These words from a poem by V. Zhukovsky are taken as a name of the exhibition dedicated to the history and culture of country estates of the Vladimir gentry.

The exhibition covers quite a long period from the Golden Age of he gentry to the perishing of their country estates. The exhibition is built as a flow of recollections of an old lady, who is sitting near the fireplace under the picture with a symbolic name - Everything's Gone - painted by the late 19th century artist Maximov. A country house with white columns and cannons near the gate, granite stairs, an openwork fence and alleys in the garden - an exciting image is formed from separate details. And here is a corner of a garden - a blooming apple tree, a rotunda, a canary in the cage and a young lady standing at the rocking chair.

The famous portrait gallery of the Vorontsovs' country estate in the village of Andreevskoye is also represented here. Andreevskoye is a typical example of the 18th-century estate - furniture in baroque, porcelain of Meisen and embroidered tunics. V. Khrapovitsky arranged everything in Gothic style in his estate - a quaint knightly castle, full of luxury and technical novelties, a park with many exotic plants and a pond with cascades of fountains. There are knightly armors, antique vases and crystal goblets with the owner's cipher in the show-cases. One can see the house, the church, the theatre and the garden in the old photos and postcards. And here is a traditional drawing room - a table laid for dinner, a striped settee, a piece of French tapestry on the wall and a fragment of needlework left on the table. Another, smaller, drawing room is in the Art Nouveau style, typical of the end of the 19th century.