The regional center of Chudovo associated with the work of the poet Nekrasov. Nikolai bought an estate with a beautiful name Chudovskaya Luka. The property located on the banks of the river Kerest, which flows into the Volkhov. In the center of the estate, surrounded by an old garden is a wooden house with two floors. In this house, the great Russian poet in the seventies of the nineteenth century often lived in the summer. On vacation in Chudovo Nekrasov came not himself, but with his beloved wife Zinaida Nikolaevna, whom he affectionately called Zina. Life on the estate liked Nikolai, she allowed him to escape from the work in the journal and at least briefly forget about the brutal censorship.

In the summer of 1874 he lived in Chudovsky Luki for two months. Just at that time, I was born the cycle of eleven poetic works, later called "Chudovsky cycle." While living on the estate, the poet constantly traveled Chudovo and the surrounding villages. These trips allow Nekrasov acquainted with the life and conditions of the lives of ordinary peasants. Subsequently, the resulting material was used to write them such works as "conflagration", "railroad" and, of course, the immortal "Elegy."

The "railway" was transferred as accurately lives of ordinary people, full of deprivations and hardships that the tsarist censorship twice warned the editors of the journal "Contemporary", which published the work. Subsequently, the magazine was closed. This event happened in 1866.

The trips Nekrasov wife was always there, even in the hunt, in which Zinaida participated alongside men. Chudovskaya hunting was reflected in the work of Nekrasov "Depression."

Z's local peasants loved because he stayed with them only on an equal footing. "He's not a gentleman," - said the peasants. Nekrasov adored his wife and children of peasants who have repeatedly invited the couple Nekrasov to his estate for the holidays.

Wonderful atmosphere reigned in Chudovsky Luki, caused the rise of the creative poet, and he spent two summer months in 1874 wrote about a thousand lines. In Chudovo he wrote the poem "traveler", "The Last Year", "pulls back", "The Prophet" and others.

But sometimes in Chudovsky Luki happened and drama. For example, hunting, accidentally killed the dog Kado Nekrasov. Nekrasov was very fond of his dog, for him her death was a real blow. Kado was buried on the estate of the house. At the grave laid slab of granite. Nikolai long stood beside her.

At the end of 1877 Nikolai, long having been ill, died. Inherited the estate passed to his brother Nekrasov - Constantine and his sister Anna. In 1892 the estate was opened School of Agriculture, which lasted until 1906. During epidemics in the room opened the hospital. During the war, during the occupation, it housed the German barracks, and the garden was cut down.

By the sesquicentennial anniversary of the estate of a museum was opened, and in 2004 the appearance of the estate has been restored in its original form. Also, employees of the rooms of the museum removed the modern objects and furniture back, which is used directly Nekrasov. Near the house, presumably on the site of the grave Kado, we set the sculpture in bronze "N. Nekrasov with the dog. "

On the territory of the estate, close to home - museum is a scientific and cultural center, which contains documents and photographs relating to the period of stay in Chudovo Nekrasov.

Every year in Chudovo passes poetic celebration, which attracts participants and visitors from neighboring countries and Russia.