There is a place in Nizhny Novgorod, which is visited annually by thousands of tourists. And the citizens themselves like to go there from time to time on excursions to touch the beautiful. It is a pearl - the state historical and architectural museum-preserve "The Manor of the Rukavishnikovs" in Nizhny Novgorod, which is the largest and oldest in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
Museum-preserve today
The history of the house museum "The Manor of the Rukavishnikovs" in Nizhny Novgorod began in 1896. It was then that the doors of the mansion opened to visitors. For its century-long history, the museum has accumulated a unique collection that includes more than three hundred thousand exhibits of cultural value. These are works of graphics, painting, arts and crafts, as well as fabrics, furniture, metal products. For today in Nizhny Novgorod eight branches of this museum are opened.
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The main exhibit of the museum is the Rukavishnikov Mansion itself, which not only in Nizhny Novgorod is an object of cultural heritage. This majestic building is considered a vivid example of the merchant's manor architectural complex of the late nineteenth century. Built in 1877, the mansion belonging to the millionaire Sergei Rukavishnikov, in the city became the most luxurious. In 1924, the Soviet government decided to grant the premises of the estate to the local museum of local lore. Today, the object of the demonstration of the Nizhny Novgorod State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve is the interiors of the manor, the building itself, exhibitions and rich collections of cultural monuments. It even exhibits the "Special Pantry" - an exhibition where you can see products made of precious metals.
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History of the estate
The first house belonging to the owner of Nizhny Novgorod steel plant G.Rukavishnikov appeared on the Verkhne-Volzhskaya embankment in the 1840s. There was nothing special about it, but when the estate passed to the heir, S. Rukavishnoy, the situation changed. He decided to turn a modest by the standards of a millionaire two-story house into a luxurious manor in the style of an Italian palazzo. Architects and artists helped the merchant realize his idea. The third floor was added to the building, the wings of the facade, the staircase of marble. The mansion was richly decorated with stucco, parquet, atlantes, high reliefs. Eight people (members of the Rukavishnikov family) lived in fifty rooms!
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About the unprecedented luxury of the estate-palace merchant Rukavishnikov spoke not only in Nizhny Novgorod, but also far beyond its borders. The majestic structure was mentioned more than once in the works of art of famous writers. And today the glory of this complex attracts thousands of tourists.
To tourists on a note
If you plan to visit the museum-preserve "Rukavishnikovs' Manor", it is located at the address: Nizhny Novgorod, the Verkhne-Volzhskaya embankment, 7. The doors of the complex are open from Tuesday to Thursday from 10 to 17 hours, on Saturday and Sunday from 12 up to 19 hours. The admission ticket costs 80 rubles for Russians and 200 rubles for foreigners. You can book a sightseeing tour of the mansion, visit the exposition "Patriotic War in the People's Memory" and "Special Pantry". Children of school age like special programs and costumed excursion "Revived history". The cost of excursions is negotiable. To get to the museum "Rukavishnikov Manor" can be any kind of land transport. It is necessary to leave at the stops "River School", "Academy of Water Transport".
Interesting for visiting tourists are other famous manors - Kolomenskoye and Arkhangelsk.