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L. D. Sokolova. Genealogy of the Brianchaninov family

// Town on the Moscow road: Historical and local history. almanac. – Vologda, 1994

The Vologda nobility was not sufficiently subjected to genealogical research. This work, compiled on the basis of various sources, is devoted to the genealogy of the Brianchaninov family, who had possessions in the Gryazovets district.

To obtain detailed and objective information about the family ties of the Brianchaninovs, who lived in the 17th - first half of the 18th centuries, numerous sources were used, the most important of which are scribal records published in printed publications.

Another characteristic source of the 17th century. Actual materials, also published in pre-revolutionary and modern publications, became available. Various types of petitions, receipts, receipts for receiving funds, replies on various issues allow us to draw conclusions about the condition and official status of some representatives of the family.

Extensive information about the genus was provided by studying the funds of the State Archive of the Vologda Region. A comprehensive study of the funds of various institutions and individuals was required: the Vologda Noble Deputy Assembly. Vologda provincial marshal of the nobility, Vologda consistory for Gryazovets district, personal fund of local historian V.K. Panov, collections of handwritten scrolls of the 16th-17th centuries. , department of guardianship and trusteeship. Particularly a lot of information is contained in the “Case on the inclusion in the 6th part of the Noble Genealogy Book of the family of the Gryazovets landowner Pyotr Alexandrovich Brianchaninov.” The file contains copies of documents from the 17th, 18th, and 20th centuries, as well as a copy of the family tree of the Bryanchaninov family.

In the books by L. Sokolov “Bishop Ignatius” and I.N. Elchaninov “Materials for the genealogy of the Yaroslavl nobility” published a copy of the tree and a painting of the Bryanchaninov family. This data does not have links to specific sources. In this work, we take this material into account, avoiding generalizing conclusions that are not supported by documents.

We also analyzed material sources - tombstones in the family cemetery in the village of Pokrovskoye and a cemetery near the village. Stepurina (Gryazovets district). On the monuments of the necropolises there are records with the exact dates of life and death of seven representatives of the clan.

These sources make it possible to combine diverse information about representatives of the genus into a single genealogical diagram.

Founding of the clan, the first Bryanchaninovs in the Vologda region

And according to a separate charter of 1630, “according to the salary, it was ordered for him to establish an estate for 450 ceti, and for him estates in Vologda, and 113 cheti in Belozerie.” In the city of Vologda in 1629, “Peter Vasilyevich Bryanchaninov had a courtyard 16 fathoms long, 10 fathoms and half a fathom, behind the cathedral church to the Ilyinsky Gate.”

Thus, one of the branches of the Bryanchaninovs appears in the Vologda region in the second decade of the 17th century. as landowners.

In addition to the four placeless brothers of Pyotr Vasilyevich, a fifth brother is mentioned, Ivan, who in March 1630 laid claim to the Knyaginino wasteland in the Toshin volost of the Vologda district, which was previously owned by Pyotr Vasilyevich Brianchaninov. We can draw this conclusion from I.V.’s petition. Brianchaninov dated March 15, 1630. “Your servant, Ivashka Vasiliev, son of the Bryanchanins, beats the king with his forehead. Merciful sir, perhaps I am his slave in the Vologda district, in the Toshenskaya volost in the Knyainino wasteland, and that, sir, the Knyainino wasteland is our cousin of my dear brother Peter.” In a document dated 1638, there is a mention of Ivan Vasilyevich, from which we learn that at that time he was the governor.

This is where the known information about the children of Vasily Bryanchaninov is exhausted.

At the end of the 17th century, or more precisely in 1685, Fyodor and Ivan Semenovich are mentioned, and in 1706 - Yakov Semenovich Bryanchaninov, possibly the children of Semyon Vasilyevich Bryanchaninov, who was homeless in 1630. The information that Fyodor and Ivan are already mature people is confirmed by the positions they held - they were guarantors in court cases.*

Yakov Semyonovich Bryanchaninov owned land, as indicated by a receipt dated January 22, 1706. “From the order of zemstvo affairs, a letter from the okolnichy Vasily Savich Narbekov to his peasant Osip Fomin for this purpose: in the past in 1705 it was accepted in Vologda from the estates of the Vologda district ... from Yakov Semyonovich Bryanchaninov village. Popovskaya from four.” It remains unknown how the lands were obtained and a certain position in society was achieved by these representatives of the Brianchaninovs.

The other branch of the Bryanchaninovs is not numerous. There is a mention in 1617 and 1628. about the landowner Voin Ivanovich

* The lieutenants could be influential and wealthy people, because if the contract was violated, they paid a fine.

Bryanchaninov, who was the cousin of Pyotr Vasilyevich Bryanchaninov. “The Vologda resident Voin Ivanovich, the son of Brianchaninov, beat us with his forehead, according to his salary, he was ordered to set up an estate for 300 chiti from our salary, and after him and an estate in Vologda for 100 chiti and we would grant him, order him to give him the bypass wasteland Patrikeevo in the Vologda district in the Komel volost 10 cheti."

In the scribe book of the city of Vologda for 1629 it is written: “The yard is empty of Warrior Ivanov’s son Brianchaninov, 10 fathoms long, the same across.” He may have already died by this time. There is no information about the family in these documents.

The most numerous branch of the genus, information about whose representatives is revealed by Kirill, nicknamed Lyubach. The opportunity to present Cyril’s tree in detail is given to us by the documents presented in the “Case of Inclusion in the 6th Part...” and the trial between his wife and one of his sons.

At a confrontation in the Local Prikaz on March 13, 1630, he said “Boris Kirillov, the son of the Bryanchaninov, his father Kirill, the nickname Lyubach Bryanchaninov died in 126, and after him his wife Borisov’s stepmother, the widow Orina, remained with the children, with Vladimir, and with two daughters, with girls, and with a stepson, and with his brother Borisov and Ivan Brianchaninov.” In the petition, dated March 11, 1627, it is written: “Boris Bryanchaninov, in place of Pyotr Kirillovich Bryanchaninov, put his hand to this petition at his behest.”

Thus, we see that Kirill was married twice.

From his first marriage he had three sons: Peter, Ivan and Boris. From his second marriage to Orina (Irina) Petrovna Ushatova, Kirill had a son, Vladimir, and two daughters. This is also confirmed by the generational painting (see GD). Kirill Borisovich died in 1618.

The mention of the eldest of the sons, Pyotr Kirillovich Brianchaninov, dates back to 1627. “I am Pyotr Kirillov, son of Brianchaninov, married Ivanov’s wife, Bekhteyarov’s son Besedny, Anna, Grigoriev’s daughter.” “In the Vologda district in the Komel volost, behind the Vologda resident Pyotr Kirillovich’s son Brianchaninov, on the estate that was behind Kudeyar Besedny, the village of Oreshkovo on the river on the Komya, and in it the yard of the landowners, the yard of the human Pervushka Grigoriev, and in the yard the bob Fomka Semyonov..., a wasteland Denisova on the river on the Komya (5 households), the village of Orefino on the river. on Lukhta there are two-thirds of the village of Tufanov..., and in total in the Komel volost behind Pyotr Kirillovich Brianchaninov the middle lands became 190 octets, which is a good 153 octets.”

