Not far from St. Petersburg in the picturesque town of Vsevolozhsk is a Museum-estate "Priyutino", the owner of which was President of the Academy of arts, Director of the Public library Aleksei Nikolaevich Olenin. Special historical and architectural value of the estate is that it is one of the few country estates of the early 19th century, extant.

In the Central building of the estate is an exhibition dedicated to the life and the daily life of the inhabitants of the manor, the events that took place here, tells the story of people who stayed in the house. Here recreated historical setting living room, bedroom, study, dining room. Among the exhibits – documents about the owners of the estate, personal belongings, sketches, books with autographs.

Wall Cabinet A. N. Venison, rooms for his wife Elizabeth on the eve of the living room is decorated with magnificent works of prominent artists, former friends of the house: Orest Kiprensky, Alexander and Karl Brullov, Fyodor Tolstoy, Alexander Orlovsky.

In the early 19th century in pirutinsky the estate stayed close friends of A. N. Venison: artists, poets, writers, which was jokingly called "eleninskim circle". There was a special way which later became known as the "estate culture" – without the salon claims home friendly atmosphere between the guests and the hosts, pastime associated with intellectual activities. Here to communicate with loved ones on the store, the spirit people came Glinka, Pushkin, O. Kiprensky, A. Griboedov, P. Vyazemsky, V. Zhukovsky, K. Bryullov, A. Mickiewicz. One of the most beloved guests of the estate of K. N. Batyushkov captured in the poem 'a letter to Turgenev" image pirutinsky meetings and always gracious hosts: Elizabeth eve and Alexis.

With "eleninskim circle" was closely linked to I. A. Krylov, who visited the estate for almost 30 years, sometimes long lived at Olenin. As the birthplace of the subjects of his fables "Paticca", "Divers", "the Farmer and the sheep".

Often stayed in the manor critic, poet, translator N. And. Gnedich, "Priyutino" wrote one of the most prominent of his creations – idyll "Fishermen".

Very frequent in the house of venison were theatrical performances, which were attended by the hosts and the guests. On the improvised stage went and comic plays, and dramatic works.

Children of Alexis and Elizabeth Olenin as adults, also glorified his name in the field of service to art. Peter Olenin became a painter and the name of his daughter Anne in history was associated with the name of Alexander Pushkin, Tsarskoe-rural Lyceum for a long time stayed in the manor of venison, absolutely immersed in theatrical and literary life. The poem "Ruslan and Lyudmila" at the time were not recognized by many contemporaries of Pushkin, however, being read in Priyutino, received full approval from Leninskogo mug". It is no coincidence that the first edition of this work was carried out N. Gnedich, and the design project amounted to A. N. Olenin.

Link forced Pushkin to leave the city on the Neva. More than seven years he was away from pirutinsky friends. After returning from exile in 1828, the poet at the first opportunity appeared in Priyutino. Here he saw Anna Venison who fell in love at first sight. Feelings inspired the poet to create a lyrical cycle, which included "do Not sing, my beauty, to me...", "You and you", "Dreaming", "Her eyes", "the City is lush, the city poor...". The album Anna Pushkin wrote the famous line "I loved you".

Interesting and pirutinsky Park with lakes and ponds. Here there are ancient oak trees, under the canopy which was walking by eminent guests of the estate. Still on the spot dried up in the year of the death of the host young dubka who planted Nicholas Olenin, who was killed in the battle of Borodino, stands a stone, once established by his father in memory of his son. In our days here come to honor the fallen heroes of the war of 1812, the Park has been fully restored in the form of Rome's Pantheon, dairy, forge pond. Now continuing the restoration of the lost buildings: the guest wing, master baths, greenhouses.