Where in the village of Darovoye was the Dostoevsky estate?

Darovoye Estate is the place where F. M. Dostoevsky spent his childhood (1832-1836). The article analyzes the results of excavations in the central part of the Darovoye estate carried out in 2005-2020. The dating of remnants of buildings, complexes (mainland pits), as well as the entire lens of the cultural layer as a whole is considered. Based on the collection, which includes coins, stamps on glass and porcelain objects, ceramics, objects made of non-ferrous metals and iron, the author concludes that there were two main periods of development of the estate within its modern borders. The first refers to the mid-18th - early 19th centuries, the second covers the second half of the 19th - first half of the 20th century. An analysis of the ceramics collection allowed us to identify the types of ceramics characteristic of the 1820s - 1830s. The author concludes that the time period between the Napoleonic Wars to the 1850s is not represented in the present collection and suggests that during the “Dostoevsky period” center of the estate was located outside the current museum borders.