Estate Of Belkino Photo: Estate Of Belkino

The ancient manor of Belkino is located in the suburb of Obninsk. Today it is a favorite place of recreation for obinze. Once it was the possession of the brother of Boris Godunov – Seeds. Since the 15th century it belonged to the old nobility Belking. In the 18th century village of Belkino passed to Ivan Vorontsov Illarionovich. Having married, he resigned in summer and autumn lived in Belkino. Vorontsov was obsessed with a passion for building and erected a stone house here, the temple and smashed the regular Park.

Then Belkino passed to D. P. Buturlin, as a dowry for his granddaughter, I. I. Vorontsov. D. P. Buturlin was the curator of the Hermitage, owned a large library, which during the Moscow fire of 1812 burned down (part of his library, who was in Belkino, survived). Buturlino liked spending time in Belkino, he loved gardening and had greenhouses with wild orange and lemon trees, rare flowers.

At different times in Belkino came the parents of A. S. Pushkin, the Countess Vorontsova-Dashkova. When the estate was owned Obninsk, visited I. I. Levitan, V. D. Polenov, p. P. Konchalovsky, V. A. Serov, V. Y. Bryusov, I. E. Grabar and others.

In Soviet times the Palace belkinskay of the estate was occupied by different institutions. Currently the estate is in ruins. From the Palace, which once had been Levitan, Pushkin, Serov remained virtually only the walls. Its floors and roof destroyed. The house, built by K. I. Blank in the 1770's., so dilapidated that it had to enclose with a fence, because being with him is dangerous. The facades of the "hunting Lodge" Form in the style of early classicism. Rust and a variety of panels has pitted the surface of the walls. From the Park and the courtyard of the axis of symmetry of the two-columned buildings marked the entrance portals and balconies, the centers of the two remaining facades marked with barely projecting corbels.

The Park is now set in order, cleared, paved road and path network. In the Park there are numerous scenic spots that attract Amateur photographers.

The composition of the estate also includes a gazebo for lovers, decorative bridges, Belkinskaya ponds, sculptures, Church of Boris and Gleb, Pushkin monument, the monument to the priest Theodore Tikhomirov, a mass grave of soldiers who died here during the great Patriotic war.

Stone Borisoglebsky Church located on the estate, was built in 1773, He was part of the manor complex. His face is clearly traced to the tradition of Catherine's era. In the architectural design of the temple used elements of classicism and Baroque. The interior of the temple is decorated with paintings in grisaille technique, which was made by I. D. Nekrasov under the leadership of V. I. Bazhenov. In the end. 19th century secular painting in the Church was replaced with paintings of scenes from the gospel, under the dome made the images of the cherubim. In 1815, was built the winter chapel in the name of the icon "assuage my sorrows".

In 1885, when Boris and Gleb Church opened a parochial school under the trusteeship of P. N. Obninsk. The school building, representing a log house of two log cabins, came to our time. The first religious teacher in the school was Theodore Tikhomirov, which is a monument on the estate. In the Church he served for about 25 years and was buried in Church Affairs. To replace him came George V. Troitsky, who has served here until 1927

Until the 1930s, Boris and Gleb Church John served beetles. On November 23, 1930 he was arrested and sent to Siblag three years. In 1937 he was shot. In 1930s the Church was closed and handed over to the local farm who posted here. Only in 1988 the Church was again transferred to the Church. Today there are: children's Sunday school, theological courses.

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