Manor Chernevo
   Photo: Manor Chernevo

In the XVI century brothers and Alexander Khvostov Nashchekin owned lands Pribuzhskoye parish Gdov district. In the middle of XVII century on the banks of the River Plyussa Khvostov began construction of the estate in Chernevo. But at the beginning of the XVIII century General mayorsha Olga Gilleyn background becomes the new owner of Gembits estate. From her land in 1750 moved to Prince Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov, who was at that time 14 years old.

Nikolai Saltykov was a descendant of Catherine's grandees. In 1814, Alexander I, he was awarded the princely dignity. Nikolai paid great attention to the improvement and expansion of Chernevskii manor estate. He decided to build a match factory. For this there were good conditions: a favorable economic and geographical position, situated close to the railway Pskov-Gdov-rich forest areas. Matchbox company "Sphinx" was built, and the estate of Chernevo turned into a large and equipped the estate.

The estate has been divided into 3 zones: industrial, economic and aristocratic manor itself to the palace, a beautiful park and other buildings. This is confirmed by the estate layout description, which was drawn up in 1918. The document was named 70 buildings.

The main place in the estate occupied the prince's palace. He was 4-ehetazhnym, consisted of 36 rooms and had 3 entrance. In addition to the palace in the estate ensemble consisted of the following construction: 2 uhetazhny manager's house, which consists of 7 rooms, 2 uhetazhny house forester, has 6 rooms, the gardener's house (5 rooms), house maid (9 rooms), houses for the workers, stone conservatory , office, post office, hot-water, farmyard (150 cows), a pigsty (100 pigs), stable (37 horses), 2 glacier, barn, barns, sheds for storing agricultural tools, sauna, smithy. The estate has 20 farm laborers. In addition, when the manor was a garden-nursery, where there are about 800 apple trees, berry bushes 600, and it was built 11 greenhouses. It produces an initial processing of dairy products and fruit-berry raw materials.

The decoration of the estate was Chernevo scenic landscaped park area of ​​420,000 sq.m. It was located on the left bank of the river Plyussa. Ancient trees Flowering shrubs and green meadows of the park gave way connected bizarre scheme tracks. Central park alley leading from the palace to the factory.

Match factory was located at a distance from the house and farmland. Factory and mill surrounded 3 houses for workers (12 rooms each), bath and prisoner's construction. The main manor house were separated from the industrial and agricultural areas of the estate.

In 1816, Nikolai Ivanovich Saltykov was gone. And the name was passed on from generation to generation. In 1903, the estate passed to the great-grandson (also a prince) of Prince Ivan Nikolaevich Saltykov. After the October Revolution of 1917, the last owner of the estate Chernevo left the country. After 1917, the estate was looted in 1922 was a fire damaged the palace and its remaining parts were dismantled by peasants on the bricks for furnaces in homes. Barn 1 floor of the former house manager miraculously survived.

Currently, from the ancient manor, leaving only the park, consisting of oak and pine groves and avenues of linden, spruce, birch and oak. The park can be found, and ornamental shrubs: Fieldfare, spirea purple loosestrife, Caragana bush honeysuckle common, yellow acacia. In addition, there are growing rare for the Pskov region species of trees: balsam poplar, larch, Siberian pine (cedar). The northern zone of the park is broken contemporary dacha house.

Of ancient manor park was awarded the status of a monument of landscape art.

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