English | Russian Estate Museum For visitors Projects general information Collections Relaxation Poster news Sanatorium Sanatorium Arkhangelskoe Services Price list Accommodation and treatment conditions Customer Reviews Useful articles Contacts Advertising Welcome! The Arkhangelskoye Estate Museum is located in the Krasnogorsk District of the Moscow Region, 20 kilometers west of Moscow. This estate is a unique monument of Russian artistic culture. Arkhangelskoye is world famous due to the majestic beauty of the estate itself and the variety of unique museum collections. Here, according to AI Herzen, "man met with nature under a different condition than usual. He demanded that she change the scenery in order to make artistic beauty out of natural beauty, to humanize it." And this man was most often a free or serf Russian master who managed to create here one of the masterpieces of palace and park art. The estate was first mentioned in the 30s of the 16th century as "the village of Upoloza on the river in Moscow". The wooden church in honor of the Archangel Michael, built in the same century, gave the second name to this small patrimony near Moscow. In the middle of the 17th century, instead of a wooden one, a stone church was built, picturesquely standing on the high bank of the old channel of the Moskva River. The Odoevskys, Cherkasskys and, finally, since 1703, the Golitsyns are all former owners of Arkhangelsk. D. M. Golitsyn (1665 - 1737) - associate of Peter I, senator and president of the Chamber Collegium was one of the educated people of his time, who dreamed of a parliamentary monarchy in Russia. His attempt, together with several other nobles to limit the power of the new Empress Anna Ivanovna, ended in disgrace, and later in imprisonment and death in Shlisselburg. For 6 years, Prince Dmitry Mikhailovich, removed from public affairs, has been building a new wooden palace in Arkhangelskoye and laying out a "French garden". Here he transports his famous library. It was then that this patrimony near Moscow begins to acquire the character of a ceremonial estate intended for balls, assemblies and other holidays. His grandson, Prince Nikolai Alekseevich (1751 - 1809), who received a brilliant European education, at the end of the 18th century began construction on a grand scale in Arkhangelskoye. According to the project of the French architect Charles Guern, an architecturally strict palace is being erected here on a hillside, at the same time a regular park located on terraces is being created, the author of which is considered to be the Italian architect Giacomo Trombaro. In addition to the palace, the ensemble includes two large greenhouses with residential wings, a small palace "Caprice", an arena, obelisks and more than 50 plaster and marble sculptures. Подлинный расцвет усадьбы начался после того, как она перешла во владение одного из богатейших людей в России, ценителя искусств и мецената князя Н. Юсупова. При новом хозяине Архангельское стало одним из самых популярных центров светской жизни Москвы. Усадьбу посещали российские императоры, знатные дворяне, политические деятели, известные поэты и публицисты. Советская власть национализировала усадьбу Архангельское и превратила ее в музей. Церковь в 1964-1965 гг. реставрировалась: была разобрана классицистическая колокольня, на центральной части и северном приделе восстановлены «огненные» завершения. Перестроенный придел сверху остался без изменений. Растесанным окнам вернули первоначальную форму. Интерьер храма практически не сохранился: стены были выбелены, иконостас утрачен. The Arkhangelskoye estate nowadays is a museum with unique collections of painting of the 17th - 19th centuries, engravings, sculptures and arts and crafts. The museum houses one of the largest collections of rare books in Russia - about 16 thousand volumes. Since 1998, the Arkhangelskoye Museum-Estate, which revives the old traditions, has hosted concerts of classical music "Autumn divertissement in Arkhangelskoye" and open-air musical evenings. Home :: Homestead :: Sanatorium :: Search :: Sitemap :: Contacts Website development and promotion - Optima LLC Copyright © 2000-2018 Arkhangelskoe Ru - unofficial site of the estate and sanatorium. Projects Animal portal ads Animal Forum All about terriers Embassies of the countries of the world Sale of watches Bridal salon DIY furniture Rest in Arkhangelskoe Holidays on the Black Sea All about diving Historical site Electronic diary Kindergarten All about Football Constellation Roux All about taxes All about insurance Website promotion Add to Already 9001 people have added us to FAVORITES ! Advertising