Ivan Kirillovich Brianchaninov also owned lands in the Vologda district. “For the courage shown by Ivan Kirillovich Brianchaninov in the battle against the Lithuanian king... who stood near Moscow in 127 with Polish, Lithuanian and German people and from Cherkasy... Ivan granted him from the Local his salary with 350 quarters of patrimony for the Moscow siege granting a deed of patrimony to the land in the Vologda district of the Komel volost, and selling those patrimony to the grandchildren and great-grandchildren.” From this document it becomes clear how Ivan Kirillovich Brianchaninov received the land.

We have the following information about the Land Ownership of Boris Kirillovich Bryanchaninov: “Boris Kirillovich Bryanchaninov, according to a separate extract of 1625, was given the villages of Fefilovo, Nesminkino, Razboynikovo and Benary, which were exchanged with his stepmother and brother Vladimir for the estate of the village of Kuzminskoye, the villages of Mikhailovo with wastelands were written for him according to a separate book of 1625 and according to scribe books of 1628, 1629, 1630.” .

Vladimir, the son from his second marriage, “had his father’s honored estate of the Vologda district of 157 quarters.”

In 1639, in a petition, Ivan and Boris Lyubachev, the children of the Bryanchaninovs, asked: “Their brother Vladimir died, after his children and wife there were no children left, he was not married, but his mother remained, and their stepmother, the widow Irina Petrovna, daughter of Ushatova , old and childless, and there were no other children of their own, and their father was no longer in Vologda, and the salary of their father Lyubach was a local five hundred quarters, and their brother Vladimir had their father’s honored estate in the Vologda district with 157 quarters,” and they asked, so that “for Smolensk service and for siege patience, give them equally in half and distribute living and empty things into their salaries.” Their request was granted.

So, all the sons of Kirill Lyubach owned land in the Vologda district. The youngest of the sons, Vladimir, died around 1639, apparently young, and his lands were divided between his two older brothers.

Let's move on to consider the marital status of Kirill Borisovich's sons.

No documentary evidence has been found about Peter's sons. From the generational list (see GD) it is clear that he had three sons: Vasily, Maxim and Semyon. Peter was married to Anna Grigorievna no earlier than 1627. Whether these children are from this marriage or not is unknown.

In one interesting document, a kinship painting dated 1656, there is an indirect mention of Peter's daughter. The painting talks about Boris Brianchaninov’s own niece, Evgenia. Why did we decide that Evgenia is the daughter of Peter, and not Ivan; is he also an uncle? The fact is that this painting was recorded by Gerasim Ivanovich Brianchaninov, who speaks of Boris Kirillovich as his own uncle. If Evgenia were Ivan’s daughter, then she would be Gerasim’s sister, but Gerasim writes nothing about this.

From the family tree (see GD) it is clear that Ivan Kirillovich had two sons: Gerasim and Denis. Documentary evidence is available only about the eldest, Gerasim, and dates back to 1647, 1656, 1673, 1686. It is interesting that in these documents he appears as a person who wrote petitions and made appearances.

There is a petition dated 1686, which talks about several Bryanchaninovs at once: “To Archbishop Gabriel, a petition for your servants, the sovereign of the orphans, elders and peasants of various estates, Geraska Ivanov’s son, Vaska, Ivashka Borisov’s children of the Bryanchaninovs, Matyushka, Senka Gerasimov’s children of the Bryanchaninovs... parishioners at the Komel volost Church of the Archangel Michael, on Puhida.”

Judging by the dating and place of residence of the mentioned Brianchaninovs, as well as by correlating these data with a copy of the generational painting (see GD), the following conclusions can be drawn. Matvey and Semyon are the children of Gerasim Ivanovich Bryanchaninov, the grandson of Ivan Kirillovich. Vasily and Ivan Borisovich are the children of Boris Kirillovich Bryanchaninov.

In addition to these sons, Boris had two more - the elder Afanasy and the younger Mikhail. From the entry in the Palace categories of 1660: “Residents* who were in velvet and worm-shaped terliks:

* The residents formed something like a palace security detachment and lived for a certain time near the courtyard, which is where their name came from. They were staffed by the children of Moscow nobles and provincial nobles, for whom this was a reward for long service.

Ofanasy Borisov, son of the Bryanchanins." Mikhail Borisovich Bryanchaninov was killed (see GD).
“In 1677, Afanasy acquired from his mother and sister their shares in that (father - L.S.) estates of the semi-villages of Razboynikovo, Mitinskaya, Maksimova Gora, and the village of Kalinkino with peasants, this estate after Afanasy in 1705 was transferred to his son Ivan, who bore the title of steward*."

The further history of the family is connected with the heirs of Afanasy and Mikhail Bryanchaninov.

Brianchaninovs in the 18th – early 20th centuries. Descendants of Afanasy Borisovich
(Yurovskaya branch)

“After Ivan Afanasyevich, his estates and patrimony of the village of Yurovo with villages, wastelands, people and peasants in 1717 were passed on to his widow and son Fedor, after whom it went to his son Alexander, and from him to his son Peter.”

There is a certificate about the service of Fyodor Ivanovich Bryanchaninov that Fyodor Bryanchaninov “served as a corporal of the Life Guards, and in 1727 he was transferred to ensign.”

Thus, Ivan Afanasyevich was married, had a son, Fyodor, and died no later than 1717.

From a genuine separate act presented by Alexander Petrovich Bryanchaninov in 1767 on June 8, we learn that Fyodor Ivanovich Bryanchaninov, in addition to his son Alexander, who owned his father’s estate since 1767 and served with the rank of collegiate assessor, had a son, Matvey, who married Anna Vlasyevna and

* The steward - initially their duty is to serve at the table, then this duty remains only with them on special occasions, they invited to the table.

had children, Afanasy and Fedor, nephews of Alexander. The act states: “Between Fyodor Ivanov’s own son Alexander Fedorov, his daughter-in-law Anna Vlasyeva, the daughter of Matvey Fedorov’s wife, and nephews Afanasy and Fyodor Matveyev, the children of the Bryanchaninovs, who remained after Alexandrov’s own father, the mentioned Fyodor Ivanovich.” And then he writes: “My dear father Pyotr Alexandrovich was born on June 15, 1777 from Alexander Fedorov, and I was born on April 27, 1798 from Pyotr Alexandrovich.”

The exact years of the life of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov are available on the gravestone we found in the cemetery near the village. Stepurin, Gryazovets district. On an iron plate (length 178 cm; width 89 cm; height 2.5 cm) it is written: “Here lies the body of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov, born in 1777 on June 15, died in 1829 on May 19.”

In the same cemetery there is a tombstone made of black marble, on which the inscription is made: “Alexander Petrovich Brianchaninov was born on April 27, 1798, died on October 1, 1861.”

In the conclusion in the case of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov, who asked to include himself and his sons in the 6th part of the Noble Genealogy Book, it is written: “Starting in 1625, Boris Lyubachev Bryanchaninov, then his son Afanasy, grandson Ivan, great-grandson Fyodor, great-great-grandson Alexander, great-great-great-grandson Peter (petitioner) continuously owned the villages: Fefilovo, Nesminkino, Razboynikovo, Mikhailovo, Mitinskaya, etc., as well as the villages of Yurov, Kuzminsky with wastelands, peasant people, and now owns, court councilor Alexander Petrovich Bryanchaninov. The transfer of those estates from generation to generation, and together the origin of one from the other of the above-mentioned persons is proven by extracts from individual, scribe, refuse and reference books, separate 1767 and 1839 acts, introductory acts of 1838, in addition, on the legal birth of Alexander from Peter certified by a metric certificate from the Vologda Spiritual Consistory."

