The Svinin-Kozlovsky Estate

In the 1770s, wealthy General Pyotr Sergeevich Svinyin began construction of a large—scale noble estate in Smolenskoye - the largest surviving in the Yaroslavl region. The planning solution of the palace resembles a giant horseshoe stretched in width. The courtyard was enclosed by a lattice with a front gate. Decorative restraint emphasizes the aristocracy of the building, and the scale and monumentality speak of the customer's solvency. After Peter Semyonovich owned the estate, his son, Pavel Petrovich, inherited it. In the manor, as in his St. Petersburg home, Pavel Petrovich arranged a real museum of antiquities, consisting of paintings, portraits, coins, manuscripts and rare books. Later, the village of Smolenskoye came into the possession of General Vikenty Mikhailovich Kozlovsky.