KHOTKOVO

Urban settlement Khotkovo

Urban settlement in Russia (2nd level municipality)

CountryRussia RussiaFederal Subject Moscow RegionSergievo-Posadsky DistrictAdm. center of Khotkovo Includes 30 settlements Population (2016) 25,032 people[1] (2nd place) • percentage of the district population - 11.26% Density 198.9 people/km² (6th place) Area 125.88 km² (7th place) • percentage of the district area - 6.21% Coordinates of the administrative center are 56°15′ N. w. 37°59′ E long / 56.250° north w. 37.983° E. d. / 56.250; 37.983 (G) [www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=56.250&mlon=37.983&zoom=12 (O)] (Z)Coordinates: 56°15′ N. w. 37°59′ E long / 56.250° north w. 37.983° E. d. / 56.250; 37.983 (G) [www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=56.250&mlon=37.983&zoom=12 (O)] (Z) Date of formation 2005 Head of the urban settlement Rita Grigorievna Tikhomirova[2] Time zone MSK+0 (UTC+3) Auto code numbers 50, 90, 150, 190, 750 OKTMO code [classif.spb.ru/classificators/view/tma.php?st=A&kr=1&kod=46615106 46 615 106] [adm.khotkovo.ru adm.khotkovo.ru]

This article is about the municipality. About the city, see Khotkovo.

This term has other meanings, see Khotkovo (meanings).

Urban settlement Khotkovo

— municipal formation (urban settlement) in the Sergiev Posad municipal district of the Moscow region; The largest settlement within the urban settlement is the city of Khotkovo.

The head of the urban settlement is Rita Grigorievna Tikhomirova[2].

Story

In the 19th - early 20th centuries, most of the territory of the modern urban settlement of Khotkovo was part of the Mitinskaya and Morozovskaya, and partially Ozeretskaya volosts of the Dmitrovsky district of the Moscow province [3]. Both volosts were very developed in terms of fishing and industry: at least thirteen types of crafts existed here[3]. The most common of them are: passenger transportation, transportation of firewood, weaving, carpentry, modeling blanks for the porcelain factory of S. G. Dunaev[3].

One of the industrial centers was the village of Gorbunovo with a porcelain factory of the heirs of A.G. Popov[3]. In 1872, the heirs sold the plant, which under the new owners became the Gorbunovsky weaving factory[3].

Another large enterprise was a cloth factory in the village of Repikhovo, four miles from the Khotkovo station.

Modern history

This type of municipal formation was provided for in the 2003 law “On the general principles of organizing local self-government in the Russian Federation” and introduced during the municipal reform. The urban settlement of Khotkovo was formed in accordance with the law of the Moscow region dated February 28, 2005 No. 60/2005-OZ “On the status and boundaries of the Sergiev Posad municipal district and newly formed municipalities within it”[4]. The urban settlement of Khotkovo included the city of Khotkovo and 29 other settlements of the later abolished Mitinsky rural district[5].

KOTKOVO

KHOTKOVO, a city in Russia, in the Moscow region, in the Sergiev Posad urban district. Population 21.3 thousand people (2019). Located on the river. Page. Railroad station. Road junction.

Story

Khotkovo. Intercession Khotkov Monastery. 18 – beginning 20th centuries Photo by A.I. Nagaeva.

The original settlement at the Intercession Khotkov Monastery (founded around 1308; from the 1st half of the 16th century - female; in 1544–1764 assigned to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery, closed in 1922, revived as a female stauropegial in 1992) was located south of it and was part of the Radonezh volost. In the 16th–17th centuries. Bobylskaya (Khotkovskaya) settlement arose at the monastery (in 1919 it was transformed into the village of Khotkovo). In 1862 between the monastery and the village. Gorbunovo (known since the 18th century; in 1800-1802 - early 1870s one of the largest private porcelain factories in Russia operated, since the last quarter of the 19th century - a large weaving factory) Khotkovo station was opened on the Moscow-Sergievo railway line. Since the 1870s The territory of modern Khotkovo became a popular summer cottage destination. Soviet power was established on November 17 (30), 1917. The volost center of Dmitrovsky (1917–21) and Sergievsky (1921–29) districts of the Moscow province. In 1938 Khotkovo together with the village. The Gorbunovsky weaving factory was transformed into the working village of Khotkovo. Since 1949, the city has included a number of surrounding settlements. As part of the Zagorsky (since 1991 Sergiev Posad) district (1929–63, 1965–2019) of the Moscow region. In 1963–65, it was subordinate to the city of Zagorsk (now Sergiev Posad). Since 2022 as part of the Sergiev Posad urban district.