So, Pyotr Aleksandrovich Brianchaninov was able to prove his origin before 1625 and was included in the Noble Genealogy Book. His descendants were also included there, about whom we have the following information: “In 1839, after the death of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Brianchaninov, the estate was divided between his children: collegiate assessor Alexander, Colonel Nikita, guard staff captain Victor, collegiate secretary Peter, guard second lieutenant Nikolai, maiden Paraskovya and fleet lieutenant Elizaveta Petrov Brianchaninovs."

And in the petition addressed to Nikolai Pavlovich, submitted on December 1, 1839 from the Vologda landowner, collegiate assessor Alexander Petrovich Bryanchaninov, it is written: “In 1814, Peter Alexandrovich with his sons, Alexander, Nikita, Vladimir, Victor, Peter, Pavel, Nikolai, and daughters , Sophia, Elizabeth and Praskovya, are recorded in the genealogy book of the Nobility." Thus, Pyotr Alexandrovich had 7 sons and 3 daughters. He also built a house in the village around 1814. Yurov, which has survived to this day.

The Bryanchaninov family is famous for its literary traditions. Pyotr Aleksandrovich's cousin Afanasy Matveevich Bryanchaninov is a poet of the second half of the 18th century, undeservedly forgotten by his descendants. N.N. Belova writes in her publications: “He dedicated one of his works - a comedy - to his fellow countryman, son-in-law of the famous commander A.V. Suvorov to Alexey Vasilyevich Oleshev, poet, translator, who had among his contemporaries the reputation of a prominent writer and enlightened figure. The poet Mikhail Nikitich Muravyov, the father of the Decembrists Nikita and Alexander, knew Afanasy Matveevich well. The poet writes one of his poems, “Rural Life,” in the form of a message to Afanasy Matveevich:

Afanasy Matveevich Bryanchaninov began serving as a sergeant in the Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment in 1767. At the age of 30 he retired. He was married to the cousin of the poet M.N. Muravyova Elizaveta Pavlovna, lived on the Nizhneye Osanovo estate in the Vologda district.

His half-brother Fedor is the son from M.F.’s second marriage. Brianchaninov, on March 5, 1773 he was enlisted in the Semenovsky regiment, from 1785 he was a sergeant, on January 1, 1786 he was transferred as a captain to the Absheron Musketeer Regiment and on February 23, 1787, due to illness, he was discharged with the rank of second major. He was married to a bourgeois Anastasia Semyonovna, born in 1797. After retirement, he lived on his estates in the Yaroslavl province and served there.

In the personal collection of local historian Panov there is an extract from the RGADA: (f. 16, item 628.) “Former chief secretary in the Senate Matvey Brianchaninov in the case of the late Count Alexei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin. In 1762, concealment of things. It was determined: Brianchaninov should be deprived of his ranks, taken to the square in front of the Senate with the inscription on his chest: “criminal and profiteer” and placed at a post for a quarter of an hour, then imprisoned for six months and henceforth not to any state affairs or service, not to the cause of the people, not to be allowed into the particular. Brianchaninov’s estate should be divided according to the law between his wife and children.”

Judging by the dating, we are talking about Afanasy’s father, Matvey Fedorovich Bryanchaninov, indeed, whose estate was divided by relatives in 1767. This is how the grandfather of Ivan and Sofia Bryanchaninov (see GD) ended his career ingloriously.

Let us return to consideration of the marital status and professional activities of Pyotr Alexandrovich’s many children.

The eldest son Alexander was “brought into possession of the village of Yurovo” on October 4, 1839. We learn about Alexander’s marital status from a copy of the certificate of the Vologda Spiritual Consistory No. 1117.

He was married to Elena Pavlovna and had two children from this marriage: Anatoly, born on November 13, 1839, and Faina, born on April 6, 1841.

In the case of approving a guardian for the remaining estate of the landowner Elizaveta Brianchaninova, the conductor of the Imperial Nikolaev School Leonid Aleksandrovich Brianchaninov is mentioned; he turned 20 in 1862 - this is probably the youngest of the children, and he was born in 1842.

Further in the case there are copies of a certificate from the Oryol spiritual consistory and a “Formular list of the service of the justice of the peace of the third precinct of the Kadnikovsky district, retired guard second lieutenant Anatoly Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov,” compiled on August 14, 1883. From these documents it is clear that Anatoly was married twice, in his first marriage to Elena Alexandrovna Kasatkina and had two daughters with her: Maria, born on February 11, 1867, and Vera, born on August 10, 1868. After the death of Elena Alexandrovna in 1869, the daughters were in the care of Anatoly’s sister Faina, married to Mezhakova.

He entered into a second marriage with the girl Vera Alexandrovna, and had with her a son, Vladimir, born on October 25, 1875. The daughters were in 1883: Maria - at the Elizabethan Institute, Vera - at the Oryol Institute.

From the formal list we learn that Anatoly had acquired property: .760 acres of land in Kadnikovsky district. He was educated at the Nikolaev Engineering School, completing a course at the Nikolaev Engineering Academy with the right of the 2nd class. He entered the service as a conductor in the conductor company of the Nikolaev Engineering School on September 21, 1853, and in 1862, by the highest order, he was dismissed for domestic reasons from service with the rank of second lieutenant. In 1861, he was approved as a candidate for peace mediators in the Gryazovets district, then, according to the petition, he was transferred to the customs duties company, and in October 1882, the Kadnikovsky district zemstvo assembly was elected a local magistrate judge of the Kadnikovsky district.

His son Vladimir died at the age of 38 from chronic pneumonia, and a few days later his wife, Evgenia Vasilievna, 27 years old, also died from heart paralysis. They were buried in the Spiritual Monastery in Vologda.

The children, and there were three of them - Daniil, Irina and Maria, remained in the care of their grandparents.

One of the documents studied contains a petition from Anatoly Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov. He asks to enroll his grandson Daniil, born on April 19, 1908, to study at a military school.

But Daniel was not destined to become a military man. In August 1918, Daniil died. His grandfather also died that same year.

We find the exact years of Anatoly Alexandrovich’s life in the Dictionary of Russian Writers. Born in 1839, died in 1918.

In 1859, his first publication appeared in the magazine “Russian Invalid” - the essay “Happiness in the Fog.” Followed by the stories “Three Dates” and “A Desperate Lot”.

After moving to Orel in mid. 70s Brianchaninov’s drama “Bezdolnaya” was published, which was highly appreciated by I.S. Turgenev. Anatoly Alexandrovich's stories and novels were published in separate editions in 1890-1900.

Returning to Vologda, A.A. Brianchaninov was the editor of the unofficial part of the Vologda Provincial Gazette. In 1904 he retired with the rank of full state councilor.

