æt ðə tˈaɪm tˈɑːlstɔɪ lˈɪvd ðˈɛɹ, ðə jˈæsneɪə pˌɑːlɪˈɑːnə ᵻstˈeɪt kəmpɹˈaɪzd ɐbˈaʊt , ˌɔn ɐ dʒˈɛntli slˈoʊpɪŋ hˈɪlsaɪd wɪð dˈɛns ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl fˈɔːɹɪst ðə fˈɔːɹɪst ʌvðɪ ˈoʊld ˈɔːɹdɚ æt ðɪ ˌʌpɚɹ ˈɛnd, ænd ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv fˈoːɹ pˈɑːndz æt dˈɪfɹənt lˈɛvəlz.
At the time Tolstoy lived there, the Yasnaya Polyana estate comprised about , on a gently sloping hillside with dense original forest (The Forest of the Old Order) at the upper end, and a series of four ponds at different levels.