Big Vruda. Manors and temples of Ingermanlandia

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During this excursion you can plunge into a real fascinating journey with a visit to ancient fortresses in the north-west of the former Russia. This adventure will be very informative and interesting for those who are interested in the history of ancient Russia and archeology. You will be able to see with your own eyes the vast expanses of our ancestral home, here a new world of nature will open up in front of you: beautiful landscapes, fields, rivers and lakes. But of course the most lasting impression on you will be made by ancient fortresses, because some of them have stood for more than a thousand years.

The first stage of our adventure will be a visit to the ancestral estates of Ingermanlandia. Namely, your attention will be offered an acquaintance with Gostilitsa - this is the whole courtyard of the Razumovsky family. Here you can also visit the real once-operating fortifications of ancient Russia, from where the battle with the enemies was fought more than once. During the excursion you can visit the Koporskaya and Ivangorod fortresses.

In addition, you will get acquainted with the most beautiful example of ancient architecture - the Catherine Cathedral, as well as archeology lovers will be able to see the ruins ancient fortress in Yamburg.
Our guide will immerse you in the ancient years of the history of Russia. For example, did you know that Ingermanlandia is the name that this area received in honor of Ingigerd, the wife of Yaroslav the Wise. The princess owned the Ladoga Jarles, which existed for over 100 years.

The territory of modern Petersburg at that distant time was quite densely populated before the arrival of Peter I.

It is noteworthy that the main modern roads of St. Petersburg are located on the site of the ancient roads of Novgorod. Well, except perhaps, except for Nevsky Prospect, since it was created already under Peter I by the forces of the Swedes, who were in captivity.

But our excursion will take place only by ancient historical roads. The Chukhon people called Izhora lived in this area at that time. Mention is recorded about this people in the XII century. In the west, this nation was called the Ingry.
the Chukhonts included the Izhorians, Karelians and Estronians-Setos. They were all of the Orthodox faith and spoke a language very similar to modern Finnish.

an hour after the start of our excursion, the first stop awaits us on the Gostilitskoe highway. Here you will find an abandoned old manor house of the Razumovskys, who have got hold of a simple Ukrainian swine herder as a relative. Young Elizaveta Petrovna once fell in love with him and, in spite of the family, became his wife.

SPb - Krasnoe Selo - Lopukhinka - Koporye - Boilers - Kingisepp - Ivangorod - Parusinka - SPb

for ordered groups any day

We invite you to visit the lands famous for their medieval fortresses: Ivangorod, Yamburg and Koporye... In the shadow of their grandiose history, no less famous compatriots, whose names are associated with art, have remained. Before you will appear the fate of the art patron - Stieglitz, the magnificent portrait painter - Kiprensky, the wonderful illustrator - Bilibin.

Departure from St. Petersburg metro station Moskovskaya *. Trace information. Going to the western borders of our country, you will get acquainted with the history of numerous estates. Through the fate of their owners, the past of Ingermanland from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century is revealed.
On the way through Red Village You will admire the church Holy Trinity, built by order of Anna Ioannovna in 1732.
Visit village Lopukhinka... A picturesque land with forests, healing radon springs. Excursion around the estate of Baron Colonel Goering - one of the last owners of the Lopukhinka estate.
The tourist brand of the Lomonosov region is the ancient guardian of Russia, a monument of stone military - defensive architecture - Koporskaya Fortress... Fortress Koporye is the best monument of ancient Russian fortification in the northwest. The fortress is a monument not only of ancient Russian stone military-defensive architecture, but also of Russian military glory. Currently, the fortress is in need of conservation.
Another famous name of his time, Orest Kiprensky, is associated with the Koporye Territory and the grandiose estate of Albrecht. Moving to farmstead "Kotly"... You will see the owners' family tomb, a restored church and the ruins of a once grandiose palace.
Excursion "History of the Ingermanland province"... Moving to Kingisepp- the ancient city of Yamburg. Acquaintance with Catherine Cathedral... You will see one of the most interesting buildings created by Antonio Rinaldi, the Rococo master. The temple is located on the high bank of the Luga River on the axis of the city center, planned during the time of Catherine the Great. Near the walls of the temple, you can see the earthen ramparts of the ancient fortress.
Time for LUNCH (additional area 350 rubles, payment in St. Petersburg).
Moving to Ivangorod.
Tour of Ivangorod Fortress (additional square entrance ticket from 100 rubles)... It served as a shield for the Russian lands, for more than two centuries being an impregnable outpost on their western border. The fortress amazes with its monumentality and power even now. It stands on the steep slopes of the Maiden Mountain, in a difficult and picturesque place. The mountain is washed on three sides by the fast river Narova. On the other side of the river is the Narva (Livonian) castle. This is the only example in the world of former enemy fortresses facing each other at an "arrow flight" distance.
Acquaintance with the Stieglitz estate and the Parusinka district... By the picturesque spill, now located near the Estonian border, the most luxurious manor house of the famous industrialist and patron was created. Not so long ago, a church was restored in the name of the Life-Giving Holy Trinity - a real architectural masterpiece of its time. In the crypt there is a family tomb. No less valuable is the Parusinka industrial area, where the Stieglitz textile enterprise operated.
Return to St. Petersburg at approximately 21:00
* Possible landing in Krasnoe Selo, Kipen.