Architecture. Centers of science and culture

The ensemble of the Intercession Khotkov Monastery includes: the baroque Holy Gate (1742–45) with the gate church of the Nativity of John the Baptist (1791), the Intercession Cathedral in the Empire style (1812–16; the relics of St. Cyril and Mary of Radonezh - the parents of St. Sergius of Radonezh), Vodyany gate with the gate church of St. Mitrofan of Voronezh (1833) and symmetrical buildings of the almshouse (1826) with adjacent towers, a refectory (1839), a hotel (1877–79), St. Nicholas Cathedral in the Russian-Byzantine style (1900–1904, architect A. A. Latkov) and others. Church of St. Alexia (1857–63, architect I. E. Safonov). Central Research Institute of Special Engineering (1963). Department of Artistic Crafts (history dates back to 1982, modern name since 2007) of the State Historical, Artistic and Literary Museum-Reserve Abramtsevo.

In the vicinity of Khotkovo there are: in the village. Radonezh - the ramparts of the medieval city (1st quarter of the 15th century), the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord (1836–40) and the monument to St. Sergius of Radonezh (1987, sculptor V. M. Klykov); Okhtyrka estate.

Farm

Production of electrical insulating products (plants "Electroizolit", "Dielectric"), polypropylene pipes ("Pro-Aqua"), plastic products ("Berg Mold"), building materials ("Teploizolit" - thermal insulation materials), etc. Factory of carved artistic products (history dates back to 1922, factory since 1960; works of Abramtsevo-Kudrin carving).

Composition of the urban settlement

The urban settlement includes 30 settlements
№	Locality	Type of settlement	Population
1	Abramtsevo	village	↘209[6]
2	Antipino	village	↘10[6]
3	Arkhanovo	village	↘14[6]
4	Okhtyrka	village	↘73[6]
5	Bykovo	village	↗38[6]
6	Gavrilkovo	village	↘41[6]
7	Glebovo	village	↘17[6]
8	Zheltikovo	village station	↘107[6]
9	Bugs	village	↘1484[6]
10	Zolotilovo	village	↗132[6]
11	Koroskovo	village	↗28[6]
12	Kudrino	village	↗22[6]
13	Matryonkas	village	→2[6]
14	Mashino	village	↗30[6]
15	Machine operators	village	↘56[6]
16	Mitino	farm	↘54[6]
17	Morozovo	village	↘149[6]
18	Whorls	village	→28[6]
19	Novopodushkino	village	↗95[6]
20	Novosyolki	village	↗15[6]
21	ORGRES	village	↘245[6]
22	Podushkino	village	↗38[6]
23	Repikhovo	village	↗162[6]
24	Repikhovo	village	↘210[6]
25	Stroikovo	village	↘3[6]
26	Teshilova	village	↘11[6]
27	Corners	village	↘9[6]
28	Filimonovo	village	↗32[6]
29	Khotkovo	city, administrative center	↘21 538[1]
30	Shapilovo	village	↗70[6]

Population

Population
2006[8]	2007[9]	2008[10]	2009[11]	2010[12]	2011[13]	2012[14]
24 283	↘23 753	↘23 590	↘23 395	↗24 889	↗24 932	→24 932
2013[15]	2014[16]	2015[17]	2016[1]
↗25 198	↘25 134	↗25 157	↘25 032

In 1899, approximately 3,000 people lived on the territory of the current urban settlement of Khotkovo[3].
In 1918-1919, most of the Mitinskaya and parts of the Morozovskaya, Bogoslovskaya and Ozeretskaya volosts of the Dmitrov district were included in the newly formed Khotkovskaya volost of the Dmitrov district[3].
In 1921, the volost was included in the new Sergievsky district[3].
In 1927, about 7,000 people lived on the territory of the modern settlement[3].
In 2007 - 23,825 people, including 20,342 people in the city of Khotkovo.[3]

When in 2008 we began to travel around the Moscow region more or less regularly, we were surprised at how many folk crafts there were. In the city museum of Pavlovsky Posad we found a scarf depicting eight folk crafts of the Moscow region. A few years later we visited all these fisheries and calmed down. But that was not the case, while reading one of the books, I learned that there is another, not very well-known and rather young fishery, with its center in the city of Khotkovo, Sergiev Posad region. So you need to go and get acquainted.

