Country estate is one of the most important cultural phenomena in the courses of Russian history. It is the center of Russian culture, art and economy. The owner of the country estate -- the aristocracies -- played the role of social elite after revolution of Peter Great (1672-1725). The phenomenon of country estate came to head in the period of Ekaterina II. Due to several historical events, especially the abolishment of serfdom in 1861, the fate of country estate went to the end. In the mean time this phenomenon was also found in literature. In this case, from cultural perspective, this paper attempts at a discussion of the disappearing image of country estate in terms of the concept of "paradise myth" implicit in drama of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.