Kaluga

Trubetskoy Manor

Lenin State Farm, Dzerzhinsky District, Kaluga Region

Description:

The Trubetsky estate in the former village of Begichevo has been known since the XV century. It is associated with a number of historical persons who owned it and generally visited it.

Until the XIX century, the estate was owned by the dynasty of Kaludan Begichevs - immigrants from the Tatars. Also at different times in the estate lived Counts Tolstoy and Smirnov. Here, thanks to Governor Smirnov and his wife, Tolstoy, Aksakov, Gogol, Shchepkin, Belinsky, the Zhemchuzhnikov brothers and others visited.

The last owner of the estate was Trubetskoy, who bought it in 1906. Here he created a school for peasants, where his children were teachers.

The central building is considered to be a community center in which the club is now located. Nearby there was an almshouse in which the beggars were taken.

Near the estate there is a park with ponds. The central pond is made with an island in the form of a ship, where there is a gazebo. This place is created for solitude and creativity.

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