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Talashkino known almost as widely as Abramtzevo. There - Savva Mamontov, here - Princess Tenisheva. It is thanks to her Talashkino became artistic center, known throughout Russia.

   Maria von Moritsovna Dezen (name of his stepfather) and Mary Klavdievna Pyatkovsky was born in St. Petersburg in 1867. According to the memoirs O. de Knapp was illegitimate daughter of Alexander II.

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At 16 years old when she married lawyer Raphael Nikolaeva, Maria quickly disappointed in family life. Despite the objections of the family, taking a little daughter, she went to Paris to study vocal. Returning from abroad, Maria Klavdievna even closer to the childhood friend, Princess Catherine Konstantinovna Sviatopolk-Chetvertinskoy, to Score has invited a young woman to stay in his ancestral estate Talashkino. This happened in 1884, since then this place the best pages linked life known patron.

   In 1892 she married Prince VN Tenisheva, an exceptional man, intelligent, interesting, indifferent to the music. Next year Vyacheslav gave his wife a birthday Talashkino, buying it from E.K.Svyatopolk-Chetvertinskoy. The new owners did not rebuild the wooden one-story on a stone podklet manor house, but only filled it with paintings, watercolors, sculpture, majolica. Appeared here and theater, converted from the old wing. And most importantly, were open art studios: embroidery, carving, pottery, enamel.

   In 1894 he purchased Tenishevs near Talashkino kh Flenovo for the organization of an agricultural school. Pretty soon were constructed school building, library, dining room, bedrooms, bee-keeping museum, weather stations, home teachers. "Princess Talashkino Tenisheva agricultural school level I had a large orchard, vegetable garden, berries, beekeeping and fish farming, and" demonstration farm. Near the hill was built the temple of the Holy Spirit. Actually what we see now - this is Flenovo.

   From the very Talashkino after the Great Patriotic War, almost nothing left except the park. But the feeling center of artistic life is not gone away. A wonderful museum in Flenovskoy school and attics unusual church, magnificent views ...

   The picturesque hilly landscapes successfully complemented in Flenove unusual buildings. In 1901, the project artist SV Malyutina was erected fabulous "Teremok. Initially, it placed the library for students of agricultural schools.
 
  Building itself is very original. His fantastic paintings, scrolls monstrous flowers, strange beasts and birds, it resembles a house reminiscent of folk tales.
 
  Inside - evidence of artistic life Talashkino. Here come the musicians, actors, artists. Many of them stayed for a long time and worked in the estate: Alexander Benois, MAVrubel, K. Korovin, AA Kurennoy, MV Nesterov, AV Prahov, IE Repin, J. F. Tsionglinsky. Repin and Korovin In Talashkino portraits mistress - Tenisheva.
 
  But the real glory of these places brought Talashkino art studios, opened in 1900. To lead the new business invited artist SV Malyutina. Over the five years of existence in a carved, carpentry, ceramics and embroidery workshops were built many household items from children's toys and balalaika to entire sets of furniture. The sketches were made for many famous artists: Vrubel, Malyutin, Korovin et al
 
  In the former agricultural school now launched an interesting exposition, indicating the opposite direction of Tenisheva. In Talashkino was assembled one of the largest collections of folk art.
 
  Main acolytes princess in the collection, storage and study of folk art became VI Sizov, AV apart, and JF Barshevsky, known for his photographs of ancient monuments. For Talashkino museum was selected set of products of wood, tiles, fabrics, laces, etc.
 
  At the top of the hill in 1900 - 1905 was built the Church of the Holy Spirit. It is believed that the project worked JF Barshchevsky, Tenisheva, SV Malyutin and VV Suslov. The building received an unusual and very expressive. In 1903, in the temple shrine was buried Prince VN Tenishev, after the ruin of the tomb, in 1923, reburied in the village cemetery.
 
  Invited to paint the church of Nicholas Roerich. Above her ornament he had worked since 1908 po1914 year, but the deviation from the orthodox canon caused that the church was never consecrated. Unfortunately the painting is not preserved (in Soviet times, the temple was a warehouse, grain dumped from the truck through the window). Surviving smaltovaya mosaic "Holy Face" gives an idea of the style Talashkino works of Roerich.
 
  In Talashkino, or rather Flenove, really nice to walk: around the beautiful, interesting, quietly.