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Pyataya Gora, Kalitino

 

Pyataya Gora

Pyataya Gora (The Fifth Mountain in Russian) is a former noble estate in the southern part of Leningrad oblast. It is known for the ruins of an old church, built, presumably, by the famous architect Starov in 1831. This church is uncommon case when a religious building in Russia was abandoned not because of the policies of the communists or WWII but because it just had to fall.

 

The owner of the estate, Olga Briscorn, infamous for torturing and killing her own serfs, was tricked by the suppliers who delivered cheap marlstone instead of limestone. The church, built from poor quality materials, began to crack at the end of the 19th century. After the revolution, services continued until the dome collapsed in the 1960s.

 

The consequences of the collapse of the apse, which occurred in 2018. I wonder if this monument of Russian classicism will stand for another ten years.

 

Kalitino

A neighboring estate with a surviving mansion. It looks dull from the northern side.

 

But the southern one has a nice but abandoned attic.

 

Local houses were constructed under Stalin possibly from the same marlstone as the church in Pyataya Gora.

 

One would like to quip that even snow (photo taken on May 1) would be better building material, but no.

 

Where to stay (as of May 2022): in summer, you can put up a tent in the forest next to the Pyataya Gora. But you'll be eaten to bones by huge bloodsucking horseflies.

Where to eat: no kidding, the food here is You.

What to buy: locals often take apart the ruins of the temple in the Fifth Mountain for building materials. No need to repeat after them.

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