In the village of Kokino in the Bryansk region, a 19th-century noble estate has been preserved. It originally belonged to the ancient Bezobrazov family, descendants of the Prussian settler Christoph Bezobraz, who moved to Moscow in the early 15th century. Among the representatives of this family was a key figure for Ivan the Terrible, and one of the Bezobrazovs built the famous Smolensk fortress. Voivode Avtonom Bezobrazov was killed by the bandits of Stepan Razin. Sergey Witte called General A.M. Bezobrazov one of the main culprits of the Russo-Japanese War, while his brother Vladimir commanded the Russian guard in World War I.

Sergey Bezobrazov, one of the owners of the Kokino estate, died in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. His sons, Peter and Alexander, served in the Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment. In 1761, Alexander Sergeyevich Bezobrazov built a stone church in Kokino dedicated to the Protection of the Holy Virgin, where a family crypt was organized. Alexander Sergeyevich rose to the rank of second major and died in 1791. The estate passed to his wife Varvara Nikolaevna and son Alexander. Varvara Bezobrazova, born Tyutcheva, was the aunt of the poet Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev.

The only son of Varvara Nikolaevna, Alexander, was an aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Kutuzov during the Patriotic War of 1812 and died in the Battle of Borodino at the age of 21. He was posthumously awarded the Order of St. Anna of the 3rd class and was buried in Tarutino alongside other heroes of the Borodino battle. Varvara Nikolaevna received permission to reinter her son in the family crypt of the Protection Church.

On September 7, 2012, on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, a monument to Alexander Bezobrazov, aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Kutuzov, was erected in Kokino near the former estate.

Varvara Bezobrazova died in 1828, and the estate was inherited by her sister Anastasia Nikolaevna Katorzhinskaya. In 1833, the estate was purchased by Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Khalaeva.

The wooden estate house of the Bezobrazovs has not survived, but it stood surrounded by a park divided into two parts. The upper park was located behind the house and was divided by straight alleys into four parts, including fruit and flower gardens. The lower park was situated on the slope leading to an artificial lake and was planted with linden, elm, poplar, spruce, and other trees and shrubs. The layout of the lower park has not survived, but a metal staircase now leads to the lake.

In 1870, the estate passed to Nikolai Nikolaevich Khalaev, the leader of the Trubchevsk nobility, who took care of its improvement. By his order, a new two-story brick house in the classical style was built in Kokino by 1906, designed by the Moscow architect Orlov. The initials HNN, Khalaev Nikolai Nikolaevich, were stamped on all the bricks of the new buildings.

After the 1917 revolution, the estate in Kokino became state property. Unlike many noble estates that were plundered and fell into disrepair during the Soviet years, the estate in Kokino was preserved because it first housed an agricultural school for butter and cheese making, and in 1930 the Kokino Agricultural Technical School was opened. Today, the former noble estate houses the Bryansk State Agrarian University.

The Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin was dismantled for bricks to build a club for the agricultural technical school, and the family crypt of the Bezobrazovs was looted. The remains of the noble family disappeared, and a monument to Lenin was erected on the site of the church, which still stands there today.

An unusual monument dedicated to the Great Patriotic War has been erected in the park, made from shells, helmets, weapons, and other metal debris found in the ground.