Trigorskoe, Museum estate in Pushkinogorsky District, Russia
Trigorskoe is a long, single-storey wooden manor house with a steep gabled roof; its upper gable is clad in weathered grey boards around a semicircular window, while the walls below are horizontal brown logs. A porch roof on four white cylindrical columns runs across the front, with two white benches against the log wall flanking a central double door. The house stands on the foundations of the rebuilt 1962 structure, beside a park with three ponds.
Trigorskoe was granted in 1762 by Catherine II to Mikhail Vyndomsky, commandant of Shlisselburg; in 1813 it passed to his daughter Praskovia Osipova-Wulf. The manor house, a former linen factory, burned in February 1918. In 1962 architect Vsevolod Smirnov rebuilt it on the old foundations from surviving images, descriptions and plans, and since 1922 the estate has belonged to the Pushkin museum reserve.
The name Trigorskoe means "Three Hills", after the three neighbouring hills: the estate itself, the Voronich hillfort and the village of Voronich. The house, a former linen factory, was rebuilt in 1962 on its old foundations; its rooms are furnished with surviving Osipov-Wulf pieces and portraits. Pushkin read in the estate library begun by Alexander Vyndomsky, and in June 1825 Anna Kern stayed with her aunt here.
The estate lies 1 km from the village of Sharobyki, on the bank of the Sorot River, within the Pushkin Reserve. The park covers 37 hectares with three ponds, an orchard and many alleys, so plan enough time to walk between the house, the ponds and the Osipov-Vulf family cemetery on the hill. The bathhouse in the park was rebuilt in 1978.
The park holds a spot called Onegin's Bench, named after Pushkin's novel in verse; the estate's eldest daughters considered themselves prototypes of its heroines. Nearby stand the "Lonely Oak" and a "Dance Hall", a clearing ringed with lindens. The park, with three ponds and an orchard, covers 37 hectares.
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