Historical reference

The village of Khotkovo has been known since the 14th century and was named after the surname of Khotkov, its owner.
Even before the beginning of the fourteenth century there was a monastery here, first mentioned in 1308. At the end of the 19th century, S.I. Mamontov became the owner of the Abramtsevo estate (neighboring Khotkovo). He organizes workshops and classes in which residents of surrounding villages learn the craft of wood carving. This is how the trade of Abramtsevo-Kudrin carving arose. Its successor is the Khotkovsk factory of carved artistic products. In 1949, the village of Khotkovo received city status; now it is home to more than 20,000 residents.

The city's coat of arms has three main elements. The cross symbolizes Orthodoxy, because Khotkovo and the neighboring village of Radonezh are associated with one of the most famous Russian saints - Sergius of Radonezh. The Firebird symbolizes the art of wood carving, which draws inspiration from ancient Russian motifs and legends. A shield with the image of a scorching sun speaks of modernity: the largest enterprises in the city are engaged in the production of electrical insulators. The sun symbolizes energy, and the shield symbolizes protection.

Abramtsevo Estate

There is a museum in the city, where the main exhibition is dedicated to Abramtsevo-Kudrin carvings. When preparing for the trip, we read on the website of the Abramtsevo estate that “every visitor to the museum park acquires the right to free access to the Department of Artistic Crafts of the Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve in the city of Khotkovo.” In fact, admission to the museum is free regardless of visiting the estate. But in hindsight we are all smart, but at that moment the first thing we did was go to look at the estate.

Having left Yaroslavka, we noticed that the landscape here is more typical of the Volga and Orenburg regions and resembles a forest-steppe. It is not surprising that it is here that Sergei Aksakov writes his memoirs about his native land: “The childhood years of Bagrov the grandson” and “Notes of a rifle hunter of the Orenburg province.”

Initially, the estate belonged to the ancient aristocratic family of the Golovins. It was under them that this wonderful example of Russian wooden classicism was built at the end of the 18th century. At the time of our arrival, the estate was under reconstruction, but they promise to finish the work at the end of 2013.

Then the estate belonged to the Moscow nobles Molchanov, under whom a mezzanine was added. In 1843, the Aksakov family became the owners of the estate.

The Aksakovs, having remodeled the interiors to accommodate their large family, did not take much care of the house. The famous Russian tycoon and philanthropist Savva Mamontov bought the estate in 1870, in disrepair, for 15 thousand rubles. Mainly because of the picturesqueness of the place, the beauty of the house and for the sake of the memory of the previous owner.

Under Mamontov, the estate became a very popular place among the creative intelligentsia. Savva Ivanovich and his wife sought to develop the art of wood carving and majolica. Appropriate workshops were organized. One of the workshops was created by the architect Hartmann in the pseudo-Russian style.

The carved ornament of the estate was borrowed from folk embroidery patterns. Mamontov was not happy with the construction, since the architect not only did not provide any drawings, but never even came to the estate, passing only verbal descriptions of what needed to be built.

After looking at the kitchen and workshop, we go down to the Lower Pond on the Vorya River. The estate opens at 10 am, at these hours there is still no one here and you can walk along the paths and bridges alone, inhaling the smell of foliage, pine needles and herbs. However, the noise from the road and the cries of birds prevent you from enjoying the silence. The Vorya is a tributary of the Klyazma and is distinguished by its tortuosity and speed of flow. This hydronym is of Baltic origin and means “changeable”.

After wandering along the alleys, we came out into a meadow and unnoticed we found ourselves outside the estate. However, the guards let us through again without any problems. The English oak behind the fence has been growing here for 300 years and remembers all the owners of the estate. This oak tree is not yet long-lived. 300-400 years is the usual period for them; some oaks manage to live 2000 years.

But this woman is clearly more than 300 years old. But she was not born here. Such stone idols are characteristic of the Scythians, and they were often found in southern Russia and Altai. There are two such women in the estate, their age is about 1000 years. The idols were found near Kharkov during the construction of the Dnieper railway.

Stone women stood in the estate for the amusement of the visiting public. The famous avant-garde artist Natalya Goncharova painted from them the painting “Stone Woman. Dead Nature" (1908).

Another building richly decorated with carvings is the bathhouse-teremok. It was also built in pseudo-Russian style on the site of the Aksakov bathhouse. Under the Mamontovs, the bathhouse-teremok was used mainly as a guest house. It is interesting that even now in Russian villages the tradition of placing guests in a bathhouse is still alive.

The theme of owls is very popular in our folk crafts. In Gzhel you can see ceramic owls, and here you can see carved ones. A small owl sits on the head of a large owl.

And now the paws of fir trees thicken above us, and a hut on chicken legs appears. The only thing that prevents you from immersing yourself in a fairy tale are tasteless white and red ribbons that serve as a barrier against careless visitors. The hut-gazebo was built according to Vasnetsov's design. Based on his sketches, an owl and a bat adorning the facades were carved.

