The estate of Dostoevsky Darovoe is the place where the writer spent his childhood years, specifically the summer months from 1832 to 1836. Here, the memorial landscape of the late 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries has been preserved, as well as the wing of the Dostoevsky family.

The only museum-estate of Dostoevsky in Russia was opened on November 20, 2021, after a five-year restoration, timed to the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth.

In the summer of 1831, Mikhail Andreyevich and Maria Fyodorovna Dostoevsky acquired the estate Darovoe in the Kashirsky district of Tula province, 150 km from Moscow. The purchase was made with savings and borrowed funds. The area was poor and not prosperous, with 11 impoverished peasant houses.

The manor house, actually a wing, consisted of three rooms and was located in a linden grove next to a birch grove.

In the spring of 1832, a fire occurred in Darovoe, destroying many yards. Compensations were paid to the affected peasants, and by the end of summer, new houses were built.

Little Fedya first arrived in Darovoe in the summer of 1832 with his brothers and sisters. The oak forest, linden grove, and village atmosphere made a strong impression on him, reflected in works such as "Poor Folk," "Demons," "Crime and Punishment," "The Brothers Karamazov," the story "The Peasant Marey," and "The Writer's Diary."

The estate has preserved the linden grove, ancient oaks, and "mother's pond," created by Maria Fyodorovna.

The last time Dostoevsky visited Darovoe was in 1877, meeting childhood friends among the peasants and old people who knew him as a child. After the trip, he wrote that this place left "the deepest and strongest impression for a lifetime."

Since 1974, the Museum-Estate "Darovoe" has been part of the State Museum-Reserve "Zaraysky Kremlin."

The restoration of the estate lasted from 2015 to 2021. During this time, the manor house was restored and turned into a museum, and a significant collection was gathered, including archival documents.

On the estate's territory, a monument to F.M. Dostoevsky was erected on September 25, 1993, created by sculptor Yu.F. Ivanov and architect N.A. Kovalchuk. The location was chosen so that all the places significant to the writer could be seen: the estate, the linden grove, and the old Nechaevsky burial site.

Every year, the estate hosts the ecological festival "Birds' Trills" and the folklore-ethnographic festival "Lipetsk in Darovoe."

In Darovoe, there is an excursion "In the Family and Estate of the Dostoevskys," where visitors can walk along the paths that the future writer walked. The oaks and lindens, over 250 years old, remember little Fedya and his family.

The museum-estate has preserved the landscape of the late 18th and the first half of the 19th centuries. The wing houses an exhibition telling about the Dostoevskys' stay in these places. In two rooms, the bedroom-study and the living room, the interior of the era has been recreated with similar household items from the 1830s.