Stepanovskoye-Volosovo Estate, Federal cultural heritage estate in Volosovo, Russia

Stepanovskoye-Volosovo is a red-brick mansion with white stone pilasters and cornices, its central block rising above flanking wings under a tiered tower roof with a flag mast. A white obelisk stands on the axis before the entrance. The estate also includes a long parade ground lined with matching white columned buildings and a yellow palace with a white portico.

Stepan Borisovich Kurakin inherited Dorozhaevo and its villages in 1781 and began a new estate at Volosovo, named Stepanovskoye after him; the main house was laid out between 1792 and 1798. He died in July 1805 before finishing it, and his brother Alexander Borisovich had Giacomo Quarenghi's plans for the interior layout confirmed on 15 June 1806. Under his nephew Boris Alekseyevich Kurakin (1783–1850) a whole townlet with a theatre, a watchtower, obelisks and barriers rose beside the house.

The estate shows how Russian nobility organized their daily life, with formal reception rooms for guests, personal quarters for family, and manicured grounds laid out according to classical principles. Walking through these spaces reveals the hierarchy and traditions that governed aristocratic households of that era.

The estate is located in Zubtsovsky District, approximately 200 kilometers north of Moscow, in a rural setting that requires advance planning for a visit. Getting there typically involves traveling through countryside roads and arranging transport in advance.

The third obelisk, raised on the central axis of the formal courtyard directly before the main house, honours Alexander I. Two earlier white-stone obelisks with metal railings marked the courtyard's southern boundary and framed the main entrance. Beyond the Alexander obelisk stood a wooden 'Gothic castle' with towers and pinnacles, dismantled after 1873.