🖼 Rozhdestveno Museum-Estate

Гатчинский р-н, с. Рождествено, Музейная ул., 1

The wooden manor house of the Rukavishnikovs on a hill above the Oredezh, which Nabokov inherited in 1916; the house is closed for restoration.

The house was built in the late 18th century as a town governor's house: Catherine II planned to make Rozhdestveno a district town, but Gatchina became one instead.
The architect is unknown; Starov, Volkov or Lvov are named, but there is no proof.
In 1890 the estate was bought by the gold-mine owner Ivan Rukavishnikov — Nabokov's maternal grandfather.
In 1916 the 17-year-old Vladimir Nabokov inherited the estate from his uncle Vasily Rukavishnikov.
In Soviet times the house was a technical-school dormitory and a village school, and in 1995 it was badly damaged by fire.

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