The owner of the estate was a student in 1812. The Studenets estate is a historical monument of Presnya. Vintage beer label

The name of the estate comes from the Studenets stream, which flows along Krasnogvardeisky Boulevard, and from the Studenets well of the same name, famous for its excellent water.

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In the 18th century, a country yard in Trekhgorny belonged to the descendants of Prince M.P. Gagarin. His grandson, Prince Matvey Alekseevich, in 1790 arranged a garden “in the Dutch style” with artificial ponds, which became known as the Gagarin Ponds.

Then the estate passed to Princess Anna Gagarina, who married Privy Councilor Count D.M. Matyushkin.

At the beginning of the 19th century, “Studenets” belonged to the husband of their daughter Sophia, Count Yu. M. Vielgorsky. In 1816, their son Count Matvey Yuryevich sold it to the merchant N.I. Prokofiev. Later, the estate passed to Count Fyodor Tolstoy and, as a dowry, went to the daughter of Count Agrafena, who in 1818 became the wife of General A. A. Zakrevsky.

In the 1820s and 1830s. D.I. Gilardi built a dacha here for the future Moscow Governor-General. Zakrevsky ordered to decorate the park with monuments to his fellow soldiers - heroes Patriotic War 1812 (the project is attributed to V.P. Stasov).

Of these, only the Tuscan Column has survived (the Statue of Glory that once crowned it has been lost).

Modernity

At the beginning of the 21st century, the manor house, disfigured by reconstruction, was occupied by the Gallery of Russian Ice Sculpture.

The main house of the estate (facing Krasnopresnenskaya embankment) with its outbuildings was in a dilapidated state for a long time.

In 2010, work began on its restoration, as a result of which the historical building was lost, and a new building was being built in its place.

Attractions

What survived was a park with canals, a fountain and bridges (1970s), and a garden pavilion-water pump "Octagon" (in the 1980s it was moved several tens of meters to the west because western part a park with a skating rink was given for the construction of the second stage of the World Trade Center), Tuscan Column on the island.

The front cast-iron gate of the estate (entrance from Mantulinskaya Street) was recreated in the 1990s. from old photographs.

...The main reward for Areseni Andreevich Zakrevsky was the patronage he received from Count Kamensky, as a result of which he ended up in the service of Prince Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly. Zakrevsky participated in the battles of Preussisch-Eylau in 1807, in 1808 in Finland against Sweden at Kuortan and Oravais and in the capture of the Sveaborg fortress. Among the episodes in the military biography of A.A. Zakrevsky there are battles with Turkish troops in 1810, where he followed his commander.

Count A.A. Zakrevsky (1783-1865)

After the death of Count N.M. Kamensky, already under the direct command of Barclay de Tolly, Zakrevsky, appointed as his adjutant by Alexander I himself, took part in the fighting near Smolensk and Borodino during the Patriotic War of 1812, for which he was awarded and a military award sword, and Russian orders.

Breastplate for the Golden Weapon “For Bravery”

Since December 1812, A.A. Zakrevsky was already the aide-de-camp of Emperor Alexander I himself. In the foreign campaign of the Russian army, Zakrevsky was promoted to major general in September 1813, and on October 8 of the same year, for his participation, to adjutant general. for Zakrevsky was marked by receiving the Order of St. Anne, 1st degree.

Column of Alexander I and the General Staff in St. Petersburg.

After the end of the war with Napoleon, from December 1815 to 1823, Zakrevsky served as duty general of the General Staff Russian Empire. It was then, in 1818, knowing about the insufficiency of Zakrevsky’s funds, Emperor Alexander I facilitated his marriage with Countess Tolstoy, one of the richest brides in Russia at that time.

Market Square, Kauppatori in Helsinki.Old postcard from the early twentieth century

And starting in 1823, Zakrevsky’s administrative career began, the first step of which was the post of Finnish governor-general. While in Finland, Arseny Andreevich receives the title of count Principality of Finland, and in 1856 he will be registered in the Russian county. After the death of Alexander I, the new Emperor Nicholas I appointed him Minister of the Interior in 1828, retaining his position as Finnish Governor-General. But, “unable to cope” with the cholera epidemic, in 1831 Count Zakrevsky resigned “at the request due to completely upset health with his uniform and boarding school.”