From the fairy-tale hut on chicken legs we move on to the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands. In the spring of 1880, the Vorya River overflowed greatly, and many peasants, deprived of the opportunity to get to the nearest church on the other side of the river, asked to go to the manor house for morning prayer. It was then that Savva Ivanovich came up with the idea of building a church in the estate park.

Many famous artists took part in the project. Mamontov asked them to build a church in a real Russian style, to minimize pseudo-Russianism and eclecticism. The initial project was developed by Polenov, using the churches of Veliky Novgorod as a basis. The work was continued by the famous Vasnetsov, giving the facades a more picturesque and elegant look. Mamontov himself took part in the construction of the church as a sculpture and stone cutter.

In order to reproduce as accurately as possible the spirit of Northern Rus' in the church, the Mamontovs, Polenovs and Vasnetsov undertook a trip along the route that we now know as the Golden Ring, many ideas they gleaned from Rostov the Great.

In the newly built church, Polenov married Yakunchikova. As a wedding gift, Mamontov gave them a house on the territory of his estate. Now it is known as Polenovskaya Dacha. During Soviet times, part of the house was used for housing, and the other part for the dining room of a holiday home.

At the end of the nineteenth century, Mamontov began to have business failures, he fell into disgrace with the Witte government and even spent several months in prison. Interestingly, during the arrest, a revolver and a suicide note were found in Mamontov’s desk. The famous lawyer Fyodor Plevako convinced the jury of the philanthropist’s complete innocence, but it was too late - his business reputation was lost, his property was sold for debts. Having moved away from entrepreneurship, Savva Ivanovich focused on creativity. He died in April 1918, his grave is located next to the church.

At the estate there is a souvenir shop and a children's art studio, where children continue traditions by creating such wonderful owls.

In the souvenir shop you can buy almost all products of folk crafts near Moscow, even products from Verbilok, which is very rare.

There are also a lot of interesting things outside the estate. Especially for children. Free children's playground.

Paid children's playground. In fact, this is a whole complex with a mini-zoo and a vegetable garden. Entrance for children costs only 50 rubles, for adults -100. This is very cheap not only by the standards of Moscow, but also of the distant provinces.

Near the estate there is a pretentious complex of two towers in the pseudo-Russian style. This is a hotel and restaurant. I think it is very romantic to have a wedding here and spend your wedding night. The price of 8,300 rubles for a standard room and 11,400 for a suite will force many to carefully choose guests

We decide to have lunch in Khotkovo itself and go to the city center.

City center

In Khotkovo we are met by the twin brother of the towers in Abramtsevo.

Next to it, on the central square, there is a large shopping complex, a fountain and a bust of Lenin.

The street leading to the main square is also named after the leader. At the beginning of Lenin Street there is another stone bust... of Iron Felix.

Here we come across the pie shop “OGOGO!”, where we decide to have a snack. We liked the place: fast service, delicious pies, good dough, free Wi-Fi. A large piece of pie costs from 150 to 200 rubles, a pot of tea costs 70 rubles.

After having a snack, we continue exploring the city. On our way we came across many two and three-story barracks-type buildings.

But there are also new buildings in the city.

Of course, these new buildings cannot be called architectural masterpieces. This building looks more like a reconstructed nine-story panel building, but large windows indicate that this is a new house.

The city has many playgrounds and is very green. But sometimes there are children's towns that blow the mind of an unprepared city visitor.

The most amazing thing here is the common yard clothes dryers. This is the first time we have seen a dryer of this size. It is clear that the residents take care of it; the condition of the structure is ideal.

Museum of Folk Crafts and Monastery

After walking around the city, we go to the Museum of Folk Crafts, which stands opposite the Intercession Monastery. The museum is located in a building that once belonged to a poor merchant family.

Visiting the museum is free, photography is allowed almost everywhere in all halls, except for the only one for which we came here. For some unknown reason, you cannot take photographs in the hall where samples of Abramtsevo-Kudrin wood carving are exhibited. To the question “why?” the attendants just shrugged: “We don’t know, it’s an order from the museum director.” We hope that this injustice will be eliminated soon.

On the walls of the museum hang huge posters of famous paintings painted in these parts. One of the exhibitions tells about peasant life. These are the dresses the peasant women of Khotkovo wore before the revolution. It doesn't really look like a homespun dress.

A chest full of dowry.

Since the middle of the 19th century, many small manufactories existed on the territory of modern Khotkovo. Until the 1920s, paper spinning, silk and calico factories existed. Calico is a semi-finished fabric product from which you can get chintz, dermantin or oilcloth. As a rule, no more than two dozen workers worked in such factories, and the owner was the production manager. Child labor was actively used.

