The Maryino Estate is located in the Leningrad Region, between the villages of Andrianovo and Tarasovo in the Tosnensky District. This old manor, remarkably preserved to this day, deserves close attention. The Maryino patrimony, a majorat since 1841, is one of the numerous estates of the Stroganov-Golitsyn families.

Previously, the land where the Maryino estate now stands belonged to the prominent Russian industrialist, landowner, financier, and political figure Grigory Dmitrievich Stroganov. It was then inherited by his widow — Countess Maria Yakovlevna Stroganova (née Novosiltseva). In 1726, the landowner initiated the construction of an estate here, which later took her name. In 1799, the estate passed into the ownership of Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov, and in 1811 — to his widow: Countess Sofya Vladimirovna Stroganova, née Princess Golitsyna.

The wife of Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov, Sofya Vladimirovna, née Princess Golitsyna, became the mistress of the Tosnensky estate. History records that in 1811, the new owner purchased the village of Andrianovo from the widow of State Councillor Sarra Andreevna von Fok.

On the high right bank of the Tosna River, Sofya Vladimirovna ordered the construction of a grand palace in the late Classicism style and the establishment of an English garden. Becoming the sole owner of the Stroganov estate, she diligently managed it. Former serfs assisted her in this. People appointed to positions received education in Europe at the countess’s expense.

In memory of the first owner, the land collector of the Tosnensky estate, the widow of a "notable man" — Maria Yakovlevna Stroganova, née Novosiltseva, the great-grandmother of her husband — Sofya Vladimirovna named the estate "Maryino." Countess Stroganova immediately commissioned a project for the new estate from her home architect, professor of the Imperial Academy of Arts, former serf from Novoye Usolye — Andrey Nikiforovich Voronikhin.

She considered Voronikhin the best contemporary architect "no worse than Thomon." However, the architect managed to complete only the first palace project, lay the foundation of the hydraulic system, and design the construction of roads leading to the Moscow highway. After his sudden death on March 5 (February 21 old style), 1814, construction was continued by his students: Ivan Fyodorovich Kolodin, Christian Filippovich Meyer, Pyotr Semyonovich Sadovnikov, and others.

From 1814 to 1817, the mansion’s construction was overseen by architect Ivan Fyodorovich Kolodin. According to his designs, the English park was laid out and park pavilions were built, including the "farm." The English garden was managed by an Englishman named Pigamm. Engaged in breeding ornamental birds and sheep, which not only decorated the park but also leveled the lawns by grazing, gardener Pigamm rented land from the countess near the village of Primernoye, where he seriously engaged in farming.

In 1825, an agricultural school was founded in Maryino. Fifty peasant orphans from the Stroganov estates in Perm arrived there for training. The estate employed famous architects of the time: Andrey Nikiforovich Voronikhin, Christian Filippovich Meyer, Adam Adamovich Menelas, Pyotr Semyonovich Sadovnikov, and others. With their help, Sofya Vladimirovna Stroganova became the founder of the luxurious Maryino estate.

In 1845, the owner of the "Maryino majorat" became Princess Adelaide (Aglaya) Pavlovna Golitsyna, wife of Prince Vladimir Sergeyevich Golitsyn since 1821. She was a lady-in-waiting and a cavalier lady of the Order of Saint Catherine of the Lesser Cross.

Later, the estate passed to her grandson, Prince Pavel Pavlovich Golitsyn. He owned it until 1914. Then the owner of Maryino became his son — Sergey Pavlovich Golitsyn.

Under Soviet rule, the estate became public property. Until 1929, it housed the Museum of Noble Life. Later, Maryino hosted a sanatorium for members of the Academy of Sciences, the Mining and Geological Research Institute of the Academy of Sciences, a children’s home, and a boarding house for a military factory.

During the USSR, Maryino estate became famous because forester Alexander Yefimovich Teploukhov conducted his experiments there. Incidentally, he was a former serf of the Stroganov counts. He received education at the agricultural and mining sciences school of Countess Stroganova in Saint Petersburg and at the Tarandt Forestry Academy in Saxony.

After completing his course at the latter, he returned to Russia in 1839 and was appointed a teacher of forestry sciences at the aforementioned school in Saint Petersburg. After the emancipation of the serfs, Teploukhov served as the chief manager of the Stroganov counts’ Perm majorat until 1875.

Alexander Yefimovich described his research in the forests of the Maryino estate in the "Forest Journal" and also published "The Arrangement of Forests in Landowner Estates." Teploukhov is considered the founder of Russian forestry. His son, Fyodor Alexandrovich Teploukhov, is also known as a naturalist and forester, and his grandson Sergey Alexandrovich became a historian and archaeologist.

Since 2008, the Maryino estate has been privately owned. Today, it operates as a hotel for leisure.

All the interiors of the house were restored based on documents preserved from the 19th century. According to the organizers, there is not a single room like another. Each one is unique: with its own distinctive atmosphere and mood, and every detail holds a long and interesting history of the Maryino estate and its owners.

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