Theologian Manor how to get there. Park complex "Theologian's Estate". Where is it and how to get there

I didn’t really plan to go anywhere that Saturday. But a friend literally pulled me out of bed with the phrase: “They will have their only excursion at one o’clock.” It was 11 am. And I bought into the exclusive. To be honest, the excursions make me feel nauseous, with the exception of some nuggets that manage to hold my attention and fuel my interest with facts carefully dug out from the depths of history. If these facts are wrapped up in a pretty package, so much the better for the tour guide. He has a chance that I will listen to his speech.

I love wooden architecture. Been to many museums open air. In the North-West, the closest ones are Vitoslavlitsy near Novgorod and Kizhi. And for a long time there was nothing like this near St. Petersburg. And I didn’t even have a question why. St. Petersburg is a relatively new city, built on a swamp and in stone - what kind of wooden architecture is there? But no. They did create a worthy complex here too - the Bogoslovka ethnographic park. The only difference from other similar museums currently existing is that they do not display transported real objects, but their copies. But this, believe me, does not at all interfere with getting acquainted with the architecture of the North-West.


Construction began in 2008. The funds were private donations to the Pokrovsky Fund, but not without the support of the state and the church. I won’t write about the latter as an institution here. You yourself know my attitude towards her. Therefore, we look at the entire complex from the point of view of aesthetics and architecture. This includes copies of monuments from the southern part of the Olonets province, including Kargopolye, and the northwestern Vologda province.

The complex is located in the Nevsky Forest Park, where many St. Petersburg residents go skiing because interesting landscape. On this land there used to be estates and interesting people lived. Initially, these lands were granted by Empress Elizabeth to her confessor Fyodor Dubyansky. Through him, Elizabeth gave orders to the Holy Synod. And on the lands donated by her in 1747, the Theological Manor was built.

Before the manor and the coming of Peter, Swedes lived here. On Karl Eldberg's map of 1701 this place was called Wallitula krog, which translated means "Valitovsky tavern". In the 19th century The estate began to be called "Dubyansky's Dacha" and its sole owner was Alexander Mikhailovich Dubyansky, who ordered the architect Vikenty Ivanovich Beretti to build a manor house there. The dacha of Princess E.N. Lopukhina in Osinovaya Roshcha was built according to the same project.

Lopukhina's dacha.

In 1843, the dacha had a new owner, N.V. Zinoviev. son of the president of the medical college V. N. Zinovieva and maids of honor V. M. Dubyanskaya.

Dubyansky's dacha.

Since that time, the place began to be called Zinovyevka or Zinovyevo. The holdings expanded, nearby lands were purchased up to 1000 acres of land, and descendant Stepan Zinoviev rented out lands and buildings to summer residents.

After the revolution everything became public. Zinoviev's house became a state farm dormitory. Since 1932, the park adjacent to the estate was called the Nevsky Forest Park. In pre-war times, on holidays and weekends, orchestras played on the equipped stage, and ships with vacationers moored to the pier. But during the war everything was destroyed. The remains of the pier, partially restored, can still be seen now, but they decided not to restore the estate.

In 2004, construction began on this territory ethnographic park and its first element - the Intercession Church. The original structure was created in 1708. As it should be - wooden, built by craftsmen in the Vytegorsky churchyard. This place is located on the banks of the Vytegra River in the village of Ankhimovo, just 7 km upstream from the city of Vytegra. In many people’s minds, a churchyard is associated with a cemetery, but this is a mistaken opinion. If you look at the word, the root “guest” is clearly visible. To visit means to stay. Come for a while, stop. And from the end of the 15th century. there are references to this place in plaintiff's book on the Obonezh Pyatina by scribe Yuri Saburov, compiled in 1496. The Scribe Book of 1582-1583 by scribe Andrei Pleshcheev also mentions two churches in the Vytegorsky churchyard - the Intercession (summer) Church and the warm Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

This is what a replica of the church looks like today. What does she look like?

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The All-Russian recognized border of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region, Vsevolozhsk district, 3 km from the Cable-stayed bridge over the Neva, the village of Nevsky Parkleskhoz and, finally, the long-awaited Bogoslovka estate - an outstanding ethnographic museum specializing in Russian wooden architecture. Many compare it with the Kizhi Pogost - the most famous architectural landmark located on the island in Lake Onega, moreover preserved in more or less original form.