Of the larger productions, it is worth mentioning the artificial lamb factory. This product was produced by 111 people from 5 am to 8 pm. The lunch break at the factory was 3 hours. Thus, the working day was 12 hours. But the foil plant of the Bazlov peasants actively used mechanization. Six roller mills and a kerosene engine allowed peasants to make silver foil. The factory owners stood at the machine along with their hired workers.

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Peasants who mastered ceramics in Mamontov's workshops created artels for the production of majolica. They worked according to sketches by artists who worked at the Abramtsevo estate.

And, of course, there were many woodcarvers here. But for the reasons stated above, we cannot show photographs of their work.

And at the end of the trip we will walk around the monastery. Here in the 1330s, shortly before their death, the parents of Sergius of Radonezh took monastic vows. They were buried in the monastery.

Women's monastery. Now, like everywhere else in the Sergiev Posad region, restoration work is underway here. Next year the 700th anniversary of the saint’s birth will be actively celebrated. The reconstruction of the largest church, St. Nicholas Cathedral, has already been completed. The cross-domed church in the Byzantine style was built in 1904. Next to it is the older Intercession Cathedral.

The layout of the monastery is longitudinal-axial. The main street was once part of the road along which pilgrims walked from Moscow to the Trinity-Sergeev Lavra. It is still used today as a thoroughfare in the city.

— Frankly, a couple of months ago we knew nothing about the existence of Khotkovo, but it turns out there are a lot of interesting things here, including a wonderful estate, folk crafts and a magnificent clothes dryer. How much more unknown is there in our area? Travel, do not move, look, do not review.

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Abramtsevo estate parking lot. Coordinates: 56.2334463, 37.9684925
Parking in the center of Khotkovo. Coordinates: 56.2517371, 37.9775369
Parking near the monastery and the craft museum. Coordinates: 56.2497105, 37.9939359

How to get there? 50 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road along the Yaroslavl highway, exit at the sign for Radonezh.
How long to spend? Half a day is enough.
What to do with a child? Children's playgrounds and a mini-farm in Abramtsevo will not leave the child indifferent. In Khotkovo itself there is also no shortage of playgrounds.
What is the price? A tour of the manor park and the interiors of several houses will cost 100-150 rubles per person. Mini-farm - 50 rubles for a child and 100 rubles for an adult. Visiting the craft museum is free. Photography inside the estate is paid, in the craft museum it is free, but photography is prohibited in the hall with carvings.
Where to eat? Pie shop “OGOGO!” on Lenin Street from the side of the central square. Prices for pies start from 130 rubles per large piece.
We recommend: Abramtsevo estate and craft museum.
You can skip: the city center.

