The Stroganovs' estate is a unique architectural ensemble in Bratsevo. According to legend, Count Stroganov bought this estate to his second wife Catherine, nee Trubetskoy, as compensation for a divorce. Is this so? Professional guides who conduct excursions here today are ready to tell tourists.
The fate of the Stroganov family is somewhat sad, perhaps this is the reason that contemporaries know their estate in Bratsevo under this name. The estate is still attractive for tourists, the infrastructure is well developed, all buildings have been preserved in their original form, the architecture is "untouched", the nature is pristine and charming.
Description and history of the Stroganovs' estate in Bratsevo
It is impossible to say that this estate is just one of the attractions of the Moscow region. It was owned, each in its own time, by many celebrities of the 18th and 19th centuries, and there is still a lot of controversy around when exactly it was built. Before the estate was bought by Count Stroganov in 1744, its owners managed to stay
- boyar Khitrov,
- Mayor Kirill Naryshkin,
- General-in-Chief Semyon Naryshkin,
- sisters Avdotya and Natalya Naryshkin.
After the purchase, Count Stroganov himself did not live in the estate for a day, but immediately transferred it to his ex-wife Catherine, who moved there with her lover, Adjutant General Rimsky-Korsakov.
In the modern estate of the Stroganovs, little has survived from its famous owners. During the Second World War, their personal belongings, expensive household items and interior decorations were lost or looted. But even now the estate is attractive for tourists who visit it with pleasure, become members of excursion groups or simply relax in a restaurant located in a mansion.
Address of the Stroganovs' estate in Bratsevo
Lovers of architecture and quiet rest aspire to visit this old complex near Moscow, consisting of a manor and a luxurious park. The estate is located on the territory of, now, New Moscow, within walking distance from 4 metro stations:
- Glider,
- Volokolamskaya,
- Mitino,
- Skhodnenskaya.
The official website of the complex contains the exact address of the Stroganovs' estate: house 13 on Svetlogorsky avenue in Moscow. Here you can also find out the working hours of the guides, the restaurant. Visitors will find a park with alleys of century-old trees and hand-made squirrels, a tour of the main mansion - a unique library, exquisite interiors, stucco moldings on high ceilings, a restaurant with French or Russian cuisine. The park at the manor house is accessible all year round; here guests go rollerblading and cycling in summer, skiing and tubing in winter.
A visit to the Stroganovs' estate as part of an excursion, with a full program, will cost tourists 1000-1500 rubles, including lunch at a restaurant. Many Muscovites and guests of the city celebrate significant dates here - they hold weddings and anniversaries, although the pleasure does not belong to the economy class.