Excursion cost:

adult - 1,450 rubles;
pensioners - 1350 rubles;

Attention! A PASSPORT is required to participate in the excursion!

The cost of the trip includes:
- transport services along the entire route;
- services of an accompanying guide;
- excursions according to the program.

It is additionally paid:
- entrance tickets to the Koporye fortress - 100 rubles;
- entrance tickets to the Ivangorod Fortress - 100 rubles. - adults, 45 rubles. - penn., 50 rubles. - student, children under 16 - free.
- LUNCH (salad, soup, meat dish, tea with a bun) - 350 rubles.

Ingermanlandia is named after the wife of Yaroslav the Wise Ingigerd (all historical information is on the guide's conscience). The princess belonged to the Ladoga Jarlstvo, which existed for a hundred years.
The area on the territory of St. Petersburg was rather densely populated before Peter - five thousand chukhnas. They called the Fontanka Kikiyoki, Kallina (Lyakushachya, Mutnaya). The main thoroughfares of St. Petersburg (except for Nevsky - its captured Swedes under Peter cut through) - on the site of the old Novgorod roads.
In general, we have an excursion, mainly along the old roads. In our area lived the Chukhon people of Izhora, the first mention - in the XII century. In the west they are called Ingres, a lateral escape of the Karelians.
Chukhonts - Estronians-Setto, Izhorians, Karelians, all (Vepsians). All are Orthodox, their language differs from Finnish approximately as Croatian from Russian.

The first stop, an hour later, along the Gostilitskoye highway. The abandoned estate and the crumbling Razumovsky (relatives of the Ukrainian swineherd, with whom Elizaveta Petrovna fell in love so much that she secretly married him) - Gostilitsy(by the name of the river).

In Gostilitsy - the crumbling estate of the Razumovsky, on the site of the estate of Minich (one of the few efficient specialists hired by Peter in Europe). Under Soviet rule, there was a millionaire collective farm in those places, with barracks built for students who came to buy potatoes. The outbuildings of the 13th century that have grown into the ground are boarded up, but at least under a roof. The master's house is destroyed. It suffered during the war, but worst of all - after perestroika, when local residents began to use it as a quarry. Although the church has been rebuilt. The park is neglected, the greenhouse is destroyed.

Voronino.
The estate belonged to the Cherkasskys, then the Sheremetyevs and Engalychevs. A small and relatively well-preserved manor house with a stable on the owner's side and a grocery store with a mistress ..

The remains of the park are noteworthy - linden trees planted in a "basket" and a multi-stemmed solitary oak. Such oaks were worshiped in pagan times, then priests hung icons of Elijah the Prophet on them.

Russian park - near the house is regular, French, the further - the more it becomes landscape, English, gradually merging with the landscape. Quite abandoned parks are sometimes searched for by imported trees. In our area, the guest is larch. Although the forest is beautiful, these trees had to be relocated from Siberia.
From the highway near Voronino beautiful view at the nuclear power plant in Sosnovy Bor.

Koporye... Famous historic site, where the fortress of the Teutonic knights was destroyed by Alexander Nevsky (and his brother Andrey).
Initially, under the knights, it was made of wood, then again it was made of wood, but a year later it was made of stone by the efforts of Dmitry Nevsky's son. Novgorodians kicked out Dmitry, fearing that his brother with the Tatars would come to him to sort things out - the brothers did not get along well and did not disdain to involve the Tatars in the family showdown.
The Novgorodians demolished the fortress, and then decided that the sentry would be useful to them, and rebuilt it again. The border garrison was small, the main task was to notify Novgorod of the attack, and the townspeople would have time to hide women, children and cattle in the swamps. Later, the border was pushed back, and the fortress was peacefully dilapidated in the rear. The photographs show the remains of the church and the office.

The guide believes that Koporye is the second after Ladoga stone fortress on the territory of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. In the north, fortresses were built from European knights - stone, more solid than from the Tatar cavalry. They built, trying to make the most of natural fortifications - steep river banks, hills, ravines.


