News - The State Memorial and Natural Preserve “Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy “Yasnaya Polyana”

The State Memorial and Natural Preserve “Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy “Yasnaya Polyana” is located just 200 kilometers south of Moscow. A three-hour ride by bus or car from Moscow will bring you to the entrance towers that have for years been the symbol of the Yasnaya Polyana museum.

The estate of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was declared a museum in 1921.

Yasnaya Polyana is a phenomenon of Russia’s historic and cultural life. With its authentic buildings, surrounded by picturesque forests, orchards, and parks, it is a typical Russian estate, which will give you an insight into the every-day life and traditions of the 19 th and 20 th centuries.

Whether it is your first visit or one of many you will be impressed by the simplicity and momentous associations of the Tolstoy House and everything in it.


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Dear visitors!

On 13 February you are welcome to the Shrovetide celebration at the Pirogovo branch of our museum (village of Pirogovo, Shchekino district of the Tula region ).

In the program: folklore performance, fire-show, exhibition and sale of Yasnaya Polyana souvenirs, amusing contests and popular Russian games, tobogganing, dancing and frying traditional Shrovetide pancakes on open fire.

Celebration starts at 2.00 pm

2 February – 15 March, 2010, Local History Museum of Krapivna (a branch of Yasnaya Polyana): exhibition of paintings by Vladimir Golubov (still lives and landscapes of the Tula region and the North of Russia).

Open daily, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Museum address:

Tula Region, Shchekino district, village of Krapivna , Sovetskaya st. 49.

19 December, 2009 – 31 January, 2010 , “Yasnaya Polyana” Art Gallery (Tula, Oktyabrskaya st, 12): exhibition “Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi: Unique Heritage”, in the context of the Year of India in Russia.

The exhibition is organized by: Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), National Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti Museum Complex, RF Ministry of Culture, National Museum and Exhibition Center “ROSIZO”, State Museum of Leo Tolstoy (Moscow), and Leo Tolstoy Museum-estate “Yasnaya Polyana”.

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25 November, 2009 – 10 March, 2010, Mikhail Sholokhov Museum-estate at Veshenskaya: «The Orchard of Leo Tolstoy” - traveling exhibition of the Yasnaya Polyana Museum.

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14 Novemner – 3 December, 2009 , “Yasnaya Polyana” Art Gallery (Tula, Oktiabrskaya st., 12): “To See Paris …” – photo exhibition of Valentina Pavlova (Oryol).

Opening of the exhibition: on 13 November, at 5.00 pm.

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August 11-15, 2010, at Yasnaya Polyana Museum estate: The VII International Academic Conference Leo Tolstoy and World Literature.

Dead line for the applications: 1 June 2010.

The application includes the information about a participant and an abstract of the paper. In order to get an official invitation for visa the participants should send the copy of the front passport page, home and office addresses, and telephone numbers by February 1st. The Museum covers the costs for accommodation, meals, cultural programme, transfer from the airport to Yasnaya Polyana.

Please forward your applications to: Galina Alekseeva, Head of Academic Research Department: gala@tgk.tolstoy.ru, tel. (48751)76-141.

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