Russian architecture is unthinkable without wood and woodworking. Therefore, it is not surprising that it is the Church of the Intercession Holy Mother of God sparkles with domes under the sun's rays. And you can’t help but admire the carved wooden vaults and subtle patterns outlining the silhouettes of the roofs. Alas, what appears to our eyes now is not the church built in 1708 and burned down in 1963, but just a remake, but a remake as close as possible to the original source. Fortunately, in 1956 they managed to measure the church for the planned reconstruction, but it was not possible to reconstruct it due to a fire, but it was only possible to build a new one in our days.

Legends claim that the burned Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was designed by the Tsar and future Emperor Peter I himself. And it stood in a different place - in the village of Ankhimovo. In any case, we have the opportunity to get a first-hand idea of ​​the monarch’s architectural preferences.

In the restored church, in its basement, a Sunday school is located, in which children absorb the basics of the Orthodox faith.

In addition to the church, the estate has a chapel, a bell tower, and a fence with a gate. In the near future, it is planned to present to the public all types of wooden buildings characteristic of the northwestern region of the country. Of course, these will only be copies architectural masterpieces lost in the past.

Also here you can already get acquainted with the life and way of life of the peasantry, for which purpose a typical for the 16th-18th centuries was erected in the Bogoslovka Estate. housing and commercial buildings.

And in the park complex there is always fresh air and a unique landscape! Why not get together for the weekend and combine business with pleasure? At the same time, you can take home wood crafts, embroideries, crocheted or shuttle patterns, and other rarities from the family collection as a gift for the museum.

The journey from Lomonosovskaya metro station on bus 476 will definitely not be useless.

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Last Sunday we opened the cycling season with a trip to Nevsky Forest Park. The total mileage was about 50 km (not bad for a start, taking into account the significant break). Apparently the sunny and fairly warm (for April) weather helped. Initially, it was planned to inspect three “objects” - the sighting tower of the Obukhov plant in the Utkina Zavod area, the spans of the old Volodarsky Bridge in Novosaratovka and the wooden church in the Nevsky Forest Park, but due to lack of time, the program was adjusted, crossing out the Volodarsky Bridge.

So, the first point of our ride is the water (targeting) tower of the Aleksandrovsky (Obukhovsky) plant. Built in 1898, it served for some time to adjust the sights of guns located on the opposite bank. Brick, plastered, hexagonal in plan, tapering at the top, with a semicircular staircase extension, it is notable for its eclectic facades with Gothic motifs.

Sighting tower of the Obukhov plant.

A little further, at the border of the Nevsky and Vsevolozhsky districts there is a large forest area - the Nevsky Forest Park.
There, from the middle of the 18th century, there was a park complex and a wooden “Bogoslovka Estate”.
Now the “Russian Ethnopark of Lost Monuments of Wooden Architecture” is being created here,
where examples of unique temples, villages, and fortresses are recreated.

The dominant feature of the ethnopark is the 25-domed Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is a replica of the Church of the Intercession (1708), located in the village of Ankhimovo, Vytegorsky churchyard, and burned down in 1963. According to legend, the design of the church was made by Peter I, who himself visited this church several times. The Intercession Church was the immediate predecessor of the Transfiguration Church of the Kizhi Pogost, erected just 5 years later - in 1714, and therefore one can think that both churches were cut by the same team. The restoration project was developed immediately after the destruction of the temple according to measurements made in 1956. However, the temple was never built in its original location.



The front entrance to the church.

Wooden domes of the church.

Entrance to the ground floor of the building in which the premises of the Orthodox Sunday school are located.

View from the church towards the Neva.

The restored bell tower of the Nizhne-Uftyug churchyard of the Vologda province of the 17th century.
The bell tower has not survived; it was restored according to the measurements of 1884. View towards the Neva.

View from the opposite side.

Chapel of the Savior Not Made by Hands. The end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th centuries.
It was located in the village of Kirillovo, Kargopol district, Vologda province.

The fence of the churchyard combines two fences of the late 18th century (Lyadinsky and Spassky graveyards of Kargopol district).

The future museum of the Church of the Intercession (Kostin's house, Verkhovye village, Velikaya Guba - Zaonezhye, now Medvezhyegorsky district of Karelia, 1871).
The house will be recreated (without interiors) based on measurements from 1940 and 1995, as well as photographs from 1926, 1940, and 1990s.

