UAM #90 май/июнь 2016 | Page 130

Detail The Polenovo estate can be reached by road from Moscow (the travel distance from the Moscow Ring Road is about 120 km) or by the Moscow–Tula electric train with an additional bus trip. House of the Knight of Beauty From the first day of its existence Vasily Polenov’s estate built on a picturesque hill served not only as a workshop for the artist and a home for his family but also as a unique museum in the Russian village where works of art and exhibits from all over the world were displayed for WfW'