Museums of Russia: Spasskoye-Lutovinovo Turgenev Museum-Reserve reopened after renovation

10 January 2019
Source: TV Culture

Spasskoye-Lutovinovo Memorial and Nature Museum-Reserve – Ivan Turgenev’s family estate and the only one memorial museum of the great writer in Russia reopened after major renovation in Oryol Region during the first days of the 2019.

Turgenev had spent about 17 years in this house. It was here that he stayed during his exile. Literary masterpieces that brought fame to the writer were created here. The restoration of the museum-estate was launched ahead of the bicentenary of Ivan Turgenev’s birth. After the renovation the museum-reserve will again become the venue for exhibitions, theatrical performances, and literary projects. The ethnographic village at the reserve will reopen too.