Lublino Estate

About museum

The heyday of Russian country estates fell in the late 18th to the first half of the 19th century. At that time, the architecture and landscape design of estates acquired particular importance. Attention centered on ideas inspired by the lavish royal residences of Saint Petersburg and Versailles — seen as masters of taste and arbiters of refined artistic standards and lifestyle. Classical symbolism predominated in estate architecture, conferring upon the owner a brilliant shine and elevated status. One fine example of such an estate is Lublino — an architectural and landscape monument of federal significance. It is located in the South-Eastern Administrative Okrug of the capital and belongs to the Moscow State United Museum-Reserve. The earliest records of the site date from the late 16th to the early 17th century. Over time the estate's name changed several times, and by the late 18th century it became known as Lublino. A palace occupied the center of the estate, with other brick buildings erected around it.