Kholomki, Historical estate in Kholomki, Russia

Kholomki is a noble estate on the Shelon River, 10 km southeast of Porkhov in Pskov Oblast. Its main house was built in 1912–1913 to a design by architect Ivan Fomin for Prince Andrei Gagarin in the neoclassical style. All service buildings stood away from the house, which was surrounded by a landscape park with rare trees brought from Europe and the USA.

The estate was built in 1913, just a few years before the upheavals that ended noble country life in Russia. It survived the following decades and is now listed as a federal cultural heritage site.

In the 1920s Kholomki became a rest base of the Leningrad House of Arts, where Korney Chukovsky, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Vladislav Khodasevich and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky stayed for long periods. The estate now hosts the Kholomki local-history readings and seminars.

The estate sits in a rural part of the Pskov region and is easiest to reach by private vehicle. Access to the individual buildings may be limited depending on their current state, so it is worth checking conditions before visiting.

In the 1920s Kholomki became a rest base of the Leningrad House of Arts, where Korney Chukovsky, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Vladislav Khodasevich and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky stayed for long periods. The writers were housed in the former prince's manor, which had a telephone and running water.