The role of ancestral memory in the destiny of a country estate in the Russian prose of the end of the XIXth - the beginning of the XXth centuries

The theme of memory in the Russian prose of the end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th centuries is considered in this article. This theme in Russian literature of this period is mostly connected with the image of a country estate. There are three variants of comprehension of the role of ancestral memory in the destiny of the estate: ideal, critical and dialectical. The sophisticated analysis of the image of a country estate shows the importance of traditions for social consciousness at the edge of 19-20th centuries (preservation of traditions and non-acceptance of them).