The original manor house called "Borovoe" - for its location in a pine forest, the second name - "lions" - she received by the name of the owner - Prince Georgy Lvov . He was born in 1879 . In 1904, George graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Communications and has worked in the specialty . First - on the Libava-Romny w / d, and since 1906 - in the Mykolaiv . After 4 years, he has worked as a senior auditor and was the deputy chief of III . But in 1911 Lions left the service and started business activities in which rapidly succeeded . In 1912, George A. was one of the directors of the board of the partnership "Oil", Russia's largest mining, processing and trade of oil products and oil, and since then all his work has been associated with this industry is rapidly developing and generating quick profits . He was a major shareholder, member of the board of directors, and sometimes instituted Russian oil companies: Oil Industry and Trade Company "Ter-Akoiov AND . H . "Syndicate . T . Lianozov society "Emba" and many others . All of these companies were scouting, mining and processing crude oil in all parts of the country (Baku, Ukhta, Grozny, Fergana, Emba), moreover, transported and traded oil and petroleum products . Lviv, become acquainted with the captains of the oil industry, turning into major financial worker, industrialist, the owner of the securities and the owner million fortune .
Recreational and business people, GA Lviv needed a country residence, where far from the prying eyes and bustle of the capital could not only relax, but also to arrange business meetings. The choice fell on Prince Luga region, and in 1918 he bought a plot of land in 118 tithing, located between the lake and the road Cheremenetskim of Luga in Cheremenetsky monastery. He was not only very picturesque and secluded, but located close to the railway, which provides excellent communication with the capital.
The author of the manor made SP Ivanov, who had a diploma of senior technician, but managed to build an extraordinary estate. Its layout, clear and simple, was conceived in view of the terrain. In a short time, the steep coastal slope covered with pine trees, was decorated with wide terraces, as it crashed into the forest, which served as a park. On average the site was built a stone house in the neoclassical style, built on 3-ehchastnoy scheme. From the best examples of this zodcheskogo direction of those years building the Hog different playing on the facades of almost all alphabet classic decor. Its abundance and rich coloring, expressed in white elements on a yellow background, gave the "merchant", in fact, the house festive, fun character. On the terraces arranged dinners and receptions.
However, Georgy did not have to use this country estate. It is interesting to his will, made shortly before the 1917 revolution. In the event of his death, he asked his real estate "Katerinovka" in Vitebsk province to transfer the mother, the rest of the real estate agent to sell and make a hereditary cash to create a sacred capital. Revenues were divided between his wife, his mother and the family charitable foundation Lvov; after the death of his wife and mother unspent money they had to go to a charitable organization, which is designated "Company leprosy", "Society of Russian Physicians" for TB, "Society of Psychiatry" and the formation of a boarding school for homeless children of St. Petersburg Province .
After the revolution in Borovoy was arranged house for homeless. In the years 1924-1931 the estate was used as a branch of the sanatorium "Red Wave", and in 1940 it was turned into a Holiday NKVD, resumed its activities after World War II. Currently, there is a sanatorium MIA "Borovoye". Natural and environmental factors of this area are very high and rightly used for therapeutic purposes.
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