The second son of Pyotr Alexandrovich Bryanchaninov, Nikita, was born on March 2, 1801. From a copy of Nikita’s service record, we have the following information about Nikita’s service: he began serving with the rank of cadet (1820), then received the rank of cornet in 1821, second lieutenant in 1826, staff captain in 1828, major in 1829, lieutenant colonel - in 1831, colonel - in 1832. “For his service he received the following awards: the Order of St. Anne 2nd degree, St. Stanislav 2nd degree, St. Vladimir 4th degree. He has a family estate in the Vologda and Yaroslavl provinces of 750 souls of peasants, after the death of his first wife he received 26 souls of peasants...” “Married for the second marriage to the daughter of the late Lieutenant General Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, Vera Alexandrovna Volkova, from this marriage he had children: Alexandra, born June 21, 1834, Pavel, born July 27, 1836, Olga, born in 1837, Sophia, born in 1840, and Dmitry, born in 1843.”

After his dismissal from military service, Nikita Petrovich Bryanchaninov received the rank of Moscow senior police chief attached to the cavalry.

Information about the marital status of the youngest of the sons of Pyotr Alexandrovich, Nikolai Bryanchaninov, is obtained from the case “On the approval of a guardian for the remaining estate of the landowner Elizaveta Bryanchaninova, her son Nikolai Petrovich Bryanchaninov.” Nikolai was married to Elizaveta Karlovna, née Baroness Osten, who was born on March 26, 1823, and died on September 15, 1858. The exact years of Elizaveta Karlovna’s life are on the gravestone in the Bryanchaninov family cemetery in the village. Pokrovsky. In this marriage, Nikolai had two children: Valerian, born on December 14, 1845, and Peter, born in 1848.

Nikolai entered the service of the Life Guards in the Izmailovsky Regiment as a non-commissioned officer, was promoted and in 1841 received the rank of staff captain.

Nikolai’s eldest son, Valerian, “on completion of science courses at the Imperial Petersburg University with the title of full student, by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of October 8, 1871, he was assigned to serve in the ministry; in 1877, Valerian Nikolaevich was appointed to the position of chief of the Police Department. Since 1875 he was director of the St. Petersburg Committee of the Society for the Trusteeship of Prisons.”

“He was married twice, from his first marriage with Natalya Borisovna, nee Obukhova (born May 17, 1854, died April 19, 1875 - dates from the tombstone in the cemetery in the village of Pokrovskoye), has a son, Nikolai, born March 14, 1874; married for the second time a French citizen, widow, Countess Sophia Guidoboni Visconti, née Davydova."

No written evidence of children from this marriage has been found. In the family cemetery there is a marble tombstone on which it is written: “Vladimir Valerianovich Brianchaninov was born on March 21, 1879, died on April 14, 1891.” Perhaps this is a child from a second marriage.

When compiling the genealogy, documents were studied that confirmed the memories of the old residents of the village of Yurov: “Valerian, the last owner of the house in the village. Yurov, had three wives; from his marriage to the third, Vera Pavlovna, he had a daughter, Maria. Valerian himself died in Moscow."

“Certificate by decree of the Imperial Majesty Vologda District Court. Maria Valerianovna Bryanchaninova was born on December 1, 1890; her parents are a hereditary nobleman - titular councilor Valerian Nikolaevich Brianchaninov, Orthodox, and his legal wife Vera Pavlovna, Orthodox, baptized on December 2, 1890. Recorded in the metric book of the Vologda province of the Gryazovets district of the Stepurinskaya Nativity Church."

We do not yet know what the fate of Valerian Bryanchaninov and his children was after 1917.

No information has been found about the descendants of Nikolai Petrovich Bryanchaninov’s second son, Peter.

This concludes the consideration of one of the branches of the Bryanchaninov family, the most numerous, but far from complete. The case of entering Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov into the Noble Genealogy Book made it possible to restore 7 generations of the family, starting with Ivan Afanasyevich Bryanchaninov.

Descendants of Mikhail Borisovich Bryanchaninov
(Pokrovskaya branch)

Let us return again to the first half of the 18th century. and trace the family ties of Mikhail Borisovich Brianchaninov.

“Evidence presented to the Department of Heraldry” and signed by Empress Anna testifies that “the grandfather of Alexander Semenovich Bryanchaninov Andrei Mikhailovich Bryanchaninov entered military service from the nobility in 1713 and was in campaigns, battles and attacks, in 1749 he was retired at the age of 56 with an award for long-term service with the rank of brigadier." It turns out that Andrei Mikhailovich was born in 1693 and had a son, Semyon, who served “in the 2nd Fuselier Regiment since 1765 and was left with an award from the army.”

Alexander Semyonovich Bryanchaninov, son of Semyon Andreevich, was born on May 7, 1784, died on April 19, 1875 (inscription from a plate in the village of Pokrovsky). “He served in the Alexander Hussar Regiment as a cornet, and was discharged from field service in 1803 to the civil service with a promotion in rank.” Took part in the Patriotic War of 1812.

In Vologda society he was known as the builder of a manor house on his estate, the village of Pokrovskoye, and also as the first landowner to found a parish school for peasant children at his own expense.

“Twenty miles from Vologda... is the Pokrovskoye estate.

There is no exact indication of the year of construction, and the name of the architect is unknown.

According to the chronicle located in the archives of the estate's church, the construction of the house can be dated no later than 1809-1810.

If this dating is correct, then the house is a genuine example of the early classicism style of the 18th century,” wrote G.K. Lukomsky.

“Alexander Semyonovich loved his estate very much; in 1812, when he had to leave for Moscow to join the active army, he thought with horror - what would happen to the estate?

“The surviving handwritten “Catalog of books by A.S.” testifies to the literary tastes of Alexander Semenovich. Brianchaninov 1806”, where in a systematic order: “historical”, “geographical”, “travels”, “tragedies”, “poems”, etc. – a list of library books is given, characterizing its owner as a serious person who read a lot and carefully. Among the books included in the list are works by Plutarch, Lomonosov, Fonvizin, Karamzin, Corneille, and Chateaubriand. Alexander Semyonovich’s diary is interesting - “Daily Note for 1842”, which he kept from January to September of this year, describing the events of every day he lived, meetings with residents of the city of Vologda, observations of the weather, etc.”

Alexander Semyonovich married a representative of another branch of the Bryanchaninovs, Sofya Afanasyevna. In this marriage he had four sons: Peter, Dmitry, Alexander and Semyon. This is proven by the following documents: “A petition addressed to Emperor Nikolai Pavlovich, submitted on August 26, 1844,” in which Pyotr Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov says: “My dear father is the landowner Alexander Semenovich Bryanchaninov.” Further from this petition we learn that Pyotr Alexandrovich himself was born on March 24, 1806, married no later than 1843 to Olga Sergeevna, and in this marriage had a son, Alexei, born on June 21, 1843.

From the formal list of the service and merits of Pyotr Aleksandrovich Brianchaninov, compiled in 1848: “Recipient of the Order of St. Anne, 3rd degree, St. Stanislav, 4th degree, has a silver medal for the Turkish War of 1828, 42 years old, Orthodox religion. He owns a family estate that belonged to his father in the Vologda province in the Vologda and Gryazovets districts, and consists of 250 peasants. He began his service as a conductor, and in 1847 received the rank of lieutenant colonel. Marital status: widowed, has a 4-year-old son, Alexei.” Thus, we see that Peter’s wife died by 1848, and he was left with a young son.

Information about the marital status of A.S. Brianchaninov, in addition to the above, we are given two birth certificates issued by the Vologda Spiritual Consistory.

