🏛 Church of the Saviour Not Made by Hands at Abramtsevo

с. Абрамцево, музей-заповедник «Абрамцево»

A small church in the spirit of old Novgorod, designed by Vasnetsov and Polenov; Repin, Vasnetsov, Polenov and Vrubel took part in decorating the iconostasis.

The church was built in 1881–1882 by the architect Pavel Samarin from a sketch by Vasnetsov, with Savva Mamontov's money.
Vasily Polenov and Natalya Yakunchikova were married here in 1882.
The mosaic pattern of the concrete floor, like the iconostasis, was made by the artists and members of the Mamontov family themselves.
In 1892 a stove designed by Vrubel was installed in the church.
In the same year, 1892, a corner of the porch was rebuilt into a chapel over the grave of the Mamontovs' son Andrey.
Elizaveta Grigoryevna Mamontova (1908) and Savva Mamontov himself (1918) are buried by the church walls.

Part of these routes

Abramtsevo: the Mamontov estate and Khotkovo Monastery