Museum-estate Arkhangelskoye description and photo - Russia - Moscow region: Krasnogorsk district
Rating: 8,0/10 (6890 votes) Museum-estate Arkhangelsk description and photo - Russia - Moscow region: Krasnogorsk district. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects. Photo and descriptionThe Arkhangelskoye estate in the Krasnogorsk district of the Moscow region occupies a worthy place in the list of cultural heritage sites of the peoples of Russia. The Arkhangelskoye palace and park ensemble began to form at the end of the 18th century . Over the years, its owners have been collecting objects of art that form the basis of the Museum of History and Art. Some of the objects in Arkhangelskoye are being restored, others are open to the public. The estate hosts various musical and theatrical events, exhibitions, literary readings and festivals. History of ArkhangelskoyeOne of the first owners of the estate was Alexey Ivanovich Upolotsky , and the estate under the name of Upoloza has been known since the middle of the 16th century. A century later, the owner was a representative of the famous Russian family Fedor Ivanovich Sheremetev - a voivode and boyar, whose activities were very diverse and ambiguous. Sheremetev served False Dmitry and Vasily Shuisky, participated in the embassy, which offered the crown to the Pole, and then actively contributed to the election to the Romanov kingdom, heading the embassy of the Zemsky Sobor in the Ipatiev Monastery. Before his death he accepted the monastic rank and a year after the tonsure he died. In the second half of the 17th century, the estate, still called Upolozy, passed to the Odoevsky family - a princely family descended from the princes of Chernigov. The Odoevskys demolish a wooden church that existed since the first half of the 16th century, and build a stone church. It is consecrated in honor of the Archangel Michael, and around them they set up dwelling mansions, chopped from logs, with outbuildings - a barnyard, a mill, a glacier, a stable yard and barns. A few decades later, Golitsyns became the owners of Arkhangelskoe. them, Nikolai Alekseevich, in 1780 ordered a French architect to build a new palace. Work began four years later, and a few more years later for construction the Italian Giacomo Trombara joined. Under his leadership, terraces with marble balustrades were created in Arkhangelskoye. Flower beds were laid out on the terraces and sculptures were installed. An engineer brought from Sweden built two dams on the Goryatinka river. Ponds, formed from the flooding of meadows, became reservoirs. With the help of a system of pipes, water was supplied to the park, greenhouses and vegetable gardens. The outbuildings and the palace received running water, and several fountains were installed in the park. Prince Nikolai Yusupov who bought the estate in 1810 was a famous statesman and diplomat. Yusupov collected works of art, and Arkhangelskoe, in his opinion, was the best suited for placing and storing his valuable collections. One of the pearls of the prince's collection was a replica of the sculptural composition Cupid and Psyche, made by the Italian master Antonio Canova. The war with France that began soon did not allow Yusupov's plans to come true: the prince sent valuable items to evacuation to Astrakhan, and Napoleon's soldiers thoroughly plundered the estate itself. The situation was aggravated by the fire of 1820, and Arkhangelskoye again demanded repair and restoration. Famous Moscow architects and artists worked on the restoration. Osip Ivanovich Bove , known for his master plan for the restoration of Moscow after the war of 1812, worked in Arkhangelsk together with the architect and famous collector Evgraf Dmitrievich Tyurin . Giuseppe Anzhiolo Artari , a native of Switzerland and a Moscow decorator and sculptor, also took part in the implementation of the restoration plan of the estate. Angiolo painted the walls and ceilings of many rooms in Arkhangelskoe, among which is the Egyptian hall and the grand drawing room. As a result, the large house acquired a new appearance in the Empire style, and the park surrounding the palace complex was cleared and refined. Under Prince N. B. Yusupov Arkhangelskoye turned into a single palace and park complex. The estate began to be called the Versailles near Moscow, and outstanding and talented contemporaries visited its owner more than once. Vyazemsky and Herzen, Karamzin and Pushkin, artists Makovsky, Serov and Korovin, composer Stravinsky often visited Arkhangelskoye. The guests of honor of the estate were representatives of the imperial family. Restoration work resumed at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the architect P. Kharko , who was called the master of Moscow Art Nouveau, and the outstanding artist I. Nivinsky renovated the main building of the estate and restored the paintings lost over time. The technique in which the interiors of the palace were painted was called grisaille. It allowed using brushes and paints to imitate bas-relief images and was often used by decorators in the Baroque era. Museum