In the Oryol region, on the picturesque bank of the Obcheritsa River in the southern part of Dmitrovsk, lies the ancient architectural ensemble, the Kantemirov and Bezborodko estate. It was founded in 1715 by the decree of Peter I. The tsar highly appreciated the merits of Moldavian prince Dmitry Cantemir in the war against the Turks. When Cantemir was forced to leave Moldavia in 1711, Russia became his new home. For his military and political merits, as well as as compensation for lost lands, he received from the tsar the title of Prince of Light and lands in the Sevsk and Moscow districts. On a wasteland in the Sevsk district, as his children recalled, the prince founded the village of Dmitrievka.

The estate of Dmitry Cantemir became the center of the village. The residential house and outbuildings were wooden. The park, designed in the French style with linden and maple alleys and fruit trees, was particularly beautiful. In 1721, a wooden church was built on the estate, and in 1723 the prince created a blueprint for the construction of a stone church, consecrated in 1726 in honor of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, the patron saint of the Cantemir family. Until 1787, this was the only church in the city. It is now the oldest active church and the only monument of Peter's Baroque in the Oryol region.

After the prince's death, the estate was owned by his sons: Konstantin, Matvey, and Sergey. They surrounded the estate with a brick fence with four towers and gates from different sides. According to Sergey Cantemir's will, after his death in 1780, the estate passed to the royal treasury.

In 1797, Tsar Paul I transferred the estate to Count Alexander Bezborodko. The chancellor invested significant funds in its improvement, building a stone house and other structures, as well as renovating the park. However, in the 1840s, a fire destroyed the stone buildings, including the manor house.

The estate remained in the possession of Bezborodko's descendants until the mid-19th century, when the authorities of Dmitrovsk bought it and arranged a city park. On the site of the burned house, a brick building for a music school was constructed in 1913-1914. During the Great Patriotic War, the estate suffered greatly: the park was dug up with dugouts, part of the wall was destroyed, and trees were cut down.

In 1981-1982, the construction of a city hospital began near the estate, leading to the destruction of part of the wall with the western gates.

A memorial sign has been installed on the estate, a granite boulder with a plaque stating that in 1711, the estate was founded by Dmitry Cantemir. The estate, as a monument of architecture and urban planning of the 18th century, is under state protection. Although the wall around the estate has not been completely preserved, the southern, eastern, and most of the northern wall with two gates and three towers can still be seen.

Currently, the territory of the estate has been arranged as a city park of culture and recreation, which also houses the district local history museum.