The estates of the classics of Russian literature are getting closer

MOSCOW. Everyone can now visit the estates of Russian classic writers - just turn on the computer and go on a virtual tour of Russian museums. A rare opportunity to see firsthand how Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev, Herzen and Prishvin lived was provided by the Google Academy of Culture by launching a project called Literary Russia.

“Internet users will be able to get acquainted with the virtual exposition of seven literary museums, as well as stroll through the territories of estates with the help of Google panoramas,” the report said. The estate-museum of L.N. joined the project. Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana", historical and literary museum-reserve A.S. Pushkin (the estate "Vyazemy" and "Zakharovo"), the house-museums of A.I. Herzen, M.Yu. Lermontova and M.M. Prishvina, literary and memorial museum-reserve A.P. Chekhov’s "Melikhovo" and the estate of F.I. Tyutcheva "Muranovo".

Using Google’s 3D panoramas, one can “visit” the old manor parks of the Vyazemy and Zakharovo house-museum houses near Moscow, where A.S. Pushkin began to write his first poems, wander along their paths, consider architectural monuments. In the museum-reserve "Melikhovo", where Anton Pavlovich Chekhov lived and worked from 1892 to 1899, you can visit the outbuilding in which he wrote the play "The Seagull", as well as visit an online exhibition. In the Prishvin house-museum you can look into the “holy of holies” - the writer’s office, where his personal library, photography accessories and a hunting rifle are located. Also, online visitors to the estate can familiarize themselves with the exhibits - digitized excerpts from Prishvin’s diaries, which were published only after his death.

To see Lermontov’s personal documents and manuscripts, to admire Herzen’s unique portraits hanging on the walls of the house, to get acquainted with the unique virtual photo exhibition Muranovo. Life in the estate ”and everyone can now learn a lot about the life of Russian classics thanks to the Literary Russia project. Today, seven museums participate in the project, but it is possible that in the near future the number of literary reserves bearing the names of great writers on the portal may increase significantly.

Svetlana Korableva © Gallerix.ru