Yaropolets is a small village of about a thousand people near Volokolamsk. Over the 888 years of its existence it has passed from princes to tsars, and from them to emperors and counts.
Monument to V. I. Lenin and N. K. Krupskaya
🗿 Monument
Church of St. John the Baptist
🕍 Place of worship
Monument to A. S. Pushkin
🗿 Monument
Goncharov Estate
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 🌿 Public garden or park · 📜 Historic site
Abandoned Church of Our Lady of Kazan
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site · 🕍 Place of worship
Chernyshev Estate
🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site
Obelisk in Honor of Catherine II
🗿 Monument
Red Pond
🌿 Public garden or park
Yaropolets Dam
⚙️ Industrial site
The Station's First Turbine
🗿 Sculptures
Lenin Yaropolets Hydroelectric Station
⚙️ Industrial site · 🌿 Public garden or park · 📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark
Point 4
🏟️ Architectural landmark • 🌿 Public garden or park • 📜 Historic site
We owe the estate's present appearance to Lieutenant General A. A. Zagryazhsky, the great-grandfather of N. N. Goncharova. In 1821 Zagryazhsky's granddaughter, Natalia Ivanovna Goncharova, inherited the Yaropolets estate. Her daughter would later marry the poet Alexander Pushkin.
Unusual side gates lead into the main courtyard. They are shaped like fortress towers, resembling rooks in chess. The main courtyard is connected to the wings by passageways. The main house is built of red brick and decorated with stucco, with white columns rising at its entrance. Service buildings form a semicircle around the courtyard.
If you try to learn anything about the estate, N. I. Goncharova or A. A. Zagryazhsky, you'll keep running into the great poet. Even though Pushkin only came here a couple of times, much of what's here is devoted to him. We don't mean to belittle Alexander Sergeyevich's achievements, but we'd like to introduce you more closely to the last owners of the estate.
N. I. Goncharova's mother, Ulrike Posse, left her husband and child in Europe to run away with her lover, the Russian colonel Ivan Zagryazhsky. In 1785 Ivan was posted to the Caucasus and sent the pregnant Ulrike to Yaropolets. In the village she met Zagryazhsky's lawful wife, Alexandra. The pregnant young woman was so shocked that she fainted. Neither woman had expected this turn of events. But Alexandra took care of her husband's young mistress. Zagryazhsky himself never came back to Yaropolets, even after retiring. Yet it was to his illegitimate daughter, Natalia, that the colonel left the estate.
As you continue along the route, you'll see how lucky the Goncharov estate was compared with the Chernyshev residence. After the October Revolution the premises were used for public needs. Locals took part of the estate apart for building materials, and the buildings also suffered during World War II. But in the end it was restored. Since 1965 it has been a holiday center of the Moscow Aviation Institute, so you can't go inside — but no one will chase you off the grounds.
Point on route “The Russian Versailles”
Point 4
🏟️ Architectural landmark • 🌿 Public garden or park • 📜 Historic site
We owe the estate's present appearance to Lieutenant General A. A. Zagryazhsky, the great-grandfather of N. N. Goncharova. In 1821 Zagryazhsky's granddaughter, Natalia Ivanovna Goncharova, inherited the Yaropolets estate. Her daughter would later marry the poet Alexander Pushkin.
Unusual side gates lead into the main courtyard. They are shaped like fortress towers, resembling rooks in chess. The main courtyard is connected to the wings by passageways. The main house is built of red brick and decorated with stucco, with white columns rising at its entrance. Service buildings form a semicircle around the courtyard.
If you try to learn anything about the estate, N. I. Goncharova or A. A. Zagryazhsky, you'll keep running into the great poet. Even though Pushkin only came here a couple of times, much of what's here is devoted to him. We don't mean to belittle Alexander Sergeyevich's achievements, but we'd like to introduce you more closely to the last owners of the estate.
N. I. Goncharova's mother, Ulrike Posse, left her husband and child in Europe to run away with her lover, the Russian colonel Ivan Zagryazhsky. In 1785 Ivan was posted to the Caucasus and sent the pregnant Ulrike to Yaropolets. In the village she met Zagryazhsky's lawful wife, Alexandra. The pregnant young woman was so shocked that she fainted. Neither woman had expected this turn of events. But Alexandra took care of her husband's young mistress. Zagryazhsky himself never came back to Yaropolets, even after retiring. Yet it was to his illegitimate daughter, Natalia, that the colonel left the estate.
As you continue along the route, you'll see how lucky the Goncharov estate was compared with the Chernyshev residence. After the October Revolution the premises were used for public needs. Locals took part of the estate apart for building materials, and the buildings also suffered during World War II. But in the end it was restored. Since 1965 it has been a holiday center of the Moscow Aviation Institute, so you can't go inside — but no one will chase you off the grounds.
11 points
4 km
4 hours