The main house of the Studenets estate under the Zakrevskys

The Zakrevsky couple retired from St. Petersburg to their Moscow estates, where Arseny Andreevich began to rebuild them. The Studenets estate is being rebuilt in a new way main house and other buildings appear in the park. These changes are attributed by some architects to the famous Domenico Gilardi, while others believe that the author could have been the architect V.P. Stasov. However, there is no accurate evidence of who exactly carried out the work on the estate in at the moment No.

Arseny Andreevich himself did not seek to change the composition of the park; its reconstruction was primarily based on introducing additional architectural elements into the ensemble, to make the park a kind of monument to the heroes of the War of 1812, also paying tribute to their benefactor Count N.M. Kamensky.

To this day, only two monuments of this era have survived in the park - the Octagon pavilion, built over a spring, and the Tuscan Column, although without a winged figure with a sword on its top.

Octagon Pavilion Tuscan Column

Modern photographs

However, in 1834, the estate was sold to Pavel Nikolaevich Demidov, the owner of the Ural iron smelters, and the Kursk governor, who, however, immediately donated it as charity to the state for the founding public park. In 1835, the Society of Gardening Lovers was given the highest permission to open a gardening school on the estate, which existed until the 1917 revolution.

Demidov Pavel Nikolaevich (1798-1840)

Both during the period when the Zakrevskys owned the estate, and in subsequent times, the Studenets estate was no less popular among the Moscow public than when it was owned by the Gagarins. Thus, under the Zakrevskys, on August 19, 1828, in Studenets, for example, even a balloon launch took place.

Launching a ball in the park. Antique engraving

The estate's spring was also in demand. Water from the spring was delivered throughout the 19th century to the imperial court in the Kremlin, and wealthy townspeople sent their water carriers for it, despite the construction. Since 1875, this water has also been used in production at the nearby Trekhgorny brewery.

Vintage beer label

And Zakrevsky, having sold the Studenets estate, concentrated his efforts on rebuilding another estate near Moscow - Ivanovskoye. There, first of all, he erected an obelisk in memory of his benefactor, Count N.M. Kamensky, and for his wife he built a theater room at the main building of the manor house. According to the writer B.M. Markevich: “All of Moscow came here.” Indeed, Ivanovskoye was famous for its theatrical productions through the efforts of Countess Zakrevskaya, where she invited the best artists of the Maly Theater. Frequent guests of the Zakrevskys were poets and writers: A.S. Pushkin, E.A. Baratynsky, Prince P.A. Vyazemsky, partisan poet D.V. Davydov, General A.P. Ermolov, poetess Countess E. Rastopchina, F.I. Tolstoy (“American”) and many others. All of them, not excluding Pushkin, admired the beauty of the hostess and dedicated their works to her.

However, in 1848, Zakrevsky was unexpectedly called back to his service by Nicholas I and appointed governor-general of Moscow. The Zakrevskys settle on Tverskaya in the house of the Governor General. Arseny Andreevich's construction activity switches to the entire capital.

House of the Moscow Governor General. Old postcard from the early twentieth century

Under him, construction is completed, construction is completed, it is rebuilt and modernized and, finally, repaired, and essentially rebuilt, after the fire of 1853, the building remained in this form until the beginning of the 21st century.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. Old postcard from the early twentieth century

Count Zakrevsky served in this post until 1859, however, after the death of Nicholas I in 1855, the ground began to slip from under the count’s feet. The fact was that Count A.A. Zakrevsky did not approve of Alexander II’s ideas about the need for reforms; in particular, he was against the abolition of serfdom.

Prince and Princess Drutsky-Sokolinsky. Old photos

The official pretext was the scandal surrounding the name of his daughter Lydia Nesselrode, who married Prince D.V. Drutsky-Sokolinsky for the second time without divorcing her first husband. The permission for the marriage was issued by Governor-General Zakrevsky himself, thus confirming for the re-wedding the fact of divorce, which in fact did not happen. When the forgery was discovered, the Russian Synod Orthodox Church This marriage was declared illegal, and Emperor Alexander II had an opportunity to dismiss the count.

Countess Lydia Arsenyevna Nesselrode (Princess Drutskaya-Sokolinskaya). Photo from 1860

Since 1861, Arseny Andreevich and his wife often travel abroad to meet with their beloved daughter, who lives there. He also visits the Czech city for treatment on the waters.

