Manor Polivanovo

The estate Polivanovo, which is a historical patrimony of the Polivanov family, is located in the Podolsky district of the Moscow region. It is believed that the estate was founded in 1631, at the same time the first wooden Annunciation Church was built. The estate repeatedly changed hands: its owners, except for the Polivanovs, were Razumovsky, Apraksin, Saltykov and others. The manor complex was finally formed under K.G. Razumovsky: a two-storey manor house in the style of classicism was built.

In the Soviet years, an agricultural technical school was located in the master’s house, then a school. After the Great Patriotic War, a bone-tuberculosis hospital was located in the estate. Nowadays, in the manor house there is a branch of the Moscow Psychoneurological Hospital named after N.A. Alekseev. The Annunciation Church was closed in the 1930s, since 1996 it again began to hold divine services.

To date, the manor house, the Annunciation Church, the wing, the house of the church post, the park with the burials of participants in the war of 1812 located in it, the building of the former office, in which the branch of the Shchapov Museum is located. The Lord’s house from the courtyard is decorated with an Ionic portico, from the park side it is decorated with a loggia with double columns. On the sides of the building are two towers, ending with domes. The Annunciation Church was repeatedly rebuilt, the building, erected in 1777-1779, has reached our days. The dome of this majestic temple ends with a spire, the facade is decorated with porticoes.