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Nikolo-Uryupino belongs to Ilyinskoe rural settlement in the Krasnogorsk district of Moscow region. The current population is 17 people (2006), although the village was once more inhabited. For example, the census of 1989 listed 85 households and 191 residents.
Nikolo-Uryupino was first mentioned in the late 16th century as a part of the royal village Pavshino. In the beginning of 17th century, the village belonged to the dyak Bogdan Kashkin, since 1621 to Prince Odoyevsky, since 1629 to dyak Fedor Likhachev, and finally, since 1635, again to the Odoyevsky family. During the 17th century, the estate was growing. According to the census of 1646, Prince Odoyevsky owned 19 peasant families with 64 people. In 1664-1665, Nikita Ivanovich Odoyevski organized the construction of the stone church of St. Nicholas. The project is ascribed to the serf Pavel Potekhin. In 1840, M.D. Bykovsky supplied the church with a bell tower. Other parts of the building remain intact since 17th century.
In 1721 the estate passed to Dolgorukys who were soon oppressed by the Empress Anna Ioannovna so that Nikolo-Uryupino passed to A.I. Kaisarov. Kaisarov also lost Uryupino as a result of noble intrigues, got it back during the reign of Elizabeth, but was forced to return it to Dolgorukys. In 1774, V.S. Dolgoruky sold the village to N. Golitsyn.
It is N. Golitsyn, who owned the nearby manor of Arkhangelskoe, constructed the manor house and organized a classical landscape park in Nikolo-Uryupino. In 1812, the estate survived during the invasion of Napoleon's army: "The peasants, armed with pitchforks, axes, shovels, and hooks, drove looters to marshes where those died. Afterwards, the peasants organized a crucession, and the priest sprinkled the "grave" of French soldiers." (memoirs of A.N. Golitsyn).
In 1840-1860, serfs supervised by M.D. Bykovskiy constructed a new manor. At that time, Golitsyn also owned a cloth factory where 250 people were employed. After the emancipation of surfs in 1861, the peasants were left without land and started to leave the village, but Golitsyns managed to maintain the glory of the estate until 1917. In 1918, the estate was nationalized and became an Art-and-Life museum (1920-1929). In 1921, a military training ground was organized in the nearby town Nakhabino. It soon absorbed the former estate of Nicholo-Uryupino. The estate was partly destroyed in 1942 when military engineers dammed the Lipka river and built a three-storey house of the laboratory. Here, the first pontoons of the Red Army were constructed. In the house No. 82, a famous military engineer D.M. Karbyshev dwelt.
After the World War II, the manor house was used a dormitory and later as a sanatorium. In 1999-2002, it was rented by the businessman V.A. Brintsalov. The estate was last recorded in the film "Case of the Dead Souls" and burnt down December 2004 as a result of a conflict between the government and private investors.
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