Holomki Manor

Holomki is the family estate of the Gagarin princes, it is located in the Pskov region, Porkhov district, on the banks of the Sheloni River. The distance to Porkhov is 17 kilometers in a southwestern direction.

The main structure of the estate is a noble house, built in 1912-1913 in the neoclassical style. The author of the project is the architect I. A. Fomin. In a huge two-storey house, in the ground floor there is a kitchen, a smokehouse, a built-in boiler, a water supply system is laid, which operates at the present time. Many spacious rooms are decorated in Art Nouveau style. This quadrangular, powerful building is decorated with six columns, exposed in a semicircle at the main entrance. Other buildings of economic importance were located away from the house. The beautiful park around the house was planted with rare plants and trees brought from abroad.

The owner of the estate in Kholomki, Andrei Gagarin (1855-1920), became the first rector of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute. After moving to Kholomki, he worked at the Pskov Agricultural College. He was buried near the estate in Belsky Ustya.