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The author of the article for the first time approaches such a modification of the “estate topos” as “estate-sanatorium” using the example of the “Uzkoe” sanatorium which dates back more than a century of history since 1922, when a health resort was created in the space of a former noble estate. From the very first days a special intellectually, spiritually and creatively rich atmosphere was established here. Along with prominent representatives of science, culture and art among the vacationers there were also young talents who were lucky enough to form their scientific or creative path in a truly brilliant environment. In the 1920s while relaxing in “Uzkoe” the flower of the domestic intelligentsia realized its inexhaustible potential in the diverse and vibrant life of the “Republic of Sanuzia” — a fantastic “state”, a kind of “happy space” in the image of which ideas of the “Republic of Scientists” by Rene Descartes and the “Abbey of Thélem” by Francois Rabelais were embodied. For the first time, one of the most interesting pages in the life of the “Uzkoe” Estate- Sanatorium associated with an amazing phenomenon — the “Republic of Sanuzia” — will be considered from the point of view of its significance for the literature of the 20^th century through the prism of the poetic works created here in the 1920s. Yu.N. Verkhovsky, F.I. Kogan, M.M. Maryanov not only captured the image of this place in their work revealing the spiritual content of the everyday life of the “sanuz citizens” — the literary and creative creations of these masters also became a some kind of connecting link between two eras of the history of “Uzkoe”: the Estate and the Sanatorium.