The fortresses were rebuilt after the appearance of artillery - the old stone throwers hit 100-150 meters. By that time, the Koporskaya fortress, built on limestone and limestone, was outdated. If a stone, much less a cast-iron core hits the stone, it will scatter into sharp fragments, so the fortresses are rebuilt into brick crumbling with sand.
The Secret Tower is not a hiding place, but a well. The fortress is very picturesque, especially from the side of the moat, from where an attack was not expected.

In the fortress there is the only genuine drop-down grate-gersa that has at least partially survived in Russia, rolled up in cement with some kind of radish. Such castles are typical for European castles, but in Russia nowadays only remakes. The entrance was later fortified with towers, the bridge - from the 19th century, the cat - from the 21st century, as well as role-playing games.

Then we drove through the lands of the German barons. There was a prerogative here, so the holdings were not split up and did not change owners. The estate belonged to the Wrangels for centuries, they also served the Poles, Swedes, then Russian emperors - depending on which state the lands were part of. The guide gave an explanation of Nicholas I why he loves German nobles more than Russians: "Russian nobles serve Russia, German ones serve me."
A little more about nobles and prices. A peasant brought the master three hundred rubles a year (!), That was how much it cost, an adult peasant woman cost fifty, an untrained girl an extra mouth, two or three rubles, or even a ruble. Wealthy nobleman - from a hundred souls, rich from a thousand. The estates were split up, service (especially in the guards) cost a lot of money, for the sake of service, dowry, revelry estates were mortgaged. The emperors took many measures to save the nobility from ruin, but most of the peasants were mortgaged to the reform and belonged not so much to the landowners as to the treasury.

Kingisepp (formerly Yamburg)... stands on the Luga River. The fortress was demolished by the Swedes, several old buildings remained in the city (Gostiny Dvor is not bad, but we did not stop there) and a church built according to the project of Rinaldi. At the church there are three limestone crosses, remnants of the remnants of pagan stone worship. Nearby I liked the house (it seems, the school) of the beginning of the century - if I am not caught in ignorance, then historicism is pseudo-Gothic.

V Ivangorod we first drove to the Trinity Church, founded by the banker

Acquaintance with the ancestral estates of Ingermanlandia (Gostilitsy - the estate and palace of the Razumovsky) and with the ancient Russian fortifications-fortresses: Koporskaya, Ivangorodskaya; Catherine's Cathedral and the ruins of a fortress in Yamburg. Ingermanlandia - this nice word call the outskirts of St. Petersburg. In a narrower sense, Ingermanlandia - South coast the Gulf of Finland, along which the excursion will take place. The Finnish tribes who have lived here since ancient times called this land - Inkeri maa - "beautiful land". In the 9th-11th centuries, the coast of the Gulf of Finland was inhabited by the Slavs-Novgorodians. In the 11th-15th centuries, the "beautiful land" was part of the Novgorod state, and from the end of the 15th century it became part of the unified Russian state. In the XIII-XVI centuries for the "beautiful land" there was a war between Russia and Sweden. For the defense of the lines, ancient fortresses were built: Ivangorod, Koporye and Yam. The Swedes took possession of the land of Inkeri Maa during the Time of Troubles (1617) and named it "Ingermanland". In 1703, Peter the Great conquered these lands and built St. Petersburg here. The conquered surroundings of the new capital were named Ingermanland province. The "beautiful land" fell in love with the Russian nobility. Here, closer to the imperial capital, they built their estates in the 18th-19th centuries. In the 20th century, the region experienced the trials of the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War. The tour introduces the forgotten manor life of the nobles and the majestic history of ancient fortresses. The journey will begin with the famous Peterhof road - on this road, on the coast of the ancient sea, were built imperial palaces and the estates of the Petersburg nobility. We will visit the Gostilitsy estate - one of the fragments of a bygone noble life, the place where Russian aristocrats lived: the Razumovskys, Golitsyns and Potemkins. In the middle of the manor park, an old mansion, damaged during the war ... is waiting for its restoration. Against the background of picturesque ruins, a picturesque 18th century church rises, which has been restored today by the descendants of the owners of the estate. Koporye - impregnable fortress over the cliff, keeps the memory of the wars between the Russians and the Swedes - from Alexander Nevsky to Peter the Great. It was built and rebuilt in the 13th and early 16th centuries. The city of Kingisepp - the old Russian fortress Yam (the Swedish name for Yamburg) - has preserved ramparts and the Cathedral of St. Catherine - a delightful creation of the great Antonio Rinaldi. Ivangorod is the eternal guardian of the Russian borders. It was installed by the Grand Duke of All Russia Ivan III the Great on the border with the lands of the Livonian Order. Here the border with the Kingdom of Sweden passed, and now, as in the old days, Ivangorod stands on the Estonian border, on the banks of the Narova River. The high fortress walls offer a view of the Estonian Narva. A passport is required to visit Ivangorod !!!