Element of rainwater drainage.

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The Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Pokrovskaya Church) is a unique architectural monument of ancient Russian wooden architecture of the Onega land of North-West Russia, was built in 1708, as the inscription on the iconostasis says. According to legend, the design of the church was made by Peter I, who himself visited it several times.

It is currently active Orthodox church in the Nevsky Forest Park, Vsevolozhsk district, Leningrad region. The temple is a recreated copy of the Intercession Church built in 1708, which was located in the Vytegorsky churchyard until 1963.

History of construction

From the report to His Imperial Majesty, Emperor of All Russia Alexander II of the Russian and Slavic Department of Archeology of the Imperial Archaeological Society (1870). Compiled by member-correspondent A.T. Zhukovsky: “...The Vytegorsk Church of the Intercession in the Vytegorsky churchyard, in terms of its external appearance and the time of construction, is a wonderful Christian monument to Peter’s antiquity in the Vytegorsky city.”

...Popular legend says that it was built in 1708 according to a drawing by Peter I. The following tells about this: “during the reign of Peter I, in the Vytegorsky churchyard in the village of Kryukova there lived one very rich peasant Plotnikov, who had only one son who was literate. On Peter’s passage I to Arkhangelsk in 1693 or 1694, when he was considering the local area in the form of joining the Volga with Baltic Sea, the son of the rich Plotnikov fell into disgrace with the Tsar and was, at his order, executed for the fact that when Peter's sergeant came here to prepare horses, he read some decree of the Tsar, or perhaps an order for the preparation of carts, and scolded the Tsar in his voice, thereby showing disrespect to the person of the Sovereign and, moreover, being very rude to the sergeant. The sergeant conveyed all this to the Emperor, and in an exaggerated form.

Peter I, having listened to the sergeant, and being out of spirit, immediately gave the order to execute the culprit. Old man Plotnikov, having heard such a strict sentence, fell at the feet of the Emperor and begged for mercy for his son, offering him all his enormous wealth. But Peter remained unbowed and his son was immediately executed. Heartbroken, and not knowing who to leave his wealth to, Plotnikov, even before the Tsar’s departure, decided to build a rich church in memory of his executed son over his grave and asked for permission to carry out his idea. Peter heeded the request and immediately drew a drawing, according to which this church was subsequently erected.

In 1711, returning with victory from Azov, Peter 1 served a prayer service in the Intercession Church. This time Peter stayed in the house of a local priest, who in memory of this visit painted a kaleographic icon of the Sign of the Plenty of Peace. This icon, by the way, depicts on the right side the Mother of God of St. Apostle. Petra - the namesake of Peter, and on the left side St. Alexy - the man of God - the namesake of Tsarevich Alexei. In the middle of the icon is a double-headed eagle - coat of arms Russian Empire, with outstretched wings, scepter and orb. In the middle of the eagle the Mother of God and the Savior are depicted. At the bottom of the icon are the fortresses of Azov and Kyzykermen with kaleographic signatures, and at the very bottom there is the inscription: “Pop Kliment Makariev wrote this image” (grammatical translation, 2003).

Icon "Sign of the Multitude of the World" (Our Lady of Azov)

The Church of the Intercession was lost (burnt down) in 1963.

The restoration project was developed by A.V. Opolovnikov immediately after the destruction of the temple, based on measurements he made in 1956. However, the temple was never built in its original location. In agreement with the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, the complex of the Church of the Intercession is located on the territory of the Bogoslovka Estate Park complex in the Nevsky Forest Park of the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region.

Architectural description and decoration

The church is a vast octagonal figure, which is adjacent to the north, south, east and west. The eastern side altar (main altar) is five-walled, as are the side altars, attached to the northern and southern side altars from the east. Each part is covered with two barrels towering one above the other, and the main octagon is covered with eight barrels, the heads of which complete the edges of the octagon, and the skates rest against the second, smaller octagon, placed at the top. A hipped porch adjoins the church on the west. The church is shaped like a cross. Its length is 15 fathoms, width - 14 fathoms, height - 9 fathoms. It has 25 chapters, 21 windows, they are small, located in 2 rows. There are 5 entrance doors. The altar is separated by a blank wall.

