Protasyev Ugol was an old ancestral mansion of the Protasyevs - Russian noble family - who had owned 10.000 hectares and several villages - including Protasyev Ugol - since 1619 to 1917. Mikhail B. Protasyev had been thus rewarded by Russian tzar on July 7, 1619 in Moscow. In the three successive centuries this territory had been civilized and 'ennobled' by M. B. Protasyev's descendants. Nowadays, Protasyev Ugol is a forsaken, far-off countryside. It's situated in Ryazan Region, in the county of Chuchkovo (Ryazan gubernia, Sapozhok ujezd), it takes only 5 hours to reach the village from Moscow. Usually, the noble families have visited their estates in summer, maintained cultural environment in the area, administrated the villages, hospital, school - resolved existing inhabitants' problems. Pending soviet experiment local administration records 50.000 people in the Sapozok county; at the moment there are 2.000 -3 .000 inhabitants in the Protasyev Ugol & surroundings. In 1999 - 2001 several descendants of the former owners have visited Protasyev Ugol. More Protasyev Ugol was a most favourite mansion in Russia, it had become of some special value for Protasyevs and their closest relatives. It was a real nest of the gentry. |
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Photos taken in autumn 2000. Protasjevo-Ugliandskaya Church (1792 till 1799). Architecture by Mikhail F. Kazakov. Frescos - hypothetically - by V. A. Tropinine, famous Russian painter. That Church is a copy of one in Moscow: Cozma and Demian Chuch on Moroseyka Street |
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Photo taken in summer 2001.Salvation Temple, or Protasyevo-Ugliandskaya Church. A Bell-tower encircled by the estate park. The estates were tore down, vandalized, or merely taken to pieces in the 1920s. |
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Photos taken in summer 2001. Strojevskaya Church in the village of Stroyevskoye. Cupola and the burial vault of N. I. and N. M. Behrs were demolished during soviet experiment (1917-1991). |
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Stroyevskaya Church in the village of Stroyevskoje. Photo taken in summer 2001. Cupola and a burial vault were demolished. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Soviets-ravaged burial vault of the noble family of Protasyevs. Vault was located at the cemetry of Protasyevo-Ugliandskaya Church. A number of Protasyevs were buried in this vault, including Ekaterina P. Protasjev (nee princess Obolensky), as well as Ivan I. Kourbatoff and a priest Bazhonov. Unfortunately, people still keep on seeking treasures here and dig up the churchyard from time to time; thus our contemporaries - primarily rather well-off people - contribute to the Church's destruction. |
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