“Certificate given to the collegiate assessor Alexander Semenovich Bryanchaninov, his son Alexander Alexandrovich Bryanchaninov, to certify that he, Alexander Bryanchaninov, wishing to enter the public service, gave birth to this Mr. Alexander Bryanchaninov from his wife Sofia Afanasyevna on May 1, 1814.” .

Another similar certificate provides information about the birth of Semyon Alexandrovich Bryanchaninov on December 3, 1815.

Based on the birth certificate issued by the Vologda Spiritual Consistory, we can draw the following conclusions about the service and marital status of the youngest of the sons of Alexander Semyonovich and Sofia Afanasyevna - Semyon Brianchaninov.

Guard Staff Captain Semyon Aleksandrovich Brianchaninov was married to Nadezhda Petrovna; from this marriage he had children: Alexander, born on October 28, 1843, and Nicholas, who was born on September 17, 1844.

The formal list of the service of the Guard of Staff Captain Semyon Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov, compiled on January 24, 1853, makes the following additions: From the nobles. He has a family estate, his parents have 400 souls of peasants in the Vologda province in the Gryazovets and Kadnikovsky districts, he himself also has an acquired estate in the Vologda province of the Vologda and Gryazovets districts of 311 souls. Married for the second time to Anna Ilyina, from this marriage he has a daughter, Alexandra, born on May 13, 1850, and a son, Dmitry, born in 1851, on December 9.

Thus, Semyon was married twice and had three sons and one daughter. The following is known about the further fate of his children: in the family cemetery there is a marble tombstone with the inscription: “Alexander Semyonovich Brianchaninov was born on October 28, 1843, died on December 26, 1910.”

In addition, there is a brief mention of Alexander and Nicholas in the “Case on the opening of the next noble assembly for the elections of nobles to various positions for a three-year period,” dated 1908-1909. The file includes Chamberlain Alexander Semenovich Bryanchaninov and Staff Master Nikolai Semenovich Bryanchaninov. Both of them owned no less than 280 acres of land and had the right to participate in the work of the assembly and in elections personally and through representatives.

The most famous of the ancient family of Vologda nobles Brianchaninov was, undoubtedly, Dmitry Aleksandrovich Brianchaninov, the second son of Alexander Semenovich and Sofia Afanasyevna. He was born on February 5, 1807 in the village of Pokrovskoye.

Dmitry received an excellent education at home, and when he was 15 years old, his father took him to St. Petersburg to continue his education. In the capital, Dmitry graduated from the military engineering school in 1826 with the rank of lieutenant and in the same year submitted his resignation, deciding to enter a monastery. The parents were categorically against it. Emperor Nicholas I himself was against his dismissal.

In Dinaburg, where Dmitry was sent for military service, he became seriously ill, and in the fall of 1827 his petition for release from secular service was accepted. He spent several years in monasteries and in 1831, on June 28, he was tonsured a monk and named Ignatius. On June 4 of the same year, Monk Ignatius was ordained by Bishop Stefan as a hierodeacon, and on July 25 – as a hieromonk. On January 29, 1833, Ignatius was elevated to the rank of abbot. At this time, his activities became known in St. Petersburg. At the end of 1833, he was summoned to the capital, he was entrusted with the management of the Trinity-Sergius Hermitage, with elevation to the rank of archimandrite. In 1857, Archimandrite Ignatius was consecrated Bishop of the Caucasus and Black Sea.

Even during his studies, D.A. Brianchaninov, with his poetic and literary talent, attracted the attention of Krylov, Gnedich, Batyushkov, and Pushkin.

After leaving secular service, he did not give up his studies in literature. He is the author of “Ascetic Experiences”, “Offering to Modern Monasticism”, “Fatherland”. A total of six volumes of his works were published, which contained sermons, advice and instructions to monastics, statements by ascetics on issues of Christian asceticism and examples from their lives, and much more.

Ignatius died on April 30, 1867, and five thousand people attended his funeral. Bishop Ignatius was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church at the Local Council in June 1988

Conclusion

As a result of long and painstaking work, it was possible to restore fourteen generations of the Bryanchaninov family, from the end of the 16th to the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

The Brianchaninovs, natives of the southern outskirts of the Russian state, appeared on Vologda soil at the beginning of the 17th century. These were service people, possibly participating in one of the militias of 1611-1612. and received land for their service.

They passed on their land holdings from generation to generation, from father to son.

Representatives of the family faithfully served the Fatherland: they participated in the events of the Time of Troubles at the beginning. XVII century, in the war with Poland (1654-1667) under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, they served under Peter I, may have been participants in his numerous campaigns, and defended their homeland in 1812 in the war with Napoleonic France. They were awarded awards and ranks for their service.

In the 18th century, the branches of the Bryanchaninovs diverged so far that they barely remembered their relationship. IN alphabetical list landowners of the Vologda province, 15 representatives of the family were recorded during the year, who had lands in the Vologda, Gryazovets and Kadnikov districts.

The Bryanchaninovs had a noble title, having managed to prove their noble origins before 1625, and were included in the Noble Genealogy Book, in its sixth part.

Representatives of the family played a significant role in the work of the Vologda noble parliamentary assembly.

Many of the Brianchaninov family were known outside the Vologda province; Saint Ignatius brought special glory to the family.

The Brianchaninovs were educated people. The collections of the Vologda Regional Library contain fragments of the old noble family library of the late 18th - first half of the 19th centuries, as well as part of the book collection of more than late period- the turn of the 19th-20th centuries, owned by the Brianchaninovs.
Family estates that belonged to representatives of different branches of the Bryanchaninovs in the villages of Yurovo and Pokrovskoye have also survived to this day.

Palace ranks. – St. Petersburg, 1852. – T.

GAVO, f. 32, on. 1, d. 11, l. 117.

Storozhev V.N. Materials for history... – T. 1. – P. 381. GAVO, f. 32, on. 1, d. 11, l. 59. 112 GAVO, f. 31, on. 1, building 1330.

Life of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov // Canonization of Saints. – M., 1988. – P. 119.

GAVO, f. 32.on. 1, no. 56, pp. 25 (rev.), 20. 20 (rev.), 30, 32, 32 (rev.), 34. (rev.), 34 a, 3 9 (rev.), 47 (rev.)

GAVO, f. 32, on. 1, d. 11, l. 85.

APPLICATIONS
DOCUMENTS FROM THE BRYANCHANINOV FAMILY ARCHIVE

On October 15, 1814, collegiate secretary Alexander Semyonovich Bryanchaninov, father of St. Ignatius, addressed the Vologda Noble Deputy Assembly with a request to include representatives of his family in the Noble Genealogy Book and to issue him a charter of nobility on the basis of the documents submitted by him confirming his noble origin.

Copies of these documents made by him, certified by the Secretary of the Nobility, are stored in the State Archive of the Vologda Region and are published for the first time, without extracts.

L.N. MYASNIKOVA (Vologda)

By the grace of God we, Anna the Empress and Autocrat of All Russia and others, and others, and others.
Let it be known and known to everyone that we have Andrei Brianchaninov, whom we served in the artillery as a quartermaster, so that through our zeal and diligence in his service, on the first day of this year one thousand seven hundred and thirty-five, we most mercifully granted him the rank of artillery captain.
For this reason, we hereby honor and establish, commanding all of us to properly recognize and honor the aforementioned Andrei Brianchaninov as our artillery captain. On the contrary, we hope that in this rank most graciously bestowed upon us, he will act as faithfully and diligently as a faithful and good officer should.
As evidence of this, we signed this with our own hand and ordered it to be strengthened with our state seal. Given in St. Petersburg in the summer of January 1737, 23 days.

