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      All day: the Kuskovo and Kuzminki estates

      ⏱ 9 h 30 min🚶 6 km + 🚕🍽 2📍 12 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      The Sheremetev family's Kuskovo with its pavilions and pond, then after lunch the quiet Golitsyn estate of Kuzminki with its stable yard and ponds.

      🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature
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      1. 1
        🖼 Kuskovo Estate Palace
        🎟 ticket · entry to the estate grounds requires a ticket
        The 18th-century Sheremetev estate: a wooden palace, a formal French park, pavilions and ponds.
        The estate is closed on Mon, Tue and the last Wednesday of the month; from 15 October the museums close at 16:00 — start at 10:00
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        Kuskovo Estate Palace
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The ensemble was created in the 1750s–1770s to the design of Count Pyotr Sheremetev by the serf architects Fyodor Argunov and Alexei Mironov.
        • The Great House was built in 1769–1775 under Karl Blank, from drawings by the Frenchman Charles de Wailly.
        • The palace was meant for summer receptions; the halls preserve gift portraits of emperors and several generations of Sheremetevs.
        • Catherine II visited Kuskovo in 1775 and 1787.
        • The estate was divided into the area beyond the dam with the Menagerie, the French formal park and the English park, the Grove.
        • Kuskovo became a museum-estate in 1918.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🌳 Kuskovo Great Pond
        A large pond dug by serfs, opposite the main house, with a view of the church and bell tower.
        The view of the palace across the Big Pond — the estate's best shot
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        Kuskovo Great Pond
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Kuskovo Great Pond
        © U51N433 · CC BY 4.0
        Kuskovo Great Pond
        © Александра Михалева · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The Great Pond received its present boundaries in 1751.
        • Mock naval battles were staged on the pond for guests, and the Sheremetevs had their own flotilla of rowing boats.
        • A 300-metre canal leads off from the pond; in the 18th century a toy fortress with bastions stood there.
        • According to the historian Mikhail Pylyaev, 2,000 crucian carp were netted from the pond at a time.
        • In all, the estate had 17 ponds.
      4. 🚶 on foot
      5. 3
        🖼 Dutch House in Kuskovo
        ул. Юности, 2, стр. 12 (усадьба Кусково)
        🎟 ticket · estate grounds and the house require a ticket; not always open
        A brick house of 1749 with a stepped gable, tiles inside and its own little pond, a corner of Holland in the Sheremetev estate.
        A brick "Dutch" house from 1749 with tiles — clearly visible from the path by the Big Pond; the interiors are not always open, check on kuskovo.ru
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        Dutch House in Kuskovo
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The start date of construction, 1749, is written right on the facade of the house.
        • The ground floor was a kitchen, and the second floor a drawing room.
        • The gazebos and vegetable garden around the pond created the illusion of a Dutch street on a canal bank.
        • The exhibition includes trompe-l'oeil figures from the 18th century.
        • In the film "Hello, I'm Your Aunt!" (1975) the house played Colonel Chesney's home.
      6. 🚶 on foot
      7. 4
        🏛 Hermitage Pavilion in Kuskovo
        ул. Юности, 2, стр. 13 (усадьба Кусково)
        🎟 ticket · the estate grounds and the pavilion require a ticket
        An elegant two-story Baroque pavilion of the 1760s, where the alleys of the French park converge like rays.
        A pavilion for dinners where the table was hoisted up from the kitchen on a lift
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        Hermitage Pavilion in Kuskovo
        © Aniacra · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The pavilion was built in 1765–1767 under the supervision of the Moscow architect Karl Blank.
        • Guests were hoisted to the second floor by a mechanism, and food was served on a lifting table so that no servants were needed.
        • Only three such "hermitages" survive in Russia: in Peterhof, Tsarskoye Selo and Kuskovo.
        • Under the cornice, alabaster busts of Roman caesars stand in niches.
        • Since 2013 the pavilion has hosted exhibitions of the Ceramics Museum.
      8. 🚶 on foot
      9. 5
        🏛 Kuskovo Grotto
        🎟 ticket · on the paid grounds of the Kuskovo estate
        An 18th-century Baroque pavilion with a domed hall decorated with shells and tufa.
        Shells and tufa on the walls — take a look inside if it's open
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        Kuskovo Grotto
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Kuskovo Grotto
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The stone grotto was built in 1756–1761 under the serf architect Fyodor Argunov.
        • The German grotto master Johann Voigt decorated it with shells for about 14 years, from 1761 to 1775.
        • It is the only pavilion in Russia that has kept its 18th-century grotto decoration.
        • The patterns use 24 kinds of shells; during restoration some of them turned out to be in the Red Book (endangered).
        • The curved steps of the stylobate represent water spreading out in front of the grotto.
        • After restoration the grotto reopened in 2019.
      10. 🚶 on foot
      11. 6
        🖼 Ceramics Museum in the Great Stone Orangery
        🎟 ticket · on the paid grounds of the Kuskovo estate
        An 18th-century stone orangery in Kuskovo with one of Russia's largest collections of porcelain and glass.
        Porcelain and ceramics in the Great Stone Orangery; separate ticket
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        Ceramics Museum in the Great Stone Orangery
