Cottage of Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Art Nouveau villa in Pushkin, Russia
The Cottage of Boris Vladimirovich is an Art Nouveau villa in Pushkin, made up of two two-story sections joined by a covered passage. One section served as the residential wing while the other housed the service areas, and both display Tudor-style details such as steeply pitched roofs and decorative timber framing.
The villa was built between 1896 and 1897 for Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich by the British architects Sherborn and Scott. After the Russian Revolution, the property was repurposed, first as a seat of the People's Commissariat for Education and then as the home of the All-Union Institute of Plant Industry.
The building is named after Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich, for whom it was originally built, and today carries the status of a federal heritage site. Visitors walking past can observe the brick detailing and timber cladding typical of English country houses up close.
The estate sits along Moskovskoye Highway in Pushkin, close to Kolonistsky Pond, and can be reached on foot from the surrounding area. Other historic sites are nearby, so it is worth planning a longer walk through the area to take in more than one stop.
The entire structure was prefabricated in England and shipped to Russia in pieces before being assembled on site. This makes it one of the very few buildings in the country that arrived as a complete British kit and was put together here from scratch.
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