Across Pushkin's mansions

In Petrovskoye, A.S. Pushkin wrote the novel about his famous anscestor — Gannibal.

Mikhailovskoye is a mansion, belonging to Pushkin's mother, where A.S. Pushkin spent several years in exile.

This place is full of peace and tranquility: a flat hill, wooden wind mill, calm waters of the Kuchane lake. Captivated by this scenery, Pushkin wrote these famous lines:

Have a stroll in the direction of the mansion, meditate in silence following the park paths. There are no excursions in the evening after 6 p.m., so that you can enjoy silent solo walks. This park seems magical and cozy with its century-old oak full of magnificently spread branches.

Arguably, this impressive oak inspired Pushkin to write these verses:

The following path is a reminiscence of other famous verses by Pushkin I still recall the wondrous moment connected with Anna Kern, Pushkin's muse.
Here, in Mikhailovskoye, Pushkin used to stroll with her under the shade of lindens. And now this place is called "the Kern path".

If you go a bit further, you will come across a famous hump-back bridge, a sculpture depicting young Pushkin and several paths reflecting a special atmosphere of this place. You will definitely surrender to poetic mood.

In the same sunlit evening — evanescent miracle of the north — you will have time to capture sunset moments having a stroll in Trigorskoye. This mansion belonging to the family of the Osipovs-Woulfs, was very much cherished by A.S. Pushkin.
Trigorskoye was a silver bullet for the great poet because during his exile in Mikhailovskoye, the mansion of his friends — Trigorskoye — was the only place to relieve his sorrow and forget about his exile. The poet was sent to exile without any preliminary deadlines, so that he had no idea how long it would take.

In Trigorskoye, Pushkin could talk for hours with the mansion's inhabitants who sympathized with the poet. Trigorskoye is also a place where Pushkin wrote poems, the mansion being his source of inspiration. It is believed that the characters of the famous novel "Eugene Oneguine" were drawn from people living in Trigorskoye.

The Trigorskoye mansion is not characterisd by any exquisite beauty, since in the aftermath of fire, the owners decided not to complicate their lives and just added extensions to the existing building of the preserved bloc (occupied by the factory). The only decoration of the mansion that contributes to its restrained beauty is a porch with columns.

The mansion has a park with numerous paths, several ponds and a bath.
In the shade of trees, faraway from outside observers, you will notice an asylum for thoughts of Pushkin's favourite character — Eugene Oneguin.

Next morning, we saw the interiour of the mansions.

Let's visit Trigorskoye to trace its connections with Pushkin's life. Puskhin visited Trigorskoye for the first time in 1817. At that time, he came to his mothers' mansion — Mikhailovskoye — and paid visits to neighboors, noble families living nearby. The owner of Trigorskoye, Praskoviya Alexandrovna Osipova was enchantend by Pushkin from the start and their friendship ties were getting stronger during the poet's exile.
Pushkin's muse, Anna Petrovna Kern, was a niece of Praskoviya Alexandrovna. When Anna came to visit her aunt in Trigorskoye, she saw Pushkin for the second time. After their meeting Pushkin wrote this verse:

Trigorskoye attracted the poet not only by its inhabitants but also its great library. One could find the world literature in foreign languages here, books on philosophy, history, totaling 2000 volumes.
The mansion was a meeting point for gentle-minded and elevated souls, one could here people speaking French, Italian, Spanish. Now, some books from the library collection are stored in the academy of science in Saint Petersburg.

After finishing his verses Pushkin often read them outloud to the inhabitants of Trigorskoye. The habitual listener of the poet's verses was A.N. Woulf, the son of Praskoviya Alexandrovna, the mansion's owner.

Pushkin was also on very good terms with Eupraksiniya Nikolaevna, the little sister of A.N. Woulf. One day Pushkin cracked a joke saying "I was comparing my waist with the one of Eupraksiniya, the waists were identical, which means either I have a waist of a 15-year-old girl or she has a waist of a 20-year-old man". Later on, Pushkin dedicated to Eupraksiniya the verse:

Let's imagine the monotonous rural life of the mansion's owners. Everyone was involved in some activity: reading, playing the piano...then, unexpectedly, Pushkin enters the room and the life of everyone turns upside down. Jokes, laughter are heard everywhere.
Pushkin felt like fish in the water in Trigorskoye because he was cared for and understood here despite his flaws.

Let's now have a look at the room belonging to Praskoviya Alexandrovna — the owner of the mansion. She chose for herself a corner room with the windows overlooking the mansion's court. Praskoviya Alexandrovna was an iron lady and she had the power to control everyone. Her care towards Pushkin was confirmed when she addressed a letter to famous poet Zhukovsky asking him to talk to the tsar so as to reduce the time of Pushkin's exile.

Having seen the interiour of the Trigorskoye mansion, we can't but catch a glimpse at the interiour of Mikhailovskoye. It was the home mansion of the great poet, ironically, being the place of his exile.

I will just show you around the living room and the surrounding landscapes. Hopefully, this modest description will spark your curiosity encouraging you to visit the homeland of Pushkin in reality.