Tarkhany
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Tarkhany is an estate in Russia
where the Romantic
writer Mikhail Lermontov
(1814 – 1841) spent his childhood and is buried. The late 18th Century–early 19th Century estate is located in the village of Lermontovo (formerly Tarkhany) in the Belinsky District
of Penza Oblast
. Tarkhany is the main tourist attraction of Penza Oblast.
and A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevish, the Young Oprichnik, and the Valorous Merchant Kalashnikov
(dedicated to the times of Ivan the Terrible).
Traditionally on the first weekend in July a Lermontov festival is held in Tarkhany, attended by prominent figures of Russian culture. During the festival special buses are run from Penza.
An estate which was the childhood home of Vissarion Belinsky
is located 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) southwest of Lermontovo, in the town of Belinsky
.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
where the Romantic
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
writer Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...
(1814 – 1841) spent his childhood and is buried. The late 18th Century–early 19th Century estate is located in the village of Lermontovo (formerly Tarkhany) in the Belinsky District
Belinsky District
Belinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 27 in Penza Oblast, Russia....
of Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast
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. Tarkhany is the main tourist attraction of Penza Oblast.
Buildings
- Manor house
- Church of St. Mary of Egypt
- The Human cottage (restored)
- Steward's house (restored)
- Arseniev Crypt and chapel
- Countryside Church of the Archangel Michael
- Lodge
The estate today
The estate is now the State Lermontov Museum - Tarkhany Reserve, created in 1939. It has an area of 485.3 acres. The museum register lists about 29,000 items, including 14,500 fixed assets. In the Steward's House, videos devoted to an atmosphere in which Lermontov lived as a child and scenes from Russian folk life are shown, as well as video expositions on two of his works - his poems BorodinoBorodino (poem)
Borodino is a poem by Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov which describes the Battle of Borodino, the major battle of Napoleon's invasion of Russia...
and A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevish, the Young Oprichnik, and the Valorous Merchant Kalashnikov
The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov
A Song about Tsar Ivan Vasilyevish, the Young Oprichnik, and the Valorous Merchant Kalashnikov, often abbreviated as The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov, is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov written in 1837 and first published in 1838....
(dedicated to the times of Ivan the Terrible).
Traditionally on the first weekend in July a Lermontov festival is held in Tarkhany, attended by prominent figures of Russian culture. During the festival special buses are run from Penza.
An estate which was the childhood home of Vissarion Belinsky
Vissarion Belinsky
Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. He was an associate of Alexander Herzen, Mikhail Bakunin , and other critical intellectuals...
is located 17 kilometres (10.6 mi) southwest of Lermontovo, in the town of Belinsky
Belinsky (town)
Belinsky is a town and the administrative center of Belinsky District of Penza Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Bolshoy and Maly Chembar Rivers, west of Penza. Population:...
.