The main altar is consecrated in the name of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, and the right (south) and left (north) in honor of St. ap. and Evang. John the Evangelist and St. vlmch. St. George the Victorious (not yet consecrated). The outer walls of the altars are hewn, according to the ancient tradition of temple building, as a tribute to special veneration of the location of the throne. The iconostasis is four-tiered, painted in panels (for now, instead of painted icons there are sketches). The ceiling is made of "sky", i.e. has a rise towards the middle, towards a round medallion, on which beams rest, diverging from it like the rays of the sun. The dimensions and ornamentation of these beams are similar to the dimensions and ornamentation of the panels of the iconostasis, which contributes to greater integrity of the church interior.

Sky is a lightweight type of ceiling that allows you to do without intermediate supports (pillars) even with relatively large area temple space. From central ring beams diverge radially, resting on the outer ring of similar beams adjacent to the walls. Thus, a frame is created that holds the floor due to the spread of the beams. The design of the sky made it possible to retain heat in northern churches, and at the same time provided the visual effect of a higher ceiling, compared to beam ceilings.

The revered temple icon of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (a copy of the 21st century, the original of the Intercession Icon is in the storerooms of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg) is placed in a special iconostasis, built in 1803. On November 16, 2003, the church was given the altar Gospel, printed in 1701 by order of Peter I in the Moscow printing house for the Church of the Intercession of the Vytegorsky Pogost; Azov Icon of the Mother of God (21st century copy, the original icon is in the Vytegorsk Local History Museum); “The Savior on the Birch Bark” (the churchyard chapel, a copy of the icon “The Savior from the Zvenigorod Order”); Solovetsky Cross; revered icons of the Dormition of the Mother of God and Sts. passion-bearers Boris and Gleb.

In the ground floor of the building there are premises for an Orthodox Sunday school, a refectory, etc.

Church of the Intercession. Reconstruction. Western and eastern facades. Section of the head. Reconstruction.

Russian ethnographic park "Bogoslovka Estate"

The complex called “Bogoslovka Estate” is expected to include the following buildings and structures:

2) Cemetery of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary:


  • Church of the Intercession

  • The bell tower is the restored bell tower of the Nizhne-Uftyug churchyard, Vologda province (1670s). The bell tower has not survived; it was restored according to the measurements of V.V. Suslov made in 1884.

  • The Holy Gates and Fence are a combined reconstruction of two fences of the late 18th century: the Lyadinsky and Spassky churchyards of the Kargopol district of the Olonets province.

  • Museum of the Church of the Intercession - reconstruction of Kostin’s house (1871) in the village of Verkhovye in Zaonezhye, according to the measurements of M. I. Milchik made in 1940.

  • The church (parish) house is a copy of Mankin’s house (1889), located in the village of Kaskesruchey, Petrozavodsk district, Olonets province.

  • Worship cross

3) Pilgrimage center(with a refectory and a hotel for 60 people);

4) Cultural and educational center- reconstruction of the Kargopol fortress (1664-1665) with the restoration of two intra-fortress buildings - the Spasskaya Church and the voivode's house.
5) Russian Ethnographic Park:


  • Russian village - will consist of two parts: 1. Construction of types of peasant estates in the western part of the region; 2. Buildings of the eastern part. The total number of yards is 8-10.

  • Karelo-Vepsian village - buildings reflecting the typology characteristic of the Tikhvin region and Mezhozerye. It will consist of 4-5 courtyards.

  • Historical village - no less than four buildings of the 16th-17th centuries.

6) Berth for cruise fleet.

In the vicinity of St. Petersburg, or rather in the Nevsky Forest Park, the process of creating an ethnographic complex called “Bogoslovka Estate” is underway. The main idea is to accurately reproduce the lost monuments of wooden architecture of northwestern Rus' of the Petrine era, to show their diversity and evolution.

The main attraction - the Church of the Intercession, built in a picturesque place using ancient technologies - is not inferior in beauty to the legendary temple in Kizhi, delighting tourists and parishioners.

History and general information

The location for the “open-air ethnographic museum” was not chosen by chance. It has rich history, and back in 1988 it was included in the list world heritage UNESCO.

The first mention of these lands dates back to 1746, when Empress Elizaveta Petrovna donated a vast plot of land on the right bank of the Neva near the capital to her confessor, Archpriest Fyodor Yakovlevich Dubyansky. According to contemporaries, Dubyansky was a highly educated man, equally gifted with words and rare composure, and enjoyed great influence at court, including on the reigning persons. He was also the confessor of Catherine II, and his son, an officer of the Guards regiment, took an active part in the palace coup of 1762, as a result of which she ascended the throne.

