In 1929, a special commission was created to collect memories, identify local residents things that previously belonged to the writer's family. In the same year, the museum opened to visitors.

In 1930 the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was closed. The bell tower was demolished, the iconostasis and church utensils were looted. In 1941, the exhibition "The Life and Work of Turgenev" (author B. A. Yermak) was launched in the building of the temple. Subsequently, the church premises were used as a warehouse for working equipment, hay and apples. It was decided to build a silo tower in the family crypt. For the needs of the collective farm, the building of the almshouse was taken out.

In 1937, the Spasskoe-Lutovinovo Museum-Estate became a branch of the Oryol State Literary Museum of I. S. Turgenev.

In 1939, in connection with the 120th anniversary of the birth of I. S. Turgenev, the museum was transferred to the category of state museums. In the same year, an outbuilding, an almshouse and a bathhouse, a stable and a carriage house were restored. The memoirs of I. S. Turgenev’s contemporaries, sketches and photographs of the estate, testimonies of old-timers were collected and studied, measurements of the surviving buildings and excavation of the foundations of destroyed buildings were made, projects for the restoration of the buildings of the reserve were drawn up. Work began on clearing the park.

In the spring of 1941, materials were brought in to restore the main manor house. Work was interrupted by the war. Near three months Turgenev's estate and the village of Spasskoe-Lutovinovo were occupied by fascist troops, who, before retreating in December 1941, burned the village and estate buildings - an almshouse and a church gatehouse. In 1942, the reserve was in the front line. For a year and a half, military units were located on the estate, and a medical battalion was located in the outbuilding.

During the war years, the buildings of the church, the Lutovinov family vault, the carriage house and the stables were badly damaged. The territory of the estate was pitted with dugouts, trenches, craters from bombs and shells, a pond with a broken dam dried up, the alleys of the park were littered with fallen trees. But already on June 16, 1944, the Turgenev Reserve was reopened to visitors.

IN post-war years the efforts of the museum staff were mainly focused on the restoration of the park. The territory of the estate was cleared of mines and shells, removed dead trees, dugouts and trenches are filled up; the birch alley leading to the pond was completely renewed, the dam of the Big Pond was repaired.

In 1953, the first stationary literary exposition Turgenev and Motherland.

In 1968, in connection with the 150th anniversary of the birth of the writer, the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR decided to restore the house of I. S. Turgenev. In the summer of 1976, construction was completed. Authentic belongings of the writer, family heirlooms and preserved furniture formed the basis of the exposition of the house-museum, which was opened to visitors in September 1976.

Decree of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR of August 28, 1987 No. 351 “in order to preserve memorable places associated with the life and work of I.S. Turgenev, improving the use of it creative heritage in patriotic, moral and aesthetic education working people "on the basis of the branch of the State Literary Museum of I. S. Turgenev in the city of Orel, the State Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve of I. S. Turgenev "Spasskoe-Lutovinovo" was created. The transformation of the museum-estate of I. S. Turgenev "Spasskoe-Lutovinovo" into the State Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve marked new stage its development.

Since 1988, work has resumed on overhaul landscape areas of the memorial park. Through the efforts of a team of employees over the past twenty years, as a result of painstaking research and restoration work, the architectural and park estate complex of the late 18th - early 19th centuries, unique in its beauty, has been revived.

The Spasskoye-Lutovinovo Museum-Reserve is not only a memorial to the great Russian writer, not only a memory of people and events that in one way or another touched Spassky throughout his entire life. centuries of history, this is one of the few estates-monuments preserved in Russia, this is the Turgenev space preserved by our ancestors with great difficulty.

In terms of its significance, the Spasskoe-Lutovinovo Museum-Reserve of I. S. Turgenev is one of the largest literary memorial complexes in Russia. Every year the Museum Reserve receives about 120 thousand visitors.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 275 dated April 2, 1997, the Spasskoe-Lutovinovo State Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve of I. S. Turgenev is included in the list of especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation.

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The estate "Spasskoe-Lutovinovo", the state natural and memorial museum-reserve of I.S. Turgenev, is comfortably located in the northern part of the Oryol region. The most convenient way to get there is by car. The road from Orel takes no more than an hour and a half. There are many signs, so it is very difficult to get lost.

Meet at the entrance small cafe and a souvenir shop where you can buy products of Oryol masters, as well as tickets to the museum. Visiting the attraction is paid. Standard admission ticket without excursions costs 50 rubles, a child preschool age missed for free. This option involves an independent inspection of the park and the church. The time of stay is not limited. A tour of the memorial house of the writer costs 200 rubles, a visit exhibition center – 80.

Together with the ticket, a map-scheme of the estate is issued. You can walk along the rocky streets or use the services of the stables. A ride on a rare carriage perfectly conveys the spirit of the time when the Turgenev family lived here. The old park shelters visitors from the hot summer sun, and the incredible silence makes you forget about the bustle of the city.

Most of all in the estate, the attention of tourists is attracted by the house-museum of the author of Bezhina Meadows. Saved not only appearance And interior decoration but also business premises.

On the territory of the park you can find an almshouse, a bathhouse, a carriage house and an old cellar. At the central intersection of paths, a beautiful outbuilding is neatly located, and in the depths of the forest you can even find an abandoned well.

During a leisurely walk, be sure to take a look at the Zahara pond and the famous oak. The tree was planted by the writer himself and has been carefully guarded ever since.

Going down along the linden alleys to a large pond, you are fascinated by the snow-white carved wooden bridges. And on the reservoir itself you can sail on a boat. Skilled rowers meet on the shore, and for 120 rubles they are ready to ride guests along a quiet pond for 10 minutes.

Before leaving, you should definitely put a candle in the manor church - the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior. This modest but very inspiring place was recently restored and consecrated.

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