Manor life VD Polenov not imagine without the river. So there was a real Polenovs river flotilla. For its winter storage purpose-built house. The flotilla consisted of punts, keel boats, one was chetyrehparnaya. In winter, the Admiralty small boats were put down on the grate was "YAILATAN" (the name of his wife Polenova vice versa), is the pride of the entire fleet, and "fit" - a punt like Olonets.

Admiralty building - a half-timbered structure with stone filling having high gambrel roof and dormers. Now Admiralty building hosts exhibitions of contemporary artists, as you can see the unique work VD Polenova - Diorama. Diorama is a clear picture that was invented by a French painter Daguerre. The picture can be changed by changing the direction of light from the rear or the front. Vasily felt that by changing landscapes and seascapes, the street is something akin to magic.

On the creation of dioramas Polenov began with a passion to work in his old age - seventy-six .  As a result of his work appeared one after another new pictures .  They were quite diverse .  Diorama was from the world tour, which began on the banks of the Oka: steamer goes and the audience, as if riding on it - first, in the light of the day, and then in the evening; then in the afternoon the train goes over the bridge in the evening and arrives at the station .  Then follow the pattern of the Moscow Kremlin, galleries Eydkunena, the train should be in Germany, before the eyes float ancient German castles, Tannhauser, Tungsten, Bayern, coach, hotel, Goethe and Schiller foot .  Then - Venice, Italy, Doge's Palace in the afternoon, a masquerade and gondolas - night .  Naples, Rome, the eruption of Vesuvius, mountains, Switzerland, Saint Bernard, France, Seine, Paris, Notre Dame Cathedral, and fireworks .  Then - again, return to their homeland - in Russia: Ukraine, Crimea, Black sea, lighthouse .  Then - Bosphorus, ships and steamers .  Egypt - 6 canvases, Palestine, India, East Asia, elephants, China, illuminations, lanterns .  In North America, the path runs along the Cordillera, in the South - the virgin forest, the Amazon .   Back in Russia the audience gets to the provincial capital, and then he sees Petersburg, Anichkov Bridge, the Academy of Arts, the beginning of the Russian winter .  Diorama ends with a Christmas tree with children's fun .

Many would like to have at such a diorama. It is made by the artist is not difficult. Take a box, front and rear walls are removed to create the effect of day and night lighting cap is raised or lowered, respectively.

Polenov worked on his paintings from morning till evening. He returned home at dusk - tired but happy and creative enthusiasm. It is strongly imbued with the idea to show people unknown natural phenomena, to see the city and the country. Work on the diorama was completed in the 1920s. But until now, this amazing spectacle continues to enthrall visitors to the museum-estate of the artist.

Today, the diorama is stored in the form of the memorial, only the light of a kerosene lamp and ciders that used Vasily, replaced by electric light. The text, which explains the picture, very close to the author's text.