* A patent is a document granting the right to exercise a position.

Originally signed by Her Imperial Majesty's own hand as follows:
Anna.
General Feltmarshal Count Christopher von Minnich.
The original seal is included. When sealed in the Collegium of Foreign Affairs No. 1328.
(GAVO, f. 32, on. 1, d. 11, l. 4, manuscript, certified copy.)

№ 2
DECREE OF THE STATE MILITARY COLLEGE ON THE RESIGNATION FROM SERVICE OF ANDREI MIKHAILOVICH BRYANCHANINOV - MARCH 8, 1754

On the 8th day of March 1754, by decree of Her Majesty Empress Elisaveta Petrovna, Autocrat of All-Russian and so on, and so on, and so on, this Her Imperial Majesty decree was given from the State Military Collegium to the retired military and civil service of the artillery Ober Kriegs Kamisar Andrei Mikhailov's son Brianchaninov. For that January 27th day of this year 754*, a memorial from the office of the main artillery and fortifications to the military college is represented by a petition submitted to this office, the aforementioned Brianchaninov announces that he has been in the service of the nobles since 713 and during that service he was on various business trips and during assigned commissions, also in campaigns, and battles, and attacks, and from that service he received illnesses and now has a pain in half of his head, and there is a great noise incessantly, and he hears little in his right ear, and over time blood flows from the larynx, so but there is a constant pain in the body from the strong grief that is in him**, and he is aggravated by the kidneys*** and hippochondria**** and many other seizures. And according to the examination of artillery doctor Bacherakht and staff doctor Ritter, it is shown that he, Brianchaninov, has a kidney disease, which causes great attacks, namely: great noise in the head, fainting, aching in the sacrum and throughout the body and great shortness of breath. And although he has been used for a long time, he has little benefit for himself and will not have one in the future, for these diseases are old, and besides, he is old and, in their opinion, cannot be in any service or work.
And she, the artillery chancellery, demands that he, Brianchaninova, be dismissed from military and civil service due to those illnesses with rewards for long-term and blameless service according to the force of decrees of rank.

* Here and below, the number 1 – thousand is omitted.
** Skorbut is a vitamin deficiency that occurs during a long-term absence of vitamins in food.
*** Pochechui is the same as hemorrhoids.
**** Hippochondria is a painful condition consisting of excessive fear for one’s health, characteristic of a number of mental illnesses.

And with a skask in the college, he, Brianchaninov, showed himself to be fifty-six years old in the current year of April 749 on the 25th day. And he served in campaigns in the lower corps and in many parties and battles: in Poland during the attack of the city of Gdansk, and in the Turkish war he was sent to the post office in Achakov, and in the campaign to the Dnieper expedition, and in other campaigns, business trips and commissions without fault . Place three hundred souls in different districts of the man behind him.

He wishes for his own food and at the discretion of the collegiums, he cannot be in military and civil service due to his illnesses and poor health.

For this reason, on the 26th day of February last, by decree of Her Imperial Majesty, the State Military Collegium, together with the assembled generals, decided on the resignation of Evo, Brianchaninov, for the indicated illness, and long-term and unblemished service from the military and civil service with the awarding of the rank of commander to Her Imperial Majesty, to submit an all-submissive report and demand the most merciful decree. And before receiving the Supreme Confermation*, release him into his house, and turn him off from the artillery, to which he was released by this decree of Her Imperial Majesty.
The authentic decree has a seal attached and is signed as follows:
Stepan Apraksin
Secretary Alexey Nemov
Clerk Nikita Ashurkov
The authentic decree of Her Imperial Majesty has its seal attached.
A printing fee of 50.14 kopecks was taken.
(GAVO, f. 32, on. 1, d. 11, l. 4 vol., 6.6 vol., manuscript, certified copy.)

№3
CERTIFICATE OF RESIGNATION FROM MILITARY AND STATE SERVICE OF SEMYON ANDREEVICH BRYANCHANINOV – JANUARY 13, 1772

By decree of Her Majesty Empress Ekaterina Alekseevna, Autocrat of All Russia, and so on, and so on, and so on.
The announcer of this army, lieutenant Semyon Bryanchaninov, first served in the artillery in the 2nd Fuselier Regiment** from one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, in the Preobrazhensky Life Guards regiment from seven hundred and seventy-first, and on the first day of this year, seven hundred and seventy-two.

* Confirmation – approval by the highest state authority.
** Fuseler Regiment - in the 18th century. a regiment armed with smooth-bore flintlock guns (fusees), loaded from the muzzle.

according to the strength of Her Imperial Majesty, on the confirmation report presented from the regiment, at the request of his illness from military and civilian services and from all matters from the furzers*, he was dismissed with a reward for honorable service with the rank of lieutenant shown from the army.
For this reason, he can live freely in Russia.
As evidence of which, this abshid** of the Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment from the regimental chancellery was given in St. Petersburg on the third and tenth day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two.
The original upsheet is signed and the seal is attached: Her Imperial Majesty, my most gracious empress, Major General of the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment, example-Major Ivan Masleev.
Regimental Secretary Mikhail Neklyudov.

№4
CERTIFICATE OF RESIGNATION
FROM THE MILITARY SERVICE OF ALEXANDER SEMENOVICH BRYANCHANINOV – OCTOBER 24, 1803

By decree of His Majesty Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, Autocrat of All Russia, and so on, and so on, and so on.
The bearer of this, who served in the Alexandria Hussar Regiment as a cornet and, upon submitting a petition, by the highest order of His Imperial Majesty, by order given this October 1st, was dismissed from field service with an increase in rank for assignment to civilian affairs, Alexander Semenov, the son of Brianchaninov, was released from the regiment with this to his house , consisting of the Vologda province in the Gryazovets district, to which both in following with the future and in living where the need is indicated to him, the zemstvo authorities favor and to whom affiliation will not create obstacles for him.
Why was this given from the Alexandria Hussar Regiment, signed and with the regimental seal, at the headquarters of the Minsk province, in the town of Glubokoye, on October 24, 1803.
Genuine signed taco:
His Imperial Majesty, my most merciful sovereign

* Furser - infantry shooter.
** Abshid – lit. from German - farewell, resignation, meaning a document of resignation.

from the cavalry, Major General of the Alexandria State Regiment, Chief of the Order of the Military Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George, fourth class Cavalier Count Lansberg.
The secretary of the nobility, Philip Kupriyanov, verified it with the authentic one.
(GAVO, f. 32, on. 1, d. 11, l. 7, manuscript, certified copy.)

Application NOTES

Brianchaninov Andrey Mikhailovich is the great-grandfather of Dmitry Alexandrovich Brianchaninov, Saint Ignatius. (GAVO, f.32, op.1, d.11, l.8 vol., 202).

Minich Buchard Christoph. (9.05.1683-16(27). 10.1767) - count, military and statesman, president of the military college since 1732 (TSB. - M., - T.16, - P. 290.)

