Spasskoye-Lutovinovo, about 70km north of Oryol, is the ancestral estate where Ivan Turgenev spent his childhood and formative years. The manor house has been restored to roughly its mid-19th-century appearance, with period furnishings, Turgenev's library, and a study where he wrote. The park around it — old lime trees, a pond, meadows sloping to a stream — captures exactly the landscape described in Sketches from a Hunter's Album.
The estate is now a state museum reserve and is open to visitors with guided tours. It is most atmospheric in spring and early summer when the park is green and the light has the quality that Turgenev described so often. Getting there from Oryol requires a car or tour; public transport is limited. Worth the effort for anyone with a serious interest in Russian literature.