The ancient estate of Maryino in the Kursk region, belonging to the princely family of Baryatinsky, is one of the main attractions of the area. It was founded in 1811 by Prince Ivan Ivanovich Baryatinsky, the son of the famous Russian diplomat Ivan Baryatinsky and the father of the great commander Alexander Baryatinsky.

Initially, the estate, named Izbitsky House, was intended for the future family of the bachelor prince. After his marriage to Countess Maria Keller, the estate was renamed Maryino. Ivan Ivanovich did not live long and died in 1825, leaving the estate to his eldest son Alexander. However, Alexander, along with his mother, soon moved to St. Petersburg, and the estate remained empty for a long time.

Alexander Ivanovich Baryatinsky, a well-known commander, rarely visited Maryino and had no children, so he passed the estate to his brother Vladimir. He undertook its reconstruction: in 1860, the Pokrovskaya Church was built in the Byzantine style, and in the 1860s-1870s, the palace was reconstructed according to the design of architect Monighetti. The works were overseen by Karl Sholtz, and the artistic decoration was done by Fyodor Antonovich Bruni.

After the renovation, the estate was owned by the nephew of the previous owners, General Vladimir Anatolyevich Baryatinsky. In his last years, he was unable to walk and spent them in Maryino, where he died in 1914 and was buried in the family crypt.

The last owner was writer Vladimir Vladimirovich Baryatinsky, who received the estate in 1914. However, World War I and the subsequent revolutions changed life in Russia. In the autumn of 1917, the estate was looted and nationalized.

From 1919 to 1922, Maryino housed an agricultural technical school, then a rest house for the Ministry of Defense, and later, a sanatorium of the USSR Central Executive Committee. During one of his visits, Kalinin ordered the destruction of the Pokrovskaya Church, and the family crypt was turned into a boiler room, leading to the desecration of the burials.

After the war, the estate was used as a hospital, then a sanatorium for pilots, and again became a place of rest for the Soviet elite. From 1952, it housed a sanatorium for the affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In the 1980s, the estate fell into disrepair and needed renovation. After the collapse of the Communist Party, it came under the jurisdiction of the medical center of the Russian government and is now a sanatorium for the affairs of the president.

The estate has been restored, and a monument to Alexander Ivanovich Baryatinsky has been erected. From its former splendor, a large palace with wings, partial parquet, stucco, a marble fireplace, and some interiors have survived. The grounds feature two ponds, a 16-column rotunda, and a small church, but their condition is unknown.