Troitskoe Manor

The Troitskoe estate, the former estate of the Dashkov princes, is located in the Tarus district of the Kaluga region. Trinity is an ancient village, the first mention of which belongs to the XVI century. On February 14, 1759, Lieutenant Mikhail Ivanovich Dashkov (1736-1764), the last representative of the noble family on the male line, married Count Vorontsov’s daughter, Ekaterina Romanovna. After the wedding, they began to live in an old wooden house. Soon, the prince died, and his widow took possession of the estate, with her erected a large complex of buildings: the lord's house, the fortress theater, greenhouses, a hospital and the temple of the Holy Trinity.

Dashkova Ekaterina Romanovna, a famous person, being close to the young Empress Catherine, she was an active participant in the 1762 plot to overthrow Peter III. Over time, Catherine II, cools to his companion. Already in 1765, Dashkova left St. Petersburg for Moscow, and then for education in Europe. After her return, she was appointed director of the Academy of Sciences in 1783. After dismissal from all posts, in 1796, he returned to the Troitskoe estate for permanent residence.

E.R. Dashkova was buried, according to her will, in the Trinity Church in 1810.