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“Yes, I’m with you,” said Pierre, looking around him and looking for his guard with his eyes. Here, only for the first time, Pierre saw the wounded, wandering on foot and carried on stretchers. In the same meadow with fragrant rows of hay through which he drove yesterday, across the rows, his head awkwardly turned, one soldier lay motionless with a fallen shako. - Why wasn’t this raised? - Pierre began; but, seeing the stern face of the adjutant, looking back in the same direction, he fell silent. Pierre did not find his guard and, together with his adjutant, drove down the ravine to the Raevsky mound. Pierre's horse lagged behind the adjutant and shook him evenly. “Apparently you’re not used to riding a horse, Count?” – asked the adjutant. “No, nothing, but she’s jumping around a lot,” Pierre said in bewilderment. “Eh!.. yes, she’s wounded,” said the adjutant, “right front, above the knee.” Must be a bullet. Congratulations, Count,” he said, “le bapteme de feu [baptism [baptism by fire] in the smoke along the sixth corps, behind the artillery, which, pushed forward, fired, deafening with its shots, they arrived at a small forest. The forest was cool, quiet and smelled of autumn. Pierre and the adjutant dismounted from their horses and entered the mountain on foot. - Is the general here? – asked the adjutant, approaching the mound. “We were there now, let’s go here,” they answered him, pointing to the right. The adjutant looked back at Pierre, as if not knowing what to do with him now. “Don’t worry,” said Pierre. – I’ll go to the mound, okay? - Yes, go, you can see everything from there and it’s not so dangerous. And I'll pick you up. Pierre went to the battery, and the adjutant went further. They did not see each other again, and much later Pierre learned that this adjutant’s arm was torn off that day. The mound that Pierre entered was the famous one (later known among the Russians under the name of the kurgan battery, or Raevsky’s battery, and among the French under the name la grande redoute, la fatale redoute, la redoute du center [the big redoubt, the fatal redoubt, central redoubt] around which tens of thousands of people were positioned and which the French considered the most important point of the position. This redoubt consisted of a mound, on which ditches were dug on three sides. In a place dug in by ditches there were ten firing cannons, protruding into the opening of the ramparts. In line with the mound. there were cannons on both sides, also firing incessantly. A little behind the cannons stood infantry troops. Entering this mound, Pierre did not think that this place, dug in with small ditches, where several cannons stood and fired, was the most important place in the battle. Pierre ", on the contrary, it seemed that this place (precisely because he was on it) was one of the most insignificant places of the battle. Entering the mound, Pierre sat down at the end of the ditch surrounding the battery, and with an unconsciously joyful smile looked at what was happening Around him. From time to time, Pierre still stood up with the same smile and, trying not to disturb the soldiers who were loading and rolling guns, constantly running past him with bags and charges, walked around the battery. The guns from this battery fired continuously one after another, deafening with their sounds and covering the entire area with gunpowder smoke. In contrast to the creepiness that was felt between the infantry soldiers of the cover, here, on the battery, where a small number of people busy with work are white limited, separated from others by a ditch - here one felt the same and common to everyone, as if a family revival. The appearance of the non-military figure of Pierre in a white hat initially struck these people unpleasantly. The soldiers, passing by him, glanced sideways at his figure in surprise and even fear. The senior artillery officer, a tall, long-legged, pockmarked man, as if to watch the action of the last gun, approached Pierre and looked at him curiously. A young, round-faced officer, still a complete child, apparently just released from the corps, very diligently disposing of the two guns entrusted to him, addressed Pierre sternly. “Mister, let me ask you to leave the road,” he told him, “it’s not allowed here.” The soldiers shook their heads disapprovingly, looking at Pierre. But when everyone was convinced that this man in a white hat not only did nothing wrong, but either sat quietly on the slope of the rampart, or with a timid smile, courteously avoiding the soldiers, walked along the battery under gunfire as calmly as along the boulevard, then Little by little, the feeling of hostile bewilderment towards him began to turn into affectionate and playful sympathy, similar to that which soldiers have for their animals: dogs, roosters, goats and in general animals living with military commands. These soldiers immediately mentally accepted Pierre into their family, appropriated them and gave him a nickname. “Our master” they nicknamed him and laughed affectionately about him among themselves. One cannonball exploded into the ground two steps away from Pierre. He, cleaning the soil sprinkled with the cannonball from his dress, looked around him with a smile. - And why aren’t you afraid, master, really! - the red-faced, broad soldier turned to Pierre, baring his strong white teeth. -Are you afraid? asked Pierre. - How then? - answered the soldier. - After all, she will not have mercy. She will smack and her guts will be out. “You can’t help but be afraid,” he said, laughing. Several soldiers with cheerful and affectionate faces stopped next to Pierre. It was as if they did not expect him to speak like everyone else, and this discovery delighted them. - Our business is soldierly. But master, it’s so amazing. That's it master! - In places! - the young officer shouted at the soldiers gathered around Pierre. This young officer, apparently, was fulfilling his position for the first or second time and therefore treated both the soldiers and the commander with particular clarity and formality. The rolling fire of cannons and rifles intensified throughout the entire field, especially to the left, where Bagration’s flashes were, but because of the smoke of the shots, it was impossible to see almost anything from the place where Pierre was. Moreover, observing the seemingly family (separated from all others) circle of people who were on the battery absorbed all of Pierre’s attention. His first unconscious joyful excitement, produced by the sight and sounds of the battlefield, was now replaced, especially after the sight of this lonely soldier lying in the meadow, by another feeling. Now sitting on the slope of the ditch, he observed the faces surrounding him. By ten o'clock twenty people had already been carried away from the battery; two guns were broken, shells hit the battery more and more often, and long-range bullets flew in, buzzing and whistling. But the people who were at the battery did not seem to notice this; Cheerful talk and jokes were heard from all sides. - Chinenka! - the soldier shouted at the approaching grenade flying with a whistle. - Not here! To the infantry! – another added with laughter, noticing that the grenade flew over and hit the covering ranks. - What, friend? - another soldier laughed at the man who crouched under the flying cannonball. Several soldiers gathered at the rampart, looking at what was happening ahead. “And they took off the chain, you see, they went back,” they said, pointing across the shaft. “Mind your job,” the old non-commissioned officer shouted at them. “We’ve gone back, so it’s time to go back.” - And the non-commissioned officer, taking one of the soldiers by the shoulder, pushed him with his knee. There was laughter. - Roll towards the fifth gun! - they shouted from one side. “At once, more amicably, in the burlatsky style,” the cheerful cries of those changing the gun were heard. “Oh, I almost knocked off our master’s hat,” the red-faced joker laughed at Pierre, showing his teeth. “Eh, clumsy,” he added reproachfully to the cannonball that hit the wheel and the man’s leg. - Come on, you foxes! - another laughed at the bending militiamen entering the battery behind the wounded man. - Isn’t the porridge tasty? Oh, the crows, they slaughtered! - they shouted at the militia, who hesitated in front of the soldier with a severed leg. “That’s something, little guy,” they mimicked the men. – They don’t like passion. Pierre noticed how after each cannonball that hit, after each loss, the general revival flared up more and more. As if from an approaching thundercloud, more and more often, lighter and brighter, lightning of a hidden, flaring fire flashed on the faces of all these people (as if in rebuff to what was happening). Pierre did not look forward to the battlefield and was not interested in knowing what was happening there: he was completely absorbed in the contemplation of this increasingly flaring fire, which in the same way (he felt) was flaring up in his soul. At ten o'clock the infantry soldiers who were in front of the battery in the bushes and along the Kamenka River retreated. From the battery it was visible how they ran back past it, carrying the wounded on their guns. Some general with his retinue entered the mound and, after talking with the colonel, looked angrily at Pierre, went down again, ordering the infantry cover stationed behind the battery to lie down so as to be less exposed to shots. Following this, a drum and command shouts were heard in the ranks of the infantry, to the right of the battery, and from the battery it was visible how the ranks of the infantry moved forward. Pierre looked through the shaft. One face in particular caught his eye. It was an officer who, with a pale young face, walked backwards, carrying a lowered sword, and looked around uneasily.
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Khotkovo. Attractions
May the residents of the glorious town of Khotkovo near Moscow not be offended by me, but few residents of our country have probably heard its name. But it’s worth looking at the map, and you will see two attractions of Khotkovo, which every resident of Russia has heard about at least once. These are the Intercession Khotkov Monastery and the State Museum-Reserve Abramtsevo. Therefore, an independent weekend trip to Khotkovo will allow you to get to know the sights of the city and its surroundings better.
Pokrovsky Khotkov Monastery
Historians have not determined the exact date of the formation of the monastery, but its first mention in chronicles dates back to 1308. The history of the Intercession Khotkov Monastery closely echoes the history of the formation and development of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, located in Sergiev Posad. From here the Monk Sergius of Radonezh and his brother Stefan went to live in the desert and settled on Makovets Hill. But this happened only in 1337 after the death of Sergius’s parents, who before their death took monastic vows at the Intercession Khotkov Monastery and were buried on its territory. Until the beginning of the 16th century, the monastery was male-female.

