Located inside a 19th-century mansion is the Bryansk Literary Museum which is dedicated to the literary achievements of citizens of Bryansk. Among its exhibitions it includes displays on the literary traditions of ancient Russia and on the 19th century poets Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy and Fyodor Tyutchev, both of whom were born in what is now the Bryansk Region. One hall is even devoted to Aleksey Tolstoy's most famous character - Kozma Prutkov. The museum also has a memorial room dedicated to the life and work of the Soviet author Pyotr Proskurin who was born in in the Bryansk Region and is buried in Bryansk.