Усадьба Останкино / The Ostankino Estate - 1868-1870

Усадьба Останкино
Фотографии Фотоателье «Шерер, Набгольц и Кº»
Moscow
1868 - 1870

The Ostankino Estate
Photographs by Scherer, Nabholz & Co. photo studio
Moscow
1868 - 1870

Music:
From the Sonata in B-flat major by D. Bortnyansky

In 1743, Princess Varvara, the only daughter of Chancellor of the Russian Empire Alexei Cherkassky , married Count Peter Sheremetev , combining two rich and noble families of Russia. Included in the dowry was the Ostankino Estate. Since Peter Sheremetev lived regularly in his ancestral homestead in Kuskovo , the Ostankino Estate provided him with an income. He gave intsructions that a sqaure shape garden was constructed for the estate, together with greenhouses and greenhouses growing lemons , peaches , pomegranates , almonds , fig and olive trees....
The heyday for Ostankino was under his son, Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev , who made Ostankino his summer residence and created a theatrical troupe consisting of more than 300 people. Under him, Ostankino became one of the most beautiful manor ensembles in Russia . Count Nikolai envisioned a ""pantheon of arts" - a building that would combine theatre, art gallery and library. In 1792, construction began of a palace-theatre designed by architects Francesco Camporesi , Ivan Starov and Vincenzo Brenna. The palace was built of wood in a classical style.
At various times many eminent guests came to see performances here, including the Polish King Stanislaw August Poniatowski , Russian emperors Elizaveta Petrovna , Pavel I and Alexander I.
Here also, Emperor Alexander II signed a draft law on the abolition of serfdom.....
In the second quarter of the XIX century the count's manor began to gradually decline. After the Revolution, the estate was nationalised and on May 1, 1919, it was open to visitors as a museum.In 1938, the institution was renamed the Ostankino Palace-Museum of the Creativity of the Serfs, because the palace itself and its interiors were decorated by serf architects .....
In February 2013, the palace was closed for reconstruction. One of the main aims is to preserve the wooden fabric of the building. The estate is due to reopen in 2020.....

Видео Усадьба Останкино / The Ostankino Estate - 1868-1870 канала Nigel Fowler Sutton