Old estates have survived in the Moscow region; they have turned into museum-reserves. If you want to take a walk and get some air, then you should definitely visit the old estate. For example, Abramtsevo. The place is very interesting and famous, it was visited by poets, writers, artists and musicians. This is probably where they got their inspiration.
On the map of the Moscow region (in the Yaroslavl direction), the village of Abramtsevo is indicated, it belongs to the Sergiev Posad urban district. It consists of several villages, the main attraction of the village is the manor with picturesque nature.
It is worth visiting for two reasons: the historical site and the picturesque nature. Entrance to the territory of the estate is paid, tickets to museums are paid separately.
Why is Abramtsevo so popular and what is interesting about it? The estate was mentioned in one of the TV programs "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" As the estate of Savva Mamontov (a famous patron of the arts). Until 1870 the estate belonged to the writer S. T. Aksakov, I. S. Turgenev, M. N. Zagostin, N. V. Gogol, poet F. I. Tyutchev, Slavophiles A. S. Khomyakov and brothers Kireevsky stayed with him, other famous people. It was in Abramtsevo that N. V. Gogol read to his contemporaries the chapters of the second part of Dead Souls.
In 1870 the estate was acquired by the well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist Savva Mamontov. It is known as his possession. Few people know that Abramtsevo belonged to the writer S. T. Aksakov, tourists come to see Mamontov's estate.
In the second half of the 19th century, famous Russian artists visited and worked at the Mamontov estate: I. E. Repin, V. M. Vasnetsov, A. M. Vasnetsov, V. D. Polenov, P. P. Trubetskoy, M. A. Vrubel and others, singer F. I. Shalyapin, famous actors and musicians.
In 1917 the estate was nationalized and received the status of a museum-reserve. On an area of 50 hectares there are architectural monuments of the 18-10 centuries and a park.
The main building is the Manor House, which was erected at the end of the 18th century. The building belonged to the Golovins, from 1797 to the Molchanovs (a mezzanine was added), from 1843 to the Aksakovs. Savva Mamontov had to restore the house, by 1870 its foundation collapsed, the floors were warped, the roof rotted.
Next to the Manor House there is a kitchen (built in 1870) and a workshop (built in 1873), all three buildings are wooden.
The building of the workshop is decorated with carved ornaments based on folk embroidery, Savva Mamontov considered it not entirely successful.
All buildings are surrounded by a forest park with fresh air, one of the facades of the Manor House faces the river.
In the manor you can see very peculiar buildings. For example, a teremok bath (a beautiful building that looks like a fabulous tower), a hut on chicken legs (the gazebo does not look like a fabulous hut, but it is called that way). The gazebo was erected in 1883 according to the project of V. M. Vasnetsov, it is a log house on stumps.
Polenovskaya dacha belongs to the territory of Abramtsevo, the house was intended for the artist V. D. Polenov and his wife N. V. Yakunchikova.
In 1881, the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands was built in Abramtsevo, famous artists took part in its construction and wall painting (the temple is inactive, entrance is paid).
The nature in Abramtsevo is picturesque, worthy of the artist's brush.
