🏛 Ostankino Estate and Ostankino Pond

The Sheremetevs' wooden palace of the late 18th century with a theatre hall (currently under restoration, visible from the outside; the Egyptian and Italian pavilions are open) and the five-domed Trinity Church by Ostankino Pond.

Construction of the palace-theatre began in 1792 to designs by Francesco Camporesi, Ivan Starov and Vincenzo Brenna; the theatre opened in July 1795.
It is the only late 18th-century theatre building in Russia that has kept its stage, auditorium, dressing rooms and machinery.
The serf actress Praskovya Zhemchugova, who became the wife of Count Nikolai Sheremetev, performed on the stage here.
Trinity Church was built in 1678–1683 by the serf architect Pavel Potekhin; inside is a nine-tier carved iconostasis.
The estate was visited by the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski, Paul I and Alexander I.
In 1938–1982 the museum was called the Museum of Serf Art.