There are manuscript collections in the Archives of ancient documents in Moscow. In the one of them we can find writing from 1607, which says about village Alexandrovskoe in Moscow Stan of Moscow district. After the Time of Troubles in 1612 boyar Vasiliy Petrovich Morozov built new village to celebrate in honor of the victory over the Poles, on high ground above the river Lubenko. The river had this name, because of limes were growing on the banks, which provided the bast. For obtain, this bast usually soaked in the same river. Also in this place was built church in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary- a holiday of Orthodox and Catholic churches dedicated to the remembrance of death the Mother of God. According to church tradition, on this day the apostles preached in different countries, miraculously came to Jerusalem to say goodbye and make burial of the Virgin Mary. The Church since ancient times saw the Virgin Prayer great for the human race. Her icons names are express a deep faith in her veil, prostrate upon the world. She- patroness hard unbreakable wall of All Who Sorrow, Healer, Surety of Sinners. She-refuge of all mothers of the world. She teaches us to live in perfect fidelity to the will of the Heavenly Father. The one that kept them in a test of the heart the divine word, presents us with a model of loyalty, love and service.

Everything that surrounds us has its name: the city where we were born and live, the familiar Street, in which we have made our first timid steps to the big world, the river, which gives us cool on a hot day. Everyone is constantly meets with geographical names. According to E.M. Murzaev: "It is impossible to imagine the life of the modern society without geographical names. They are everywhere and always accompany our thinking in early childhood. Everything on Earth has its address and that address starts with the place of birth of a person. His native village, street in which he lives, city, country – everyone has its name". Exploring the history of village Schapovo we went to the local Museum, and that's what we learned from its staff.


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In 1627 Morozov gave Alexandrovo as a dowry to his daughter, who got married with Andrey Vasilevich Golicin. From 1597 Andrey Vasilevich Golicin was a boyar with Tsars Fyodor Ivanovich, dmitry samozvanec, Vasiliy Ivanovich Shyisky. From 1603 till 1605 he was a voevoda in Tobolsk, later in Kashira. In 1611 Colicin was killed by Poles in Moscow. After his death boyar Ivan Vasilyevich Morozov became an owner of Alexandrovo and he was a brother of Mariya Vasilyevna and then his son boyar Michael Ivanovich Morozov, who had three sons. But his sons hadn’t any heirs. Barony of the Morozovs became belong to the Treasury in 1680. In 1681 tsar Fyodor Alexeevich presented Alexandrovo village to the cousins of his wife Michael and Vasiliy Gryshevskiy. Further Vasiliy Michailovich Grushevskiy, who was the elder son of Michail Fokich, was an owner of the estate. Over time the whole village became to belong to his son Vasiliy Vladimirovich. Vasiliy Vladimirovich Grushevskiy(1743-1813) was a lieutenant-general, privy councilor, senator, holder of many awards. His wife Evdokiya Vasilyevna was a daughter of successful field marshal knaz V.M. Dolgorykiy-Krimskiy, who attached the Crimea to Russia in 1780.

The estate flourished with the Vasiliy Vladimirovich. Everything was rebuilt in it. New estate house was built away from church behind the shoaled river, across which stone bridge was made. One side of the house looked at regular lime park, and the other one facing the large oval pond with an island. There was a flower bed in front of the house. There were greenhouses with rare flowers and the southern fruit-trees behind the park. In 1779 Grushevskiy built stone church instead of wooden one. Only his son died early. Younger daughter Praskovya Vasilyevna got married with ivan Matveevich Muraviev-Apostol, who recently became a widower and had four daughters and three sons, Decembrists in future, Matvei, Sergey and Hippolyte. I.M.Muraviev-Apostol had got a double surname in 1800. He was a diplomat, a member of the Russian academy of Sciences, a writer, an author of the book “Travel across Tavrida”, he met A.S.Pushkin. In summer the whole family gathered together in Alexandrovo. In 1813 Praskoviya Vasilyevna became an owner of the village. In April in 1815 she sold Alexandrovo to foreman ivan Stepanovich Arsenyev. Arsenyev gave Alexandrovo village to his younger daughter Evdokiya, who got married with Nicolay Vasilyevich Arsenyev, distant relative of Michael Lermontov. After the Arsenyevs Andrey Nickolaevich Nickolaev inherited Alexandrovo. The Arsenyevs didn’t have any children. Andrey Nickolaevich Nickolaev was an illegitimate son of N.V. Arsenyev and was born in Bessarabia. According to tradition his surname was given to him after his father’s name. On 13March 1864 he became a real owner of the estate.


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