Since the 18th century, this land in the Pskov region was known as St. Michael Bay. It was part of other land holdings of the royal family. Mikhailovskoye village at the time was called the Estuary. Needless estate founded in 1742. During this period, the Empress Elizabeth bestowed allotment Abram Petrovich Hannibal, who was a soldier and statesman at the court of Peter the Great, his godson, and great-grandfather Alexander Pushkin. Abram Petrovich died in 1781. The estate was inherited to his son, the father of the mother of Alexander. Already Osip Abramovich, the son of Abram Petrovich, the estate was ennobled. When it appeared the first buildings here, it was a park. It was he who called him Mikhailovskoye. It is assumed that the name comes from the name of the estate of the Mikhailovsky monastery, which was located nearby.

Since 1806 after the death of Osip Abramovich for some time the owner of the estate was his wife, Maria A., descendant of Pushkin. In 1818 the inheritance passed to Hope Osipovna, the poet's mother. In 1836, her children - Olga, Leo and Alexander, Michael became the rightful heirs. AS Pushkin loved to come to Mikhailovskoye, this was the place of his retreat, experiences and creative inspiration. After the poet's death in 1837, inherited the estate of his children - Alexander, Maria and Natalia.

In 1866, the estate became the residence of Grigory Pushkin. He prudently took the rehabilitation and restructuring of the family estate, which before this time quite dilapidated. Parents Pushkin hardly engaged in repair of the estate, come just to relax in the summer season. Already at that time, when Alexander Pushkin was exiled to St. Michael, the house and other buildings it was very shabby and needed repair. Grigory had to completely rebuild the estate, to break the dilapidated buildings.

In 1899, the State Treasury bought back the family estate of Alexander Pushkin. The estate Mikhailovskoye from this time was in charge of the Pskov nobility. Since 1911, there has been a colony for older writers. In 1908 and 1918 the Mikhailovsky had strong fires. In 1921 the whole estate was restored.

In 1922 the family estate of the poet finally opened a museum, and St. Michael's was granted the status of Alexander Pushkin Museum-Reserve. Its territory includes building the house of the poet, which is the main exposition, house nanny Arina, a garden with fruit trees and a park. In residential areas the manor was recreated environment that corresponds to the time when Pushkin lived.

The farmstead has a simple and convenient layout. In the center, located on a hill house owners. When the poet's life before the house rose lilac, jasmine and yellow acacia. Later in circles here were planted linden trees, and in the center of the circle - elm.

On either side of the manor house were built office and business premises. On the left is the house babysitting. Then behind him cellar walls in the morning Pushkin loved to shoot. Follow cellar building - a barn, covered with a thatched roof. To the right are two wings, this house manager and clerk. Behind them is an orchard. The house, which stands at the precipice of the hill was modest compared to other houses of nobles of this circle. He was of small size, with a simple architecture.

In 1949 it was decided to restore all the buildings as they were during the life of Alexander Pushkin. It was based on documents of the time - lithographs, drawings, plans, etc. It will greatly facilitate the work of the fact that when the house was rebuilt Grigory, was left untouched the very foundation of which was laid down initially in the construction.

Visiting a museum-reserve Pushkin "Mikhailovskoye" our contemporaries can experience the atmosphere in which he lived and worked great Russian poet, imbued with the beauty of the landscapes that inspired him so, to join the history of our nation.