        © Mike1979 Russia · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Ceramics Museum in the Great Stone Orangery
        © A.Savin · FAL 1.3
        • The Great Stone Orangery was built by 1763 to a design by Fyodor Argunov and is the largest pavilion on the estate.
        • In the centre of the orangery is a "vauxhall", a round dance hall with a gallery for musicians.
        • The State Museum of Ceramics moved to Kuskovo in 1932.
        • In summer the bitter-orange trees from the orangeries were placed along the main avenue; Karamzin compared it to "a corner of Spain".
      12. 🚶 on foot
      13. 7
        ☕️ Café 1715 in Kuskovo
        ул. Юности, 2, стр. 18
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        Lunch: the veranda by the orangery; the café is open Wed-Sun
        🍴 A restaurant with European food and a summer terrace on the Kuskovo estate, open Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00. What to order: ukha (fish soup), pork loin, and for dessert the Three Chocolates cake.
      14. 🚕 taxi, about 20 min to the Kuzminki estate
      15. 8
        🏛 Kuzminki Estate
        🎟 partly ticketed
        An 18th–19th-century Golitsyn estate with classical wings, bridges and ponds.
        Start with the main house and the Upper Pond. Restoration continues until 2028 — some wings and the Stable Yard are in scaffolding
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        Kuzminki Estate
        © Flamel123 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kuzminki Estate
        © Max_Ryazanov · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The name comes from the Kuzminsky mill mentioned in the 17th century; the estate itself was at first simply called "the Mill".
        • In 1704 Peter I gave this land to Grigory Stroganov, and that is how the estate began.
        • In 1757 Kuzminki passed to the Golitsyns as the dowry of Anna Stroganova; in 1912 Prince Sergei Golitsyn sold the estate to the city.
        • In the summer of 1826 Empress Maria Feodorovna stayed here for three weeks; Nicholas I and Alexander II visited later.
        • The Egyptian Pavilion, the former manor kitchen, was built in 1813–1815 by Domenico Gilardi and Andrey Voronikhin.
        • The entrance gates were cast at the Golitsyns' Ural factories, hence the name of Chugunnye Vorota (Cast-Iron Gates) Street.
        • The main house burned down on 19 February 1916, four years after the estate was sold to the city.
        • In the summer of 1866 Dostoevsky visited Kuzminki, renting a dacha in neighboring Lublino.
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      17. 9
        🏛 Kuzminki Horse Yard
        The Horse Yard ensemble of 1819–1823 by Gilardi, with Klodt's cast-iron horses by the pavilion.
        Museum of estate culture in the Stable Yard; at the gates stand Klodt's cast-iron horses
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        Kuzminki Horse Yard
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kuzminki Horse Yard
        © Ludvig14 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The Horse Yard was built in 1805, and in 1823 Domenico Gilardi rebuilt it.
        • The cast-iron horses at the Music Pavilion were cast to a design by Peter Klodt and repeat the groups on the Anichkov Bridge.
        • The fence incorporates two corner guesthouse pavilions for the estate's guests and the Music Pavilion in the center.
        • The stables housed horses, sleighs and carriages, and stored fodder and harness.
        • In 1978 the Music Pavilion burned down; it was later rebuilt.
      18. 🚶 on foot
      19. 10
        🖼 Paustovsky Literary Museum Center
        Кузьминская ул., 8 (парк Кузьминки)
        🎟 ticket
        An 18th-century wooden house in the Kuzminki estate; the exhibition is laid out as the writer's journey: city, sea, forest, world and home.
        A wooden house in the park; closed on Tuesdays
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        Paustovsky Literary Museum Center
        © Swetozar1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The museum opened on 22 November 1975 as a public museum, on the initiative of the literature teacher Zoya Kvitko.
        • Since 1987 the museum has occupied the Gardener's House of the Golitsyn Kuzminki estate.
        • The house was presumably built in 1797; it was nicknamed the "Gray Dacha" when it was rented out to summer residents.
        • In the 1970s the house burned down and was rebuilt in the 1980s.
        • The collection has more than 20,000 items, including a postcard that Ivan Bunin sent to Paustovsky.
        • Since 2015 the museum has also owned Paustovsky's house in Tarusa.
      20. 🚶 on foot
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        🌳 Kuzminki Ponds
        A chain of ponds in Kuzminki forest park with dams, little bridges and walking paths.
        A walk along the cascade of ponds before dinner
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        Kuzminki Ponds
        © Max Ryazanov · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Kuzminki Ponds
        © Max Ryazanov · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Kuzminki Ponds
        © karel291 · CC BY 3.0
        • The cascade of ponds on the Churilikha River has existed since the 18th century, with a total area of 30 hectares.
        • The Lower Pond used to be called the Mill Pond, after the mill that gave Kuzminki its name.
        • The Big Upper Pond appeared under Alexander Stroganov, when the Churilikha was dammed.
        • Under Prince Mikhail Golitsyn a cascade of four ponds was built on the river, and it survives to this day.
        • In 1811 the Lion Pier was built on the Upper Pond, from where a ferry crossed to the other bank.
      22. 🚶 on foot
      23. 12
        ☕️ Lesnoy Café in Kuzminki
        парк Кузьминки, у Конного двора
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        Dinner by the Stable Yard: ukha (fish soup) and shashlik, the café is open until 21:00
        🍴 A café with a terrace right in the park, a couple of minutes from the Horse Yard; daily 9:00–21:00, dogs welcome. What to order: fish soup (ukha), shashlik, dumplings, blini.

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