Panorama of Florence. Old postcard from the early twentieth century

And soon he moved with his wife to the estate of Galceto or Goloceto (in another transcription) bought by his son-in-law in the commune of Montemurlo, located in the Tuscany region, near Florence. From now on, the history of the Zakrevskys is...

Zakrevsky estate Galceto in Tuscany. Modern photo

There is no information about what the count did while living in Italy, except that he led a secluded life with his family. Arseny Andreevich died in 1865 and was buried in the kapitsa of the Galcheto estate, which he wanted to turn into an Orthodox chapel, but was officially refused by the Holy Synod due to his disgraced position. Countess Zakrevskaya survived her husband by fourteen years and rested in the same church. The Drutsky-Sokolinskys had a daughter, Maria, who, although she was married twice, did not have children of her own, and a son, Arseny, married to Princess O.L. Golitsyna.

Grandchildren of the Zakrevskys:

Princess M. D. Drutskaya-Sokolinskaya (1859-1940) and Prince A. D. Drutsky-Sokolinsky (1862-1912).

Photo from 1880

The daughter, Maria Dmitrievna, inherited the Galcheto estate and lived there permanently until 1925. The fate of the Zakrevsky graves was sad - the burials from the estate church were moved to the municipal cemetery, and then abolished.

Despite this, one Italian, who now owns and lives on the Galceto estate, treats the memory of the Zakrevskys with extraordinary respect and even established memorial plaques in Italian and Russian at the entrance to the estate with the names of its former owners.

In the park of the Studenets estate. Modern photo

The Studenets estate continues its life in a noisy urban environment in the very center of Moscow as the Krasnaya Presnya recreation park. In 1998, the entrance gate to the estate was recreated, and since 2010, the main house with outbuildings has been restored, and the decorative plantings in the park, which were laid out during the time of the Horticulture Society, have been restored.

Surrounded by modern skyscrapers on the banks of the Moscow River is the Krasnaya Presnya cultural and recreation park (formerly the Studenets estate). In the 19th century, the estate was considered a masterpiece of landscape architecture. Our contemporaries walk along the canals along the alleys where Alexander Pushkin, Denis Davydov, Evgeny Baratynsky took a promenade...

The official layout of the modern park:

Entrance. 1927-1928: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/67260

Entrance. 1950-1960: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/1477

The front gate was recreated in 1998

Historical information:

In the 14th century, here lay the “village of Vypryazhkovo on Studenets,” which belonged to the grandson of Ivan Kalita, the Serpukhov prince Vladimir Andreevich the Brave, hero of the Battle of Kulikovo. His yard was located nearby - on the “Three Mountains”.

"Every centimeter of the huge (16.5 hectares) reserve park breathes history. At the beginning of the 18th century, on the banks of the Studenets stream there was a country palace of the Gagarin princes. The water from Studenets had such healing powers that the owners of the estate built a well from which all those who were suffering could quench their thirst.

Later, already in the 19th century, the new owner of the Studenets estate, Arseny Zakrevsky, adjutant general of Alexander I and hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, reconstructed the territory. The author of innovative ideas was the outstanding architect Domenico Gilardi. The estate made such an impression on its contemporaries that it was deservedly called “absolute Venice in the gardens.”

Then a lot changed. Unfortunately, during the Soviet period the park lost its original charm. Many sculptures and several beautiful gardens disappeared without a trace. But today, constant, careful and painstaking work is being carried out to restore what was lost. This is how the debt of history and Muscovites is returned,” reports the official website of the park http://p-kp.ru/

In fairness, it is necessary to clarify that Student’s troubles began not in the Soviet period, but long before the revolution. Both the estate and the Garden of the Studenets School of Gardening became fairly dilapidated at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries. According to the commission's report, "the buildings were found in extremely unsatisfactory condition. The properties are not fenced, access is open to wandering people. One of the buildings is uninhabited due to its dilapidation." Over the years, the estate suffered from fires and floods. As of 1908, the main house of the estate was destroyed, but the outbuildings were preserved, some of the canals were filled in, and the island was occupied by greenhouses and greenhouses. In 1915, they planned to relocate the horticulture school to the outskirts of the city of Sochi, and adapt the territory of the estate for industrial needs.