Monument to the parents of Sergius of Radonezh in Sergiev Posad
In 1544, the monastery became exclusively female and was transferred to the management of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Although the first stone church on the territory of the monastery was not built with funds from the Lavra, money for the construction of the Intercession Church was donated by the steward Vasily Yanov in 1644. And by 1648 a new stone church was built.

Intercession Church and the road to the Water Gate in the Khotkov Monastery
In 1580, a wooden St. Nicholas Church was built on the territory of the monastery. But, despite the fact that the monastery was under the auspices of the rich Trinity Lavra until 1764, there was no money for the construction of the stone St. Nicholas Cathedral. Construction began only in 1900, and was completed by 1904. Currently, the reconstruction of St. Nicholas Cathedral and its domes, which began in 2007, has been completed.

St. Nicholas Church of the Khotkov Monastery
The territory of the Intercession Khotkov Monastery stretches along one main road, which leads from the Holy Gate towards the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. Once upon a time, the road served as part of the pilgrimage route to the Lavra, and every believer had to walk and venerate the grave of St. Cyril and Mary of Radonezh, parents of Sergius of Radonezh, whose ashes are now in the Intercession Cathedral.
The holy gate of the monastery is the Gate Baptist Church, built in 1791, although the gate itself was built a little earlier by 1745.

Holy Gate of the Intercession Khotkov Monastery
The lower entrance gate of the monastery is located on the south side and is called Vodyany.

