This document summarizes how several famous Russian artists and writers were inspired by the town of Lebedyan to create their masterpieces. It discusses how the writer Ivan Turgenev wrote a novel about the famous horse fairs in Lebedyan. The writer Evgeny Zamyatin, who was born in Lebedyan, went on to write the revolutionary novel "We." The artist Boris Kustodiev visited Lebedyan and was so inspired that he created many beautiful paintings of the town. The pianist and professor Konstantin Igumnov also has ties to Lebedyan.