These plans were thwarted by the First world war and revolutionary cataclysms. After the revolution, the manor park became a resting place for workers and their families. They began to thoroughly revive the park in the 1930s, eliminating the railway line leading to the Trekhgornaya Manufactory. In 1932, on the site of the Studenets estate and the Studenets Garden of the School of Horticulture, the Krasnaya Presnya Culture and Recreation Park was created with a concert stage, attractions, a children's playground, and a boat dock. Festive festivities ended with fireworks on the water. There is also no need to idealize Stalinist Moscow - in the neighborhood there were vegetable gardens, landfills and vacant lots.

1951: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/84424
Portrait of J.V. Stalin from carpet flowers (Park of Culture and Leisure "Krasnaya Presnya" Moscow). Made according to a sketch and under the guidance of decorative artist A. Belyaev. Magazine "Ogonyok" No. 47 November 1951

According to the General Plan for the reconstruction of Moscow in 1935, the territory was included in the huge Krasnopresnensky Park from Kamer-Kollezhsky Val to the Belorusskaya line railway(at the same time, the Vagankovskoye cemetery would be destroyed). As an option, it was planned to create a Hydrotechnical Park in Studenets with canals, locks and other structures. These ideas were buried by a new war - the Great Patriotic War. Railway tracks were again laid to Trekhgorka.

Although projects to develop the park and recreate the historic estate arose in the 1960s and 1970s, work on the reconstruction of the main building began only in 2006 and is due to be completed in the second quarter of 2014. It seems that the builders are not in much of a hurry (it’s not an Olympic facility), and the completion date may be pushed back.

The name of the estate on the banks of the Moscow River comes from the Studenets stream. Before the Mytishchi water pipeline was installed in Moscow, the wells on Three Mountains had the best water supply in the city drinking water, for which rich people sent water carriers even several kilometers away.

Pavilion "Octagon", 1904: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/11041

On Mantulinskaya Street, the Octagon well pavilion, built in the 1820s by the famous architect Domenico Gilardi in the Empire style, has been preserved. The pavilion is decorated in the ancient Roman spirit from the time of the first Roman emperor Augustus and is crowned with a small dome. The structure received its name from the Latin word meaning octagon.

There were bronze lion masks on the walls, and natural spring water flowed from the mouths of the predators. Around 1974, the masks were dismantled, and in 1975, due to redevelopment of the territory, the pavilion was moved using winches and can now be seen in the park near the World Trade Center.

In 1955, a new cinema "Krasnaya Presnya" (architect A. Raport) opened on the site of the demolished buildings of the gardening school. According to the Decree of the Moscow Government, in 2001 the building of the cinema, which had become unprofitable, was leased “for educational and entertainment activities” to the International Foundation for the Development of Cinema and Television for Children and Youth (Rolan Bykov Foundation). Now there are no signs on it, the original stucco decorations on the facade and lanterns near the entrance have been preserved, although over time the building itself was for some reason repainted from light yellow to a gloomy brown color.

Reconstructed administrative buildings and cafes

Opposite the entrance to the park there is a monument to Lenin

The Studenets estate is under reconstruction

The banner contains the necessary information about the construction, and on the fence there is a useful text about the history of the Studenets estate (which was used in compiling the text of this story).

Fountain, 1987-1990: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/95107

A Tuscan column has been preserved on the island, the pedestal of which is decorated with swords in scabbards and wreaths. But the sculptures of commanders - heroes of the War of 1812 - created according to V. Stasov’s designs have been lost. These monuments were erected in 1820-1830 on the initiative of the then owner of the estate, Count A.A. Zakrevsky. Each of the islands of the park was dedicated to the memory of one of the heroes under whose command Zakrevsky served: Kamensky, Barclay, Volkonsky.

Until recently, the park housed a gallery of Russian ice sculpture with a permanent year-round exhibition. To prevent visitors from freezing in the summer, warm fur coats were given out at the entrance.

Among the numerous cultural events held in the Krasnaya Presnya park, the “Street of History” festival was memorable: Russian warriors from different eras, domino players over a glass of beer, a dissident samizdatist and other characters from the ancient and recent past appeared before the townspeople.

There is a dance floor in front of the concert stage, and there are ballet and dance clubs in the park. And you can get acquainted with ethnic foreign dances at the Latinfest festival.