In the 18th century, under the first owner, the estate was named Bogoslovskaya Manor or Bogoslovka, and a small park was laid out in it. The grandson of Archpriest A. M. Dubyansky, who inherited the estate, rebuilt the estate in 1728-1731, inviting academician of architecture Vikenty Ivanovich Beretti to create the project. Then a large wooden house was built in a strict classical style, the Hermitage pavilions with Gothic elements, the Dutch House, the Novoberezovskaya Dacha, and an arched bridge.

Later, Dubyansky's dacha came into the possession of his sister Varvara, the wife of a statesman, in her marriage to Zinovieva, then to her son, and the estate again changed its name. This beautiful garden and park complex began to be called “Zinovevo”, like the pier of the same name, built on the banks of the Neva in 1870, and its owners continued to maintain ties with the ruling family; the future Emperor Alexander lll visited here.

The master's house was located at the mouth of the Chernaya River and the facade was facing the Neva. As we approached the shore from the side of the ship, the tower crowning the building was first visible, and then the entire two-story house seemed to grow out of the water, rushing upward. This effect was achieved through a special architectural technique. The house stood on a hillock, planned with a triple terrace, which gave dynamism to the entire building. A wide stone staircase, richly decorated with sculptures, led from the pier to the house.

The last owner, S.S. Zinoviev, having a commercial streak, managed to generate income from the estate by renting out its premises as dachas. The October Revolution of 1917 put an end to his activities. The estate was nationalized, and in the 30s of the last century, the “Nevsky Forest Park” was created on the territory of the estate and neighboring lands according to a partially implemented project by the architect O. A. Ivanova. They had been planning to open a monument to the estate here for decades; the boundaries of the ensemble were approved in 1972, but the matter did not progress. The projects remained on paper, but in the meantime all the buildings were completely destroyed and the park became wild.

In 1995, the “Ensemble of the Zinoviev Estate” was included in the List of Historical and Cultural Objects Federal significance, and the idea arose of creating an ethnopark of wooden architecture of the 18th century with the return of the original name dating back to the same period - “The Bogoslovka Estate”.

Main ideas of the project

The Bogoslovka estate is sometimes called the St. Petersburg Kizhi, but the difference lies, first of all, in the fact that in Kizhi there are genuine monuments of Russian antiquity, and in the Nevsky Forest Park we will encounter modern copies of lost architectural masterpieces of the past. However, a trip here is quite capable of meeting the expectations of fans of wooden architecture, and serves as an excellent alternative to an outdoor picnic or amusement park rides.

The creators of the ethnopark plan to bring together typical settlements of various ethnic groups that inhabited the territory of the European part of the Russian North in the 16th-18th centuries. Here you can study the history of the development of construction in various types and the shapes of houses, to form a holistic picture of the disappeared architecture and cultural traditions of the peoples of the region.

For this purpose it was chosen a nice place, which has already begun to be “populated” with reconstructions made on the basis of scientific research. Today here you can see what religious buildings, church fences, residential buildings and outbuildings looked like. In the future, the estate of the former owners of the Zinoviev estate will be restored. According to the adopted decision, the Bogoslovka Estate should include only those buildings and structures that were lost and for which scientific documentation now exists.

The openness and accessibility, aesthetics and educational value of the ethnopark serve the purpose of preserving the memory of the national heritage and traditions of wooden architecture.

Attractions

The main attraction of the Bogoslovka Estate is undoubtedly the multi-domed Church of the Intercession. The original temple was built in 1708 in the village of Ankhimovo (near the city of Vytegra Vologda region). There is a reasonable assumption that it was built by the same team that six years later built the Church of the Transfiguration in Kizhi - hence their stunning similarity.

Numerous legends connect the history of the construction of the wooden Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the name of Peter the Great. Allegedly, the church was erected in memory of the son of either a wealthy peasant or a merchant, executed by order of the sovereign, and the sketch of the structure was drawn by the royal hand. There are no historical documents that could confirm folk legends, but it is reliably known that Peter I visited this church and held a prayer service there in 1711.

