The Aseevs' Estate "Arzhenka" in the satellite town of Tambov Rasskazovo is the most famous of the surviving old country estates of the Tambov Gubernia. Now it is located in the territory of the OJSC "Arzhenka" Poultry-Breeding Plant

For Tambov province the name of the Aseevs' manufacturers is well-known and iconic . In them in 1884 the "Brothers M . and B . Aseevs" Trade House was organized, in which included the cloth manufactories in Rasskazovo and Morshansk, the branch of the Russian-Trade Industrial Bank, as well as hospitals, schools, shelters, consumer societies, hostels for workers and much more . In the very Tambov on the street . Naberezhnaya the city house of the merchant family rises , one of the brightest sights city ​​of the city . And in Rasskazovo, not far from the cloth manufactory "Brothers of Aseeva", in ruins there are remains of the main manor .

Arzhenka Manor at the beginning of the 20th century

Arzhenka Manor was built in 1902-06 . @ by the well-known Tambov industrialist and manufacturer Vasily Tseinovich Aseev . The author of the project is the outstanding Russian architect L . N . Kekushev . The main building of the estate is a rectangular white plastered two-story house-palace, executed in an eclectic manner: a set of architectural elements of different styles, in first th turn of the modernist . The building was richly decorated with stucco molding, voluminous decorative elements: vases, stucco consoles, cast-iron fences of balconies, sculptures (alas, mostly lost now) .

The interiors of the palace were also executed in different styles and impressed with the richness of the finishes . On the ground floor there were lobbies, a staircase pavilion, a living room, a fireplace, a study, a tea room, a dining room and a kitchen . On the second - first pillared hall, a house church and family room . Each room and interior decoration was carried out according to the sketches of the architect L . Kekusheva was framed in his style - Roman, Oriental and so .. d, finished drawings, frescoes, mosaic ... by the interior decoration as fashionable was Moscow architect L . . H .

Kekushev Furthermore, manor included park where growing oak, cedar, larch and linden trees, a greenhouse with exotic plants, fountains and stables, a water tower, outbuildings.

At first, the Catherine's church was closed on the territory of the estate, its premises were transferred to a children's shelter. Then the palace itself and the park were transferred to the rest house in the cloth factory. However, the preservation of the estate is not helped

history Arzhenka Manor Arzhenka -. Today

From the 90s of the 20th century building is not used, lost interiors, broken windows and doors, there are no utilities, some overlap and The roof areas are collapsed.

In 2011, the restoration of the building began. Several brigades from different cities of Russia were involved, however, partially completed decoration work inside the estate was abandoned and everything was again looted by the local population.

The legal status of the palace is an object of cultural heritage of regional importance

Aseeva Manor, Arzhenka

Park, Arzhenka