hidden Borovoye, a country estate Borovoye, a country estate (a settlement, the Rest House "Borovoye", the Luga district). The estate is located on the shore of Cheremenetskoye Lake on a pine forest. The estate's second name is Lvovo, it was named after U.A. Lvov, the owner, an... more

hidden Country estates Country estates. In the early 20th century on the territory of the modern Leningrad Oblast there were 2000 country estates. Mainly they appeared at one time with St. Petersburg. There were not many "Family nests" that belonged to one family and... more

hidden Domkino, a country estate Domkino, a country estate (Domkino, the Luga District). In the 18th century the village was owned to the Neplyuyevs. In 1802 they sold it to the tax-farmer M.A. Kusovnikov. He built a wooden manor-house on the shore of Lake Vrevo (the house was... more

hidden Ilzho, a country estate Ilzho (Sredneye Ilzho), a country estate (the village of Ilzho, the Luga district). The village of Ilzho was mentioned in the scribe books of the Shelonskaya pyatina in the 15th century. Since the early 18th century belonged to the Skobeltsins. In... more

hidden Luga District LUGA DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 44,600. Area: 5993.1 sq. km. Located in the south of Leningrad Oblast. In the west, it borders Slantsy District, in the north, Volosovo, Gatchina, and Tosno Districts of Leningrad Oblast; in the east,... more

hidden Nadbelye, a country estate Nadbelye, a country estate (the village of Nadbelye, the Luga district). It has been known as the estate of the Vyndomskys. In the early 19th century the estate passed on to Ye.M. Begicheva. Since 1840 P.I. Dashkova became the owner of the estate.... more

hidden Nezhgostitsi, a country estate Nezhgostitsi, a country estate (the sanatorium "Krasny Val", the Luga district). It was the family estate of the boyars Sukins. In the 20th century the estate belonged to A.Ya. Sukin, the commandant of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Under A.Ya. Sukin... more

hidden Prishvin, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (1873-1954), a writer Prishvin, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (1873-1954), a writer. Prishvin graduated from the Leipzig University Philosophic Faculty agronomical department in 1902. He worked as an agronomist, he wrote books on agriculture. Prishvin travelled in Karelia, the... more

hidden Rapti, a country estate Rapti, a country estate (the settlement named after Dzerzhinsky, the Luga district). In 1616 Tsar Mikhail Fyedorovich granted the village estate Rapti located on the shore of Lake Cheremenetskoye to G.A. Bazanin. Dyring more then 200 years the... more

hidden Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908), a musician RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844, Tikhvin Town - 1908, Lyubensk estate S.-Petersburg Gubernia), composer, teacher, conductor, public figure. In 1862 Rimsky-Korsakov graduated from the Navy military school, until 1865 he served on board... more

hidden Skreblovo, a country estate Screblovo, a country estate (the settlement of Skreblovo, the Luga district). It was located on the shore of Lake Vrevo. The late classicism style wooden manor-house was built by the estate owner N.F. Kakurin (an architect is unknown) in the... more

hidden Syrets, a country estate Syrets (Bolshoy Syrets), a country estate in the Luga District. The village of Maly Syrets was owned to N.E. Muravyev from the middle of the 18th century. Under his son N.N. Muravyev, a founder of the Moscow Society of mathematicians and a school of... more

hidden The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God (romanshchina Village, Luga District) The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God (Romanshchina Village, the Luga District). The original wooden church of St. Prophet Elijah was built in 1679 as an estate church of the landowners Yelagins. It was demolished in 1840. During... more

hidden The Skete of St. Seraphim The Skete of St. Seraphim of the St Alexander Nevsky Lavra, it was placed in the Luga Uyezd, at 13 kilometre from the station of Preobrazhenskaya (now it is the settlement of Tolmachevo). In 1901 the Lavra bought the Zacherenye country estate ... more

hidden Zapolye, a country estate Zapolye, a country estate (the settlement of Volodarskoye, the Luga district). In 1804 the State Councillor Ya. S. Mirkovich owned the estate. Under him wooden outhouses, service buildings, a brick-yard and workshops were built. Since 1819 F.Ya.... more

hidden Zatulenye, a country estate Zatulenye, a country estate (Zatulenye Village, the Luga District). A wooden manor-house with pillars at the façade and a mezzanine was built in the 1810s by Rear Admiral M.M. Muravyev who received Zatonye estate as the dowry of his wife, nee... more