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Bunin's Yefremov

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6 points6 km1.5 hours

The town of Yefremov is closely tied to Ivan Bunin, the first Russian Nobel laureate in literature. You'll see old houses that remember the writer and wander through the town grove where Bunin read his poems more than a hundred years ago.

Route author

Susanin Team

Things to do

  • 📜 Learn the city's history
  • 🏛️🕰️ Compare the eras

Route points (6)

  1. Monument to I. A. Bunin at Yefremov Railway Station — point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

    Monument to I. A. Bunin at Yefremov Railway Station

    🗿 Monument

  2. I. A. Bunin House Museum in Yefremov — point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

    I. A. Bunin House Museum in Yefremov

    🏛️ Museum · 📜 Historic site

  3. Red Square — point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

    Red Square

    ⛲ Square · 🌿 Public garden or park

  4. Town Garden on Red Square — point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

    Town Garden on Red Square

    🌿 Public garden or park · 🕵️ Urban legend

  5. Bunin Family Graves in the Town Grove — point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

    Bunin Family Graves in the Town Grove

    📜 Historic site · 🗿 Monument

  6. I. A. Bunin Town Park — point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

    I. A. Bunin Town Park

    🌿 Public garden or park

Bunin Family Graves in the Town Grove in Yefremov

Point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

Bunin Family Graves in the Town Grove — point on route “Bunin's Yefremov”

Point 5

Bunin Family Graves in the Town Grove

📜 Historic site • 🗿 Monument

Historical Background

In the 17th century a fortress was built on what was then the Ofremov hillfort, and along with the town a monastery was built: the Transfiguration Hermitage. The heart of the monastery lay in the Ofremov forest. Its entrance looked like a low tower with fortress gates. An arched opening led into the inner courtyard, enclosed by a high palisade and a rampart. In the middle of the courtyard stood a church, with the monks' cells on either side and a small orchard on the left. A cemetery was laid out behind the monastery. None of it can be seen today: nothing remains of the monastery buildings or the church.

The Bunin Graves

About twenty meters from the former church are three graves connected with Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin: those of his brother Evgeny Alekseyevich, his brother's wife Anastasia Karlovna and his mother Lyudmila Alexandrovna. In the old cemetery grows an oak that is the only living thing as old as Yefremov itself; the first peals of the town's alarm bell once rang out above it. Not far from this giant oak grows its companion, also more than 300 years old.