Ivan Turgenev was born on November 9, 1818 in Orel. Father, Sergei Nikolaevich, was a retired cuirassier colonel. Mother, Varvara Petrovna Lutovinova, came from a fairly wealthy noble family. Until the age of 9, Ivan Turgenev lived in the Spasskoye-Lutovinovo hereditary estate, 10 km from Mtsensk, Oryol province. In 1827, the Turgenevs, in order to educate their children, settled in Moscow, in a house bought on Samotyok.