Water gate of the Intercession Khotkov Monastery
State Museum-Reserve Abramtsevo
The State Historical, Art and Literary Museum-Reserve "Abramtsevo", as the museum is fully called, is located near the urban settlement of Khotkovo, in the village of Abramtsevo, Muzeynaya street, building 1. Travel from Moscow by commuter trains to the "Abramtsevo" station, then on foot. For autotourists, there is a free parking lot next to the estate.
The history of the estate dates back to the 16th century; according to the first mentions, the owner of the Obramkovo estate was the landowner Volynsky. Since then, the estate has changed many owners until it was nationalized after the October Revolution of 1917. It experienced particular fame and flourishing in the mid-19th century, when the writer S.T. Aksakov settled here. And then, in 1870, the Aksakovo estate was acquired by the industrialist and artistic figure Savva Mamontov. Being a philanthropist and patron of the creative intelligentsia of that time, he hosted Repin, Vasnetsov, Vrubel, Serov and other famous artists in Abramtsevo. It was under Savva Mamontov that the famous Abramtsevo art circle was formed.
The museum-reserve consists of several objects in which exhibitions of paintings, objects of applied art, sculpture are exhibited and household items and photographs of the former owners of the estate are collected.
The museum's exhibitions are open daily from 10.00 to 18.00, except weekends: Monday, Tuesday. You can go to the Abramtsevo Estate Park every day from 10.00 to 20.00, including weekends. As for the prices for entrance tickets and excursions, they are different and depend on the number of objects that you want to visit. There are also complex tickets.

Ticket price for visiting the Abramtsevo Museum-Reserve in November 2022
The first place where visitors end up after purchasing tickets is the estate courtyard - an oval-shaped lawn, from which paths diverge to all the objects of the estate. The decoration of the yard is the famous Abramtsevo oak, which is 245 years old. This is the only living witness to the history of the estate, who has seen almost all its owners and guests.

Courtyard of the Abramtsevo estate
The center of the entire estate is the master's Manor House , built at the end of the 18th century and rebuilt by Savva Mamontov at the end of the 19th century. Here are collected items that tell about the Aksakov family and the period of their life in the estate. Also, part of the exposition of the main house is dedicated to the Aksakov art circle.

manor house
The only building that stands out from the general style of the estate is the building of the former rest home for artists, built in 1932. Many figures of Soviet art visited here. The rest house was visited by director Alexandrov and film actress Lyubov Orlova. The building now houses the Department of 20th Century Painting and hosts various thematic exhibitions.

Department of 20th century painting
The most beautiful object of the Abramtsevo Estate is the Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands , built by Savva Mamontov in 1881-1882. The temple project was developed by artists Polenov and Vasnetsov, following the best traditions of Russian temple architecture. The work of Russian painters left its mark on the external appearance and interior decoration of the temple. In my opinion, with its paintings and carved decorations, the church resembles a tower from Russian folk tales.

Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Abramtsevo

The side façade of the temple reminds me of Emelya’s mansion or stove, from the illustrations for the fairy tale “At the Order of the Pike.”
In the far corner of the estate grounds is Polenovskaya Dacha , a wooden one-story house built in 1882 by local carpenters. The house was built for the family of the artist Palenov, his workshop was located here, and theatrical performances were held. The house is currently used as an exhibition space.

The gray house to the right of the administrative buildings is Polenovskaya Dacha
The entire territory of the Abramtsevo Estate is located on the high bank of the Vori River. A path descends from the church to the river, to the left of which you will see the Gazebo , built according to Vasnetsov’s design in 1883. For its resemblance to a famous fairy-tale character, it is called “The Hut on Chicken Legs.”

Vasnetsov's gazebo
There is a path along the river to the Lower Pond, walking along which you can admire the beauty of the local nature.

Vori Coast

Nizhny Abramtsevo Pond
A path leads up from the Lower Pond between the Manor House and one-story wooden buildings, which are also objects of the Museum-Reserve.

View of the Manor House from the lower pond
The workshop was built according to the design of the architect Hartmann in 1873. The building is the only creation of the architect that has survived to this day. Under Savva Mamontov, sculptures and members of the Abramtsevo art circle worked here. Currently, an exhibition dedicated to the work of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel is open in the workshop.

Workshop in Abramtsevo
The kitchen originally served as a living space; it was built in 1870 during the reconstruction of the Manor House. After the owners moved into the main living quarters, the kitchen was used as a cooking area. Currently, in the kitchen building there is an exhibition of folk arts and crafts, which were collected by members of the Mamontov art circle in many Russian cities.

Abramtsevo estate kitchen
There is a souvenir shop on the territory of the Museum-Reserve. And near the ticket office there is a stall where you can buy coffee and taste local pastries.
One day is enough to visit Khotkovo and its attractions. But if you decide to spend a weekend in the Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region, which includes Khotkovo, you will not regret visiting the city of Sergiev Posad , where the UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is located. This tourist route will allow you to get acquainted with the world-famous sights of the Moscow region.
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