On July 7, 1734, Russian troops occupied the city of Gdansk, which determined the outcome of the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1735) between Russia, Austria and Saxony on the one hand and France on the other. The Saxon Elector Augustus III was elevated to the Polish throne, and Russian influence on Poland was preserved. (TSB. – M., 1975, – T.20, – P.287.)

During the Russian-Turkish War (1735-1739) he served in the Dnieper Army under Field Marshal B.K. Minikha. In July 1737, this army stormed the Turkish fortress of Ochakov. (TSB. - M., 1975, - T.22, - P.418.)

Apraksin Stepan Fedorovich (30.07.1702-06.08.1758) - Russian field marshal general, participant in the Russian-Turkish war, vice-president of the military board. (TSB. - M., 1970. - T.2. - P.134.)

Bryanchaninov Semyon Andreevich - father of Alexander Semenovich Bryanchaninov, grandfather of Ignatius Bryanchaninov (GAVO, f. 32, on. 1, d. 11, l. 8 ob., 202, d. 47, l. 177-179; f. 85, on 1, d. 7, l. 65-70).

* So in the document, it means hussars.

How to get there? Travel to Pokrovsky is via the New Moscow Road. At the Vinnikovo-1 sign you need to turn right and follow the road 7 kilometers to the estate complex

Oh, what a joy for the soul on a sunny summer day this Pokrovskoye estate! A bright pink house (1809-1810), with whitewashed decor and a burgundy roof, freely spread out its arcs of passages with outbuildings on the green velvet lawn, colored with roses, dahlias and phlox... cozy paths diverge from the house, immersed in cool shade... somewhere far ahead, a pond shimmers like a mirror of the water surface...
It is worth mentioning that this place is firmly chosen by those getting married, so do not count on silence and solitude on Saturday. On the designated day, there is wedding after wedding, and you need to be able to wedge yourself between the processions in order to get practically deserted photographs. The newlyweds are beaming with smiles, photographers are puffing with flashes, crowds of dressed-up guests are scurrying around... noise, hustle and bustle... in short, forget about the creative approach in architectural photography! But it’s still wonderful, well-groomed and nice here. The small Church of the Intercession (1811) is nice, with a miniature bell ring above the entrance, located slightly to the side of the front core.

The horse yard is the last of the buildings that have reached us, somehow it is not at all etched in our memory...
The park, founded in 1810, has preserved both old-growth trees and historical layout. The structure of the man-made landscape is divided into three zones: regular, picturesque and economic. Among tree plantations, European linden predominates (of which 110 are patriarch trees); Larch, fir, oak, birch, spruce and maple trees are not numerous. The dendro picture is complemented by shrubs: caragana tree, hazel, Tatarian honeysuckle, hawthorn, etc.
“Previously, the park was adjacent to fish ponds with running water, artificial islands and swimming pools. Time has destroyed the dams, the water has been released, and in some places it has become swampy.
The perimeter of the park is surrounded by an earthen rampart overgrown with rose hips, acacia and mountain ash” - I.M. Chuprov “Across the Vologda Region” M., 1974, p. 42

Pokrovskoye is the family nest of the Bryanchaninov nobles. Seltso was probably granted for services to the Fatherland back in the 17th century, and in 1803 Alexander Semenovich Bryanchaninov built a new estate here. After many years of assumptions and conjectures, during the restoration work, the author of the estate project was established - Alexander Sapozhnikov. For unknown reasons, a completely new ensemble, just a decade later (1820), was rebuilt by the architect and draftsman A.S. Kutepov (who had previously built in the capital city and its environs: Akhtyrka and Kolomna).

The estate remained in the ownership of the Bryanchaninovs until the coup of 1917, then the owners moved abroad. In 1924, in the deserted Pokrovsky, the Oktyabrskie Vskhody sanatorium was organized for workers and peasants, which functioned until the early 1990s. After the closure of the health resort, the buildings miraculously saved by the management of the sanatorium begin to deteriorate and collapse. Fortunately, fate architectural ensemble turned out well: a decision was made to revive it, and repair and restoration work was completed in 2009.
“Currently, the estate houses the cultural, educational and spiritual center “Brianchaninovs’ Estate” - a branch of the AUC VO “Vologdarestavratsiya”. There is also a museum exhibition here that tells about the life of the village of Pokrovskoye, about St. Ignatius, other representatives of the Bryanchaninov family, as well as about the scientific restoration of the estate complex” - http://vologdarestoration.ru/.

1. Lord's house 2. Church of the Intercession 3. Horse yard 4. Grotto place
I- a regular part of the park, II- a picturesque part of the park, III— economic part of the park

G. Lukomsky Vologda in its antiquity

20 versts from Vologda along a country road and 15 versts from county town Gryazovets is the Pokrovskoye estate. The ancient stone house, well preserved and maintained, testifies to the best era of classical manor construction. There is no exact indication of the year of construction, and the name of the architect is unknown.*
According to the chronicle located in the archives of the estate’s church, the construction of the house can be dated no later than 1809-1810.
The church was built later, precisely in 1811.
If this dating is correct, then the house built by the ancestor of the current owner Brianchaninov is a genuine example of the style of early classicism of the late 18th century, the influence of which reached such a wilderness as the Vologda province was in those days, of course, somewhat later than the heyday of this style, for example, in Moscow.

The buildings of the architect Matvey Kazakov and his students differ from subsequent buildings in their great tenderness, even fragility of execution. These buildings have even thin (and often paired) columns, decorated with consoles of balconies, ornaments in ovals, roses in octagons, garlands falling from the lintel locks and lying along the arches of the windows. All these specifically Moscow details of M. Kazakov’s style, partly visible in the buildings of Kaluga (the gates of Kologrivova’s house) - and so clearly expressed in the buildings of Moscow (the village of Lipgarda on Myasnitskaya, the village of the Sixth Gymnasium, etc.) - are also captured in the estate house “ Pokrovsky".
In fact, neither the details characteristic of the St. Petersburg architect - the style of Louis XVI - Rinaldi, nor the features of the creativity of Delamot or Felten are visible in the treatment of the facade. But the similarity of its general composition with the aforementioned Lipgard house or even with the gates in Kaluga is very great. What is visible here is, if not the hand of one master, then one school, one movement, one understanding of style - typically Moscow, and of course, there is no need to talk about any details characteristic of Polish classicism. But a closer look at the architecture of the house forces us to admit that the amazing correctness of the details, and the purity and elegance of the modeling (the fittings, the heads of horses on the brackets, the design of the window lintel lock) could not have been achieved with the participation of an ordinary craftsman...

However, the architecture of the house is interesting not only for its processing; the entire plan of the house reveals flexible imagination and at the same time excellent traditions. The central part, rising like a mezzanine, has one façade facing the garden and the other facing the courtyard.
Two small wings extend from this central part, continuing further in semicircles and ending in wings.
The façade on the entrance side is processed more poorly; here is a beautiful spot - just a semicircle, decorated with pilasters and rich platbands above the semicircles of windows. From the garden side, the middle part is like a portal; paired columns support two rectangles on which the pediment is placed; it has a recess with a beautiful coffered niche. Under it, as under a canopy, is a balcony supported by brackets; between the last there are round windows and below the windows of the hall. On the side wings there are windows with semicircles. A low terrace descends to the garden alley.