In the Presnensky district of Moscow at the address: Mantulinskaya street, property 5.

The name of the estate comes from the Studenets stream, which flows along Krasnogvardeisky Boulevard, and from the Studenets well of the same name, famous for its excellent water.

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In the 18th century, a country yard in Trekhgorny belonged to the descendants of Prince M. P. Gagarin. His grandson Prince Matvey Alekseevich in 1790 arranged a garden “in the Dutch style” with artificial ponds, which became known as the Gagarin Ponds. Then the estate passed to Princess Anna Gagarina, who married Privy Councilor Count D. M. Matyushkin.

At the beginning of the 19th century, “Studenets” belonged to the husband of their daughter Sophia, Count Yu. M. Vielgorsky. In 1816, their son Count Matvey Yuryevich sold it to the merchant N.I. Prokofiev. Later, the estate passed to Count Fyodor Tolstoy and, as a dowry, went to the daughter of Count Agrafena, who in 1818 became the wife of General A. A. Zakrevsky.

In the 1820s and 1830s. D.I. Gilardi built a dacha here for the future Moscow Governor-General. Zakrevsky ordered to decorate the park with monuments to his colleagues - the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812 (the project is attributed to V.P. Stasov). Of these, only the Tuscan Column has survived (the Statue of Glory that once crowned it has been lost).

Modernity

At the beginning of the 21st century, the manor house, disfigured by reconstruction, was occupied by the Gallery of Russian Ice Sculpture. Until 2011, the estate was an object cultural heritage of federal significance, after which its status was downgraded to an object of regional significance.

The main house of the estate (facing Krasnopresnenskaya embankment) with its outbuildings was in a dilapidated state for a long time. In 2010, work began on its restoration, as a result of which the historical building was lost, and a new building was being built in its place. In 2011, the Government of the Russian Federation excluded the surviving parts of two side wings built in the early 19th century from the list of protected objects of the estate.

The park with canals, a fountain and bridges (1970s) and the Octagon garden pavilion-water pumping station survived (in the 1980s it was moved several tens of meters to the west, since the western part of the park with the skating rink was given for the construction of the second stage of the International Trade Center ), Tuscan column on the island. The front cast-iron gate of the estate (entrance from Mantulinskaya Street) was recreated in the 1990s. from old photographs.

We continue to tell you about the disappearing estates of the Venevsky district of the Tula region: little known to most Russians, but surprisingly beautiful! This material is dedicated to the Studenets estate. Once upon a time there was a thriving estate with an impeccably organized economy. Alas, now only the Church of St. George the Victorious, the remains of the main house, the ruins of outbuildings and overgrown ponds have survived from the former order and improvement in ruins.

Neither the competent authorities - due to a lack of budget, nor the descendants of the last owners of the estate, nor benefactors, of whom, unfortunately, have been absent from the estate over the last hundred years, have been able to save the estate and the temple from inglorious death.

Meanwhile, Student’s story contains many amazing facts. Which famous noble families owned it at different times? What connects Studenets with the famous Yusupov property in Arkhangelskoye near Moscow? Which owner of this estate was admired by many neighboring landowners for his economic and everyday skills? What did the estate look like before the revolution? And what can the future hold for her these days?

About this and much more - in the material about the Tula estate Studenets!

2. The temple looks beautiful if you enter from the side of the orchard.

3. Having driven 157 km from Moscow along the M4 Don highway, we turn right at the sign “Studenets 7 km”. In the old part of the village rises the dome of St. George's Church, next to which it is easy to find fragments of the buildings of the former estate, preserved from pre-revolutionary times.

6. The Studenets estate does not impress with its luxurious manor house or its ruins. In the past, it was an efficient landowner's economy, clearly organized in the German style, with modest, neat brick buildings.

9. The last owners of the estate were the Jordan family of Russian Germans. However, the surnames of the previous landowners - princes Dolgorukov, Prozorovsky and Vyazemsky - are more famous.

10. Inside the temple.

12. The village has been mentioned since the end of the 16th century. “The name Studenets village was probably given from the many springs with cold water in this area, i.e. cold water." In 1916, the population of the village was 750 people. The stone St. George Church was erected in 1871-1894. at the expense of parishioners.

