Conversation Manor
c. Conversations, Leninsky district, Moscow region
Description:
The manor of the conversation is located in the Leninsky district of the Moscow region, in the village of the same name. There is a legend that in 1380 on this place was broken tent Dmitry Donskoy, going to fight with Mamay. Before the battle, Dmitry Donskoy conferred (conversed) with one of his associates, hence the name of the village supposedly came. At different times, the village was owned by Godunovs, boyar D.T. Trubetskoy, from the XV century the village was in palace possession, then it was granted to Count A.G. Orlov. Currently, only the Church of the Nativity of Christ built in the XVI century has survived from the estate.
The Church of the Nativity of Christ was built of brick and white stone. In the XIX century it was rebuilt, a refectory was added to the temple, new ones were added to the two already existing aisles, in 1827 a bell tower of two tiers was built. The temple is topped with a tent. Near the temple you can see the preserved ancient tombstones of white stone. In the 1930s, the temple was closed and there was a vegetable store. In 1943 the church was returned to the faithful. Today the temple is active.