In the 50s of the last century, the masterpiece of Russian architecture fell into disrepair and was in need of repair. The famous architect and restorer, prominent scientist Alexander Opolovnikov made all the necessary measurements and developed a detailed project for the restoration of the temple back in 1956. Without this carefully executed work, one of the highest achievements of wooden architecture would have been lost forever, since the building completely burned down in 1963. Only the foundation was preserved, the stones from which were used in the reconstruction, the decision to carry out which in a new place in Bogoslovka was supported by the Government of the Russian Federation, headed by V.V. Putin, and blessed by Patriarch Alexy II.

In 2003, a worship cross, and after a prayer service was served on October 26, 2004, construction work began. While the foundation was being laid, in the suburbs of Petrozavodsk, the best craftsmen gathered from all over Russia worked on the manufacture of wooden roofing elements for walls and domes from specially prepared lumber.

Upon reaching the 18th crown, the frame of the temple was transported to the estate in 2005, a year later construction was completed, the main cross was installed on the central dome and the Minor consecration of the temple was carried out.

At the same time, restorers of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts reconstructed the iconostasis, painted the walls, and recreated interior decoration church and its utensils. Finally, in 2008, all the work was successfully completed, and on October 14, the Great Consecration of the temple took place.

The elegant 25-domed multi-tiered temple was built in the “Moscow Baroque” style, with a characteristic pyramidal symmetry of the composition and many decorative elements that give the structure a fabulous look. In plan it has the shape of a cross, 32 meters long and almost equal in width (30 m), and the cathedral reaches 19 meters in height.

The main volume is represented by an “octagon”, to which “cut-outs” are attached on four sides. There is an altar in the five-sided eastern “nirub”; the main porch is adjacent to the western “rub” - the entrance to the church. The windows are located in two rows, there are 22 of them in total. Inside, the ceiling rises like a “sky”, that is, in the center there is a round “medallion”, from which the wooden beams radiate like rays of the sun.

The oldest shrine - the altar Gospel, printed in a Moscow printing house at the beginning of the 18th century by decree of Peter I for the Intercession Church of the Vytegorsky graveyard, was transferred to the church under construction back in 2003. Among the shrines of the temple:

  • icon of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary (list from the icon kept in the Russian Museum);
  • Azov Icon of the Mother of God (copy from the Vytegorsk Icon);
  • list from the icon “Savior on birch bark”;
  • Solovetsky Cross;
  • revered icons of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the holy princes Boris and Gleb.

The multi-domed church in the ensemble of the Intercession Pogost is complemented by religious and residential buildings, recreated according to the reconstruction plan, the originals of which were located in the northern regions of the European part of the country and have not survived to this day. Currently you can see the following buildings here:

  • Chapel of the Savior Not Made by Hands. A copy of a lost monument of the late 18th century from the village of Kirillovo, Kargopol district, Olonets province, restored according to the plan and measurements of the architect A. B. Bode.
  • Tent bell tower. This is a copy of the bell tower of the Nizhne-Uftyug churchyard of the Vologda province, which was built in the 1670s. It was restored according to measurements made back in 1884 by the architect V. Suslov. In addition to ten bells, there is a French carillon.
  • The churchyard fence was created based on the Spassky and Lyadinsky churchyards of the Kargopol district (Karelia). The Holy Gates that decorate the fence were copied by the architect B. D. Lurie. The original of the 18th century was located in the village of Verkhneye Gurye, in the same Kargopol district.
  • Kostin's merchant house - reconstructed according to measurements from 1940, the original (built in 1871) was located in the village of Verkhovye in the Zaonezhsky region. A church museum was placed here.

The Russian North attracts with its originality, and a part of it has now come closer to St. Petersburg. There is a wonderful opportunity to join the folk culture and get acquainted with the history of the country, taking a walk in the fresh air in a beautiful area on a day off - just twenty minutes from the city! On Saturdays there is a guide, a souvenir shop and a small cafe.

Where is it and how to get there

The ethnographic park complex “Bogoslovka Estate” is located in the Nevsky forest park of the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region on the right bank of the Neva.

Getting here from St. Petersburg is easy public transport or at personal car. In the first case, you should take bus No. 476 at the Lomonosovskaya metro station, drive about twenty minutes, or from the Dybenko metro station by bus No. 692.

In your car, you need to leave the ring road on Oktyabrskaya Embankment towards the exit from the city and drive 3 km. There is parking on the estate.