Tula Museum showed the family nest of the Turgenevs on the day of the 208th anniversary of the writer

November 9 marks the 208th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Turgenev. The name of the writer is associated with Orel land and Chernsky district of Tula province, where the family estate of his family was located.

In the village of Turgenevo, Chernsky district, historical buildings reminiscent of several generations of Turgenev have been preserved to this day. Among them is the building of a paper factory, which in 1833 was built by the writer’s father Sergey Nikolaevich Turgenev. Here also survived the carriage barn and the Church of the Introduction to the Church of the Blessed Virgin, founded in 1806 by the writer’s grandfather Nikolai Alekseevich Turgenev.

Today in the village there is a museum-reserve "Bezhin meadow", part of the Tula Museum Association. The main exposition is located in the building of the former paper factory. Inside, the atmosphere characteristic of noble estates of the time of Turgenev is recreated. Visitors can see antique furniture, paintings, books, photographs and other materials related to the writer’s family.

The surroundings of Turgenev also keep the memory of the classics of Russian literature. Here Ivan Sergeyevich loved to hunt, and nearby there is Bezhin meadow, familiar to readers from the cycle of stories of the same name. Nearby flows the river Snow, attracting attention with its rich blue color.

The museum-reserve invites visitors to get acquainted with the history of the Turgenev family, see the preserved manor buildings and walk around the places associated with the life and work of the writer.