In the far northeast there is an echo of Palladio's villa, but reworked with a unique understanding of the beauty of detail. Lovely Pokrovskoye is one of the best estates in Russia.**
Of course, the house and church, designed in the same style, are typical of the era of Moscow early classicism. All the shapes and details of the house point with certainty and certainty to the compiler of the project, as the author, to Matvey Kazakov, or in any case to one of his best students.
The house is led, as expected, by a beautiful entrance, a round area bordered by trimmed bushes. The inside of the house is full of splendor, a round white hall with moldings and window strips. Stars strew the turquoise background between these strips, and in the latter there are palmette moldings.

In the middle room, the ceiling is decorated with paintings: an ornament of small pink and red roses. Vases are written in the corners; Remnants of a frieze are also noticeable, also with ornaments of some colors. In the arches of the doors and windows there are caissons with rosettes.
The doors in the living room are especially beautiful: wooden decorations on a light background with a lovely pattern. Cabinet. Beautiful doors, white with green decorations. Eagles are in the upper squares, and armatures are in the oblong ones. The whole room is light green. The ceiling is decorated with paintings in one tone (sepia color), depicting the armor of knights arranged in the form of an ornament. This entire room, as well as the living room, is covered with adhesive paint on plaster. In the office there are antique painted selections of curtains.
Exterior of the church with columns and wooden white decorations. Inside it has an interesting dome-shaped ceiling: white star moldings on a blue background. The dome is supported by columns.
A park with linden alleys in the shape of a cross, a grotto made of wild stones. Although the park is small, it is designed with great taste.
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* There is an assumption that the estate was built by an exiled architect, who lived all the time in Pokrovsky.
** The builder of the estate (A.S. Brianchaninov) treated his new estate with great love, and when in 1812 he had to leave for Moscow to serve in the army, he thought with horror - what would happen to the estate? “My joy, will someone get you?”

Pokrovskoye is the family estate of the old noble family of the Bryanchaninovs, which originated from the boyar Mikhail Brenko, the squire of the Grand Duke of Moscow Dmitry Donskoy.

In 1803, Alexander Semyonovich Bryanchaninov (1784 - 1875) inherited the Pokrovskoye estate from his ancestors. Brianchaninov served in the Alexander Hussar Regiment as a cornet. He was a page-chamber under Emperor Pavel Petrovich. He had a good education, excellent taste, and was fond of hunting. He was married to the heiress of another branch of the Bryanchaninovs, Sofya Afanasyevna. Having married, Brianchaninov decides to build an estate for his future family in Pokrovskoye. The location was not chosen by chance. There was already a graveyard in the village where representatives of the Brianchaninov family were buried.

The main house of the estate was built in 1809-1810 according to the design of local self-taught architect Alexander Sapozhnikov. The proportions of the building are so precise and elegant that, despite the documented authorship, some experts suggest that the house could have been designed by a certain metropolitan architect close to the school of Matvey Kazakov or Nikolai Lvov.

In general, the architectural and landscape complex of the Brianchaninovs’ estate has been preserved to this day in its historical form. The layout of the estate is typical for the era of classicism. The two-story main house with an attic is united by one-story galleries with two wings.

In the attic there were two rooms for the owners, the second floor was reserved for children's rooms, and on the first floor there was a living room, a hall, an office, guest rooms and a dining room. The outbuildings housed utility rooms and servants' rooms.

The facade of the house is richly decorated with stucco decoration in the form of helmets, banners, peaks, and horse heads. All these attributes of military glory - a tribute to the military merits of the Brianchaninovs, have survived to this day in original form. As for the interior of the house, only the wooden twisted staircase to the second floor has survived to this day without alterations.

The area of ​​the estate was 1800 acres. In addition to the main house, the estate complex included a number of buildings.

To the east of the house there is a brick Church of the Intercession Holy Mother of God, built in 1811 next to the family necropolis. In addition, there were utility rooms on the estate.

Of these, the cellar (2nd half of the 19th century) and the stables (2nd half of the 19th century) have survived to this day. Also today you can see the servants' quarters and the priest's house (privately owned).

The estate was once famous for its kennel for 200 dogs and a menagerie for hunting, with hares, foxes and even bears.

The extensive garden adjacent to the house is an example of landscape art of the 19th century. It was divided into three parts - terraces.

The upper terrace consists of 8 linden alleys planted in the shape of a star, and the areas are decorated with flower beds.

The second terrace is planted mainly with larches and firs. The border between the terraces is a line of fruit trees. In the center of the terrace, the earthen ramparts of the labyrinth were preserved; not far from it there was a grotto made of cobblestone.

The lower terrace of the park is an open area. Garden plants grew here - berries, fruits and vegetables. There was also a fountain here, providing coolness.

At the end of the garden there were greenhouses for flowers, fruits and vegetables.

The main alley of the park starts from the parterre flowerbed at the southern facade of the main house and stretches across the entire park, ending in a large oval pond with a bridge.

The modern park of the estate reproduces the Brianchaninov park only partially; many of its elements have been lost.

There were nine children in the family of Alexander Semenovich and Sofia Afanasyevna Bryanchaninov. The most famous of them is Dmitry Aleksandrovich Bryanchaninov.

From childhood, Dmitry was passionate about searching for the meaning of life, manifestations of Divine providence. His father sent him to study at the Main Engineering School in St. Petersburg, during which Dmitry decided to become a monk. He graduated from school with the rank of lieutenant in 1826, but the following year he was dismissed from service due to illness and entered the Alexander-Svirsky Monastery in the Olonets province, then he was in other monasteries. In 1831 he was tonsured a monk with the name in honor of Saint Ignatius the God-Bearer. Then he became a hieromonk and was appointed abbot of the Lopotov Pelypem Monastery. Since 1833, Ignatius became rector of the Trinity-Sergius Hermitage near St. Petersburg in the rank of archimandrite. In 1857 he was already Bishop of the Caucasus and Black Sea.

In 1861, upon request, he was retired and settled in the Nikolo-Babaevsky monastery of the Kostroma diocese.

Father Ignatius’ circle of acquaintances included many cultural figures of that time: Pushkin, Krylov, Batyushkov, Glinka, Gogol, Bryullov, Admiral Nakhimov and others.

In 1988, Father Ignatius Brianchaninov was canonized. After the canonization, Patriarch Alexy of Moscow and All Rus' visited Pokrovskoye, about which a memorial plaque has been preserved.

Alexander Nikolaevich and Vladimir Nikolaevich Bryanchaninov. 1880

The last owners of the estate before the revolution were Vladimir and Sofya Bryanchaninov. After being warned by the peasants about the threat of arrest, they hastily left Russia. Leaving almost all their property, in 1918 they emigrated through Crimea to Czechoslovakia. Later, their children left for Australia in 1945.

In 1820, the estate was rebuilt by the famous Moscow architect A. S. Kutepov. And in 1924, the Oktyabrskie Vskhody sanatorium opened here, which existed until the 90s. During this period, the building was rebuilt several times. A warehouse was set up in the Church of the Intercession. However, thanks to the management of the sanatorium, the estate as a whole was preserved in its historical form until 1960, when it was taken under state protection. After the sanatorium was closed, the estate complex quickly fell into disrepair.

In 1997, based on the surviving drawings of A. Sapozhnikov, sketches of the building, landscape plans, family archives of the Brianchaninovs, as well as photographs and descriptions made by the famous art critic Georgy Lukomsky, a restoration project for the estate was developed. By 2009, the estate was restored.