in Arkhangelsk The revolutionary events of 1917 changed the life of the whole country. The property was requisitioned in favor of the young state, and Arkhangelskoye was no exception. Two years after the establishment of Soviet power a museum was opened in the estate . The first visitors crossed the threshold of its halls May 1, 1919 . The collection of the Museum-Estate "Arkhangelskoye" was based on the collection of art objects of Prince Nikolay B. Yusupov ... His descendants carefully preserved a collection of paintings, sculptures, magnificent examples of decorative and applied art and thousands of volumes of ancient and rare books that the prince collected all his life. Former employees of Arkhangelsk played a significant role in preserving the values and organizing the museum. They obtained a letter of protection from the Revolutionary Committee of Moscow. The 20s of the last century became a difficult test for the estate. One of the palace wings was turned into a shelter for homeless children , a Komsomol cell was going to the building of the burial vault, and in 1933 the estate was transferred to the People's Commissariat of Naval Affairs. A rest house for the military was opened in the estate, for which many buildings were converted into residential buildings. And yet the museum was able to resist and preserve the main architectural monuments and the main part of the palace park. In the post-war years, large-scale restoration work took place in the estate, expositions of the exhibition in the Colonnade and the Church of the Archangel Michael were opened, the theater building and the historical appearance of the park were restored. What to see in the Arkhangelskoye estate Undoubtedly, the main attention of tourists is focused on the palace building in Arkhangelskoye, the construction of which was started in 1784, Prince N. A. Golitsyn . The works lasted more than a quarter of a century, but the decoration of the mansion was not completed until the death of the owner. His son completed the construction, and in the 20s of the 19th century, the palace became the repository of an invaluable collection of works of art. The mansion's interiors demonstrate the high artistic taste of its owners and architects. The proportions of the building are surprisingly harmonious, the abundance of tall windows makes the interiors especially light, and the principles of symmetry are reflected both in the plan and in its implementation. Theater building , built by the Italian Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga. The theater in Arkhangelskoye was conceived in 1817 for the upcoming celebrations on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the victory over the French. The building was built of wood on a stone foundation. The stage had all the necessary adaptations for a quick change of scenery, and the curtain, painted by Gonzaga, served as a continuation of the architectural forms of the auditorium. The theater in Arkhangelskoye is one of the few surviving and not affected by the reconstruction of the ancient temples of Melpomene in the world. The colonnade or tomb temple is the latest construction in Arkhangelskoye. It was erected at the beginning of the 20th century in memory of the members of the Yusupov family buried in the estate. The author of the project of the temple-tomb is R. I. Klein, known for his capital buildings in the spirit of neoclassicism and Empire style. In recent years, the Colonnade has hosted classical music concerts and world opera stars, choirs and chamber ensembles perform. The Archangel Michael Church was built on the site of a wooden church in the 1860s century. It is believed that the construction was headed by the serf architect Pavel Potekhin. The church is the oldest building in Arkhangelskoye, and its architectural features look somewhat unusual for Orthodox religious buildings. The side-altars of the temple are located diagonally from the main structure, and the vaulted ceilings rest on only two pillars. T.N. Yusupova is buried at the southern wall of the Church of the Archangel Michael. The tombstone by M. Antokolsky is now in the Tea House on the territory of the museum. The architectural ensemble of the Arkhangelskoye estate also includes the Holy Gates and an adobe fence near the Church of Michael the Archangel, built in 20 -x years of the XIX century; office wing of the 18th century, rebuilt at the same time by the architect E. Tyurin; Tea house; imperial column erected in 1816 in honor of the visit to Arkhangelskoe of the Russian emperor Alexander I. Museum collections in Arkhangelskoe
Exhibits from the collection of decorative and applied art are diverse in purpose, style, and technical implementation. The museum displays old carriages and furniture used by the owners of the estate. On the stands you will see tableware and mantel clocks, toiletries and carpets, silver candelabra, and wrought-iron table decorations. The exhibits are made of metal and wood, ornamental stone and glass, velor and porcelain, clay and papier-mache. Notes
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