Park complex "Usadba Bogoslovka"

This route is for those who love wooden architecture. Even if you have seen a lot of open-air museums, the Park Complex "Usadba Bogoslovka" is sure to please you. It is located on the border of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, in the Vsevolozhsky district. There is an opinion: a well-preserved ethnographic ensemble in the Nevsky forest park brings to mind the Kizhi pogost on Lake Onega. However, this is a very original place, after seeing which, you can not forget, it is possible to return!

Little Kizhi

Twenty-five-headed church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the one without which the orphan "Homestead Bogoslovka". In the Leningrad region, wooden architecture has more than three centuries of history? For many, this is a discovery. The stone city of St. Petersburg was erected in 1703, in the middle of the marshes. It would seem that the logs and logs can not last long in such conditions. But no!

Earlier the church stood in the village of Ankhimovo Vytegorsky churchyard. Fastened, did not give up to the vagaries of nature more than two and a half centuries (1708-1963). Until one day, no, not rotten - burned. There is information: shortly before the fiery incident, architect A. Opolovnikov managed to make measurements and describe in detail the structure (1956), since reconstruction was already "begging". The fire broke plans.

They say that they built the church according to the project of a bold conqueror of the inhospitable northern areas of Peter the Great. As if he loved to be in the creation of his mind. And also, that Pokrovskaya (1708) and Preobrazhenskaya (1714, Kizhi) were chopped by one artel.

Valuable historical and cultural heritage

For the sake of justice it is worth noting: "Homestead Bogoslovka" is a quality replica built with the closest approximation to the old technologies. Before, it was called the ethnopark of the fallen monuments of wooden architecture. At the heart of the acting copies are samples of Russian architecture. The founders set out to show how varied the types and forms of houses, as the evolution of the construction industry was.

For the park, they chose the most picturesque place with a bright past and filled it with copies and reconstructions built according to scientific research. Here you can learn how residential houses and outbuildings, fortress fences and religious buildings that were traditional for this region looked like (we are talking about the north-west of the European part of the Russian North).

Recall that the Russian North occupies the entire Leningrad region, Mezhozerye (the territory between Ladoga, Onega, White Lakes), Zaonezhie (famous for the traditions of folk culture in the Karelia region), south-west of Arkhangelsk (Kargopolye) and north-west of the Vologda (Vytegorye) regions.

Do not skip past

On the right bank of the Neva River, where the Black River flows into it, the "Bogoslovka Manor" flaunts. How to get there by car? Three kilometers from the place where the ring road is a congress to the October embankment - and you are at the target. Turn the steering wheel toward the exit from St. Petersburg, continue moving without turning off.

The church is visible from afar, it will not remain unnoticed. Nearby there is a fairly extensive parking lot. Reaching the cherished goal, the car travelers leave on it or right at the road. On weekends and holidays, it is not excluded that the place will have to be looked for a long time - a lot of people are flocking to the excursion, practically everything is "on wheels".

The inhabited territory of the park is not too large (distant remote corners are for an amateur). The location of the objects of the review is small. Those who do not like to stay in the church shop for too long, do not intend to defend the service from start to finish, there is enough time for review.

With blessing and support

The main objects that the Manor Bogoslovka is famous for (photo in the article) are, as mentioned above, the church in the name of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin and the reconstructed house of the merchant Kostin from Zaonezhie (some insist that the peasants say that the hard-working members of the estate always had Decent possessions). The structure of the sample in 1871 is distinguished by perfect proportions, an abundance of carved decor.

During the tour they say that the church was rebuilt in the new place with the blessing of Alexy II (Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia from 1990 to 2008), with the support of Vladimir Putin (at that time the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation).

Poklonny Cross was established in 2003. The first pile in the foundation of the future temple was scored in October 2004. The stones from the foundation of the church burnt in the Vytegorsky churchyard in 1963 are laid in the foundation of a new church, from which the construction of the Manor Bogoslova complex began. The address is simple: Leningrad region, Pokrovsky churchyard (the last word means not a cemetery, as many believe, it came from the word "guest" - to stay).

By public transport

An interesting fact: according to guides, the tree is not impregnated with fire-fighting composition, since the breathing base can stand for three hundred years. This causes excitement in the majority of visitors: around the open fire of candles. The church is warm, services are maintained all year round. People go here to get married, they bring the children to baptism. He accepts the "Homestead Bogoslovka" in his penates. How to get there, they want to know not only seasoned motorists, but also "horseless" people.

From the metro station "Lomonosovskaya" the minibus No. 476 departs. Twenty minutes of the way - and you are in an unusual temple, listen to the bell ringing, stroll near the chapel. Many families believe that this is a wonderful weekend trip. Cognitive, fascinating. You can sit in a very small but cozy cafe, look into the souvenir shop.

Good at heart! Lepota!

"Homestead Bogoslovka" is not only an operating Orthodox church. You can consider the Solovetsky worship cross. This memorial sign immortalized the times when the restoration of the church began in the image and likeness of the original. Chapel of the Savior Not Made by Hands is built just a few years ago (2009).

The prehistory is as follows: someone found a twisted birch bark, unfolded and saw the face of the Savior, created by nature (not by the artist's hands!). It was necessary to place an amazing find in a worthy place. And Patriarch Alexy II was blessed to build a small cult room. There the birch bark icon is cozy, good. The lamp burns, it seems, with all my heart you perceive the elusive connection of times.

A wonderful chapel repeats the face of the "sister" that stood in Kirillovo (Kargopol district) in the late XVIII - early XIX centuries. Gable roof, galleries - you seem to have returned to the past, you do not want to leave it.

Winter trip

On the right of the church there is a bell tower. This was on the Lower Uftug Pogost in the distant 1670. She too had time to "record" (take measurements) after the belfry had stood for more than two hundred years. Thanks to this "Manor Bogoslovka" in our time has received one more valuable exhibit of ancient Russian wooden architecture.

There is a building in the yard of the churchyard, resembling a refectory, decorated with a bill of lading and other types of carvings. Beauty! It is worth remembering that the places are rooted in such depths of history that the spirit captures (as when skiing with slides on the skis - the inhabitants of St. Petersburg visit the district and for this).

But these skating - for a wooden fence (the reconstruction of the old, reminiscent of those that stood on the Lyadinsky and Spassky pogosts in the XVIII century in the Kargopol region). And you will enter the Holy Gates - there is another life, without noise and fuss. I think that many of this is not enough. Visitors are in a historical place at any time of the year. They are deeply religious and just interested in the rich cultural heritage of the region.

Thought this was the end? Start!

Many events survived the "Homestead Bogoslovka" (St. Petersburg). How to get to it, you now know. This means that only there will be free time, you will hasten to where once with gratitude accepted the gift of the spiritual daughter of Queen Elizabeth Feodor of Dubyansky where in 1747 the Theological Manor was built ... In the sense of knowledge, everything is just beginning!

The park complex itself will expand. Kargopol fortress with courtyards, new (old) churches, manor of Zinovievs, pier. Increasingly, one can hear that today it is more important than ever to preserve and preserve the heritage of the past. Our country has something to be proud of, to whom to pass the memory of centuries.