16. The main building of the church has been preserved, although it is in poor condition. Next to the church, behind the remains of an alley, there is a stone building of a former manorial estate. Two brick outbuildings have survived. One of them, very close to the main house, is a former two-story barn. Towards the church, another building with a large, solid basement has been preserved; this is a former “glacier”. Locals they recalled that before the revolution the main house was decorated with columns and stucco.

19. In 1810, Studenets, together with the villages of Sasovo and Sonshino, was acquired by Colonel Nikolai Semenovich Vyazemsky. It is interesting that the Vyazemskys considered purchasing the famous Arkhangelskoye estate from the Golitsyns. But they considered that Arkhangelskoye would require large expenses and settled on Studenets, because... They were looking for a more substantial estate for income. And Arkhangelskoye was eventually acquired by Prince Yusupov.

20. Horse yard.

21. The student was inherited by his eldest son Andrei Nikolaevich Vyazemsky. Prince Andrei was “tall, beautifully built, slender, with a very handsome face.” In 1831, he participated in the capture of Warsaw, for which he was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th degree. In 1848 he was promoted to major general. In 1834, Prince Andrei Nikolaevich married Natalya Alexandrovna Morshanskaya, Guryeva’s first marriage. The prince paid up to 40 thousand rubles for the divorce. banknotes to her first husband. They had a daughter, Lydia, but they did not live together for long.

22. Glacier ruins.

Natalia Alexandrovna Vyazemskaya.

23. “The wife of Prince Vyazemsky left her husband and daughter and ran away with someone to St. Petersburg. The girl grew up without a mother and, one might say, without any supervision. Since she was beautiful, the rider Birnbaum took advantage of her, and then the son of the Tula governor Daragan. Then Finally, the mother remembered that she had a daughter and sent her to her place in St. Petersburg and there she found her a decent husband, Jordan: an officer of the Austrian regiment. The father gave her Studenets as a dowry for her daughter, and young Jordan came to the village.” Lydia Andreevna’s husband was the German Nikolai Pavlovich Jordan.

Andrey Nikolaevich Vyazemsky.

25. “Jordan was a wonderful person, but he didn’t like to jump out on display. He loved his children very much and gave them the best education and upbringing he could. He gave his daughters in marriage, he put his sons in good road, for service. He himself served honestly and impeccably, and was very involved in his field farming, so that his land came into order under his management and the estate doubled its value. All his outbuildings were clean and not ruined; and in the end he built a house that was comfortable, spacious and durable.”

26. Horse yard and main house from above.

27. Nikolai Pavlovich ran a so-called private estate, i.e. He was cultivating his land with an area of ​​300 dessiatines, and rented out about 100 dessiatines to peasants for 450 rubles. per year. In addition to the two-story stone manor house with an outbuilding, the estate had eleven more brick outbuildings, including a two-story barn that survives to this day.

28. War graffiti.

Nikolai Pavlovich Jordan 1863, from the collection of D.A. Makhela

29. In addition, Jordan owned a tavern in the village, which he rented out for 250 rubles. As for livestock, he had 35 head of cattle, 30 horses, 40 sheep, 5 pigs, and a lot of poultry. The following machines were used on the farm: a threshing machine with four horse drives, a horse-drawn winnowing machine, a sorting winnowing machine, and a seeder. In total, the estate was valued at 62 thousand rubles. Apple orchard of 1000 trees, Nikolai Pavlovich rented out for 500 rubles. per year."

31. During the Soviet period, a rural school was located in the estate building. Now the former manor house is not in use. Jordan's descendants live in Russia, Italy and Great Britain. But they do not yet have the means to revive the estate.

35. It seems to me that the fate of this estate is under serious threat. Its relative obscurity among the galaxy of Tula estates will most likely contribute to the fact that funds allocated to support cultural heritage sites will reach the Jordan estate almost in the last place. Meanwhile, ancient buildings are deteriorating and collapsing.

36. It is especially painful to observe the current state of the most beautiful temple in honor of St. George the Victorious. After all, it is its restoration under the leadership of an active abbot that can provide the only chance to save the estate. In the best case scenario, the temple will become a spiritual center settlement, its territory will be well-groomed, a Sunday school may open in ancient buildings, and the park will turn into a recreation place for tourists and parishioners. I want to believe that one day everything will be like this!

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