In the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, on the left bank of the Moscow River, there is a high (25-30 meters) hill called Nikolina Gora. This is one of the oldest summer cottages, which has its own interesting history of origin.
History of the name
The first mention of the small monastery of St. Nicholas on the Sand dates back to 1473. It arose on the site of a graveyard, and a little later a small village of 5 courtyards appeared around the small monastery, called Nikolskoye on the Sand. The documents contain a record that in 1618 it was here that a solemn meeting of Filaret, who later became patriarch, was organized. He was returning from Polish captivity. Not far from this small monastery was the village of Aksinino, to whose parish school the throne was transferred in the middle of the 17th century, and Nikolina Gora, as this place was later called, was empty for three long centuries.
Rebirth
The second life of this areabegins in the twenties, when summer cottages begin to be actively built in the beautiful pine forests of the Moscow region. In 1922–1925, dachas were erected by the dacha-building cooperative of employees of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (RANIS). The terrain here is wonderful, the hill is bounded on almost all sides by a river (Moscow), a stream (Maslovsky, or the Cleaning River) and two swamps (Maslovsky from the north, Aksininsky from the west). The beautiful beaches of Diplomatichesky (embassy employees liked to come here) and Koroviy added charm to these already wonderful places. Vekovoy Bor (pine forest) is the main attraction of these places. The built village became popular and was known as Nikolina Gora.
Cultural Center
Glory to him was brought by figures of science and culture who lived here on short visits or permanently, like the composer Sergei Prokofiev. The names of the owners of local dachas were known throughout the country: O. Yu. Schmidt and P. L. Kapitsa, V. I. Kachalov and S. V. Mikhalkov, V. V. Veresaev and A. S. Novikov-Priboy, M. M Botvinnik and A. V. Nezhdanova. And a lot of other great people. There were no current fences in those days, world celebrities freely visited, made friends and talked. In connection with the artist Pyotr Konchalovsky, Nikolina Gora - the house where his gifted children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren lived and visited - is mentioned much more often than in connection with other figures of science and culture. The large family of Mikhalkov and Konchalovsky is famous for the fact that each of its representatives is a famous and public person. They were jokingly called "Petrovna's nestlings", referring to Surikov's granddaughter, daughterPeter Konchalovsky, wife of Sergei Mikhalkov, mother of Andrei Konchalovsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Ekaterina Semenova (wife of Julian Semenov) - Natalia Petrovna Konchalovsky. A talented poetess, children's writer, translator, an incredibly interesting person, she was loved by the whole huge family. She is familiar to modern people as the author of the translation of the song "Eternal Love". Amazing verses. Nikolina Gora, like Peredelkino, were in those days a kind of cultural centers, where many people aspired to get.
Modern innovations
Now Nikolina Gora, like other settlements of this kind, are becoming, for the most part, manor settlements.
This concept includes not only magnificent mansions, excellent infrastructure, but also places of rest of the corresponding class. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that such an exotic place as the Husky Park appears here. Nikolina Gora, this village of celestials, as it used to be called, meaning not the current nouveaux riches who buy everything at the root, but great scientists, artists and writers, is in itself an attraction that many Muscovites and guests of the capital would like to visit. And the opportunity to ride deer or husky beauties, just take a walk with her in the forest, turns this place into a pilgrimage center.
A worthy project
"On Nikolina Gora, all the trees are in silver…". And among this beauty, sung by more than one poet, you can race on deer or husky, taste unknown delicaciesfar north, see a real village from yaranga, and all this is 20 km from the Moscow Ring Road. Looks very tempting. It also provides a master class on folk dances and throwing a lasso, several thematic excursions that introduce visitors to rituals and dwellings. You can watch the performance of the folk ensemble "Chukotka", try tundra tea, shoot from a bow in a shooting range and much, much more. The only one in Russia, a unique ethno-cultural complex known among Muscovites as "Husky Park, Nikolina Gora", located at the address: Moscow region, Odintsovo district, Nikolina Gora village, Schmidt Avenue, property 57/1. The correct name of the complex is Eco Husky Park. You can get to it by regular minibuses No. 150, which go every half hour from the Molodezhnaya metro station, go to the end. You can get by train to Odintsovo station, and from there by buses No. 1044 and 1054. By car, you need to drive along Rublevo-Uspenskoe Highway 20 km from Moscow Ring Road to the turn signal. This amazing undertaking has the most enthusiastic reviews, the number of people wishing to visit it is constantly increasing. And even from the publicly available photos, you can see what an unusual, alluring and bewitching island of distant life has settled in the near suburbs of Moscow.
Prestigious area
Nikolina Gora is a legendary village, moreover, the air here is the cleanest in the near Moscow region, so we althy people strive to become its residents. Given this factor, elite complexes or detached cottages are being built here, such as Pineforest”, “Ship pines”, the villages of Maslovo and Cotton Way. And it should be noted that the sale and rental of houses on Nikolina Gora is active. This, in addition to the above factors, is facilitated by proximity to the metropolis, guaranteed housing security, a socially favorable atmosphere and amazing nature.
"The Pines of Nikolina Gora" is a residential complex, standing apart, it is remote from the center of Rublyovka, and is an elite enclave where outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering, and people sign up to view apartments in advance. Description of all the advantages of this elite of elite places is widely available.
Genuine Rublevtsy
One can only say that there is absolutely everything for a fulfilling life, all the best that the Moscow region can offer rich people. Nikolina Gora has always been a privileged object, but hardly anyone will object to the assertion that in the old days, under the “branded” Soviet power, there was hundreds of times more spirituality here. Here and now there is a RANIS cooperative headed by Yuri Bashmet. And now representatives of the "old Rublyovka" are outraged by the fraud around the area that has become a symbol of prestige, the bad taste brought here by the nouveau riche.
The world-famous old-timers do not give up, and Nikolina Gora will stand, that's why they and the mountain, so that muddy waves flow down. This place will forever remain associated with those great people who lived here and created their beautiful creations.
