In the footsteps of the "noble nests"
"Mologskaya strana" was once the name of the lands of the Mologsky district of the Yaroslavl province. At one time, it was considered one of the most educated counties in Russia.
The Azanchevskys, Azancheyevs, Volkonskys, Glebovs, Kurakins, Konovnitsyns, Musin-Pushkins, Sokovnins, Fogels, Shchepochkins and many other famous figures of the country had their "rural" estates here. Nekouzsky district is rightfully considered the heir to the "Russian Atlantis of the XX century", most of the territory of the district consisted of the largest volosts of the former Mologsky district.
We suggest you follow the footsteps of the "noble nests"!
waypoints
1. S. Shestikhino
The departure point is the Shestikhino railway station. A trip to the house of Prince A.A. Kurakin, the manager of the brick factory, the only surviving building in the Yaroslavl region, which was built according to the design of architect V. Schroeter.
2. M. Murzino (Gorshkovo)
The colonnade of the former Gorshkovo estate in the village of Murzino, the history of which is connected with the noble families of the Glebovs, Azanchevskys-Azancheyevs, Shebeko. Once it was a beautiful manor house, with a large manor house and guest wings, with large stables, a park, an orchard and a greenhouse.The once beautiful manor park has also been preserved.
3. S. Kuzma – Demyan
For the Nekouzsky district, the church of the Kazan Mother of God (1801) in the village of Kuzma-Demyan is not quite common. It is small: a two-tiered bell tower, a small refectory, a rotunda. But the bell tower is very decorated with kokoshniks made in the neo-Russian style.
There is a version that the rotunda of the church in Kuzma-Demyan was planned by the Musins-Pushkins, the former owners. The project was developed by the architect Lviv. It was only after the sale of the land to Sokovnin that they decided to turn the rotunda into a church, adding an altar and a bell tower.
4. S. Marino
The oldest school in the former Mologsky district is located here. It was opened on September 1, 1835 in the village of Maryino (now Nekouzsky district) by Prince Mikhail Dmitrievich Volkonsky (1811-1875). As well as a stone church in honor of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the construction of which was personally supervised by Count Alexei Ivanovich Musin-Pushkin.
5. M. Andreevskoe
The owners of the Andreevskoye estate at various times were the Musins-Pushkins, Kurakins, and Volkonskys. The manor complex with a kitchen building, a stone bench and a landscape park was built in the style of Western European neo-Romanticism. The English park with cascading ponds is inscribed in the picturesque relief of the Ild River.
6. Verkhne-Nikulskoye village
The Trinity Church, built on the high bank of the Ildi River in the second half of the 18th century, is noteworthy. The church is the most unusual architectural monument in this part of the Mologa lands. It was here that Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev), an amazing elder of the Russian Orthodox Church, served as rector from 1960 to June 1992.
7. P. Borok
Estate of N. A. Morozov (1854-1946), an active revolutionary, an outstanding scientist and encyclopedist, honorary member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, author of works on mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, philosophy. Now Borok is a scientific town, three institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences are located here, the founder of which is the Soviet hero polar explorer And . D. Papanin.
