Raspberry skit borsky district. Participant of the project "Symbols of the land of Nizhny Novgorod"

A monument of urban planning and architecture - an almshouse for the Old Believers, built at the expense of N.A. Bugrov (architect N.A. Frelikh, dating of the object - 1899-1902, document on acceptance for state protection No. 286). Next to the village is the Malinovsky skete (complex): the Kazanskaya church (former Knyaz-Vladimirskaya), a wooden residential house, a kitchen, a stone residential house, a stone tent, the remains of a stone fence, the remains of outbuildings, a cemetery gate, a gatehouse (the date of the object is the end of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th century, a document on acceptance for state protection No. 41). According to the data provided to the project by the Society for the Study of the Russian Estate, the Church of Our Lady of Kazan in the Old Believer Malinovsky Skete was built in 1908-1912 at the expense of the merchant N.A. Bugrov by the architect N.M. Vishnyakov. A neo-Russian style monument with an interesting ceramic façade decoration.

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On the territory they met an ode to a nun, very old, but they say that services are held regularly and they are also accompanied by a choir of parishioners, using the hook singing characteristic of the Old Believers - very peculiar in performance.

When it comes to schismatic sketes, due to stereotypes and the lack of sufficient information, they are presented to many as the dwelling of hermits or a refuge of inertia and obscurantism. However, this understanding is not only simplistic, but also incorrect.

Many monasteries eventually became real centers of original culture. These include the Malinovsky Skete, located on the picturesque banks of the Linda River, which for a long time became a refuge for the Old Believers of Beglopopov's consent.
It is known that by order of Pitirim, from 1721 to 1737, all the sketes of Kerzhensk and Malinovsky, presumably, among other things, were burned with the help of military units sent here.
However, with the easing of government policy towards the Old Believers in 1762, the sketes begin to rapidly recover in the Semyonovsky forests, new ones are being built there, and after 26 years their number reaches 54, among these sketes the Malinovsky Skete is named.
Under Nicholas I, on the contrary, the persecution of the Storobers intensified. The consequence of this was a sharp decrease in the number of sketes. However, the Malinovsky skete managed to defend the right to its existence. The nature of the skete buildings of this time is reflected in the documents very sparingly. It is only known that on its territory there was a prayer building with one altar. However, compliance with the basic government requirements did not help the Old Believers to keep their monastery. It was subject to liquidation along with others in accordance with the highest order of May 1, 1853, but in practice this was not carried out to the end.

The exact date of the resumption of the skete (or almshouse, as it is called in some documents could not be established)
Most likely, the skete was restored in the 80s of the XIX century. Moreover, it is not clear whether this happened in a new or in an old place.
In 1905, according to the manifesto of Nicholas 2 on religious tolerance, Old Orthodox Christianity was equalized in rights with Moscow Patriarchal Orthodoxy and did not lose the status of the state religion. This manifesto gave the official path to the development and formation of the entire Old Believer world.

The mystery of the emergence of the Malinovsky Skete remains unsolved today. Increased pressure from the authorities hindered its formation, but thanks to N.A. Bugrov, the skete continued to live in defiance of the authorities.
In accordance with the highest command of May 3, 1883, any Old Believer settlements on the site of the destroyed Old Believer sketes were banned. Despite this, the Old Believers continued to fight for their faith, seeking support from their patrons.

We were lucky, we immediately came across the grave of your Blinov, it is well-groomed, but Bugorva’s grave was not found!

A cross on the grave of Archbishop Michael, who served in the local parish from 1933 to 1944.

Malinovsky skete - as a complex of buildings of the Old Believers during the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, existed at the expense of the merchants of the Old Believers Bugrovs and Blinovs.
According to A.P. Melnikov (son of P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky), at the beginning of the 20th century. The Malinovsky skete stood out sharply among other sketes of the Nizhny Novgorod Trans-Volga region, differing in exemplary order and arrangement. This became possible thanks to the special patronage of all the same merchants - Nikolai Bugrov and Makariy Blinov, to whom it actually belonged (In this regard, the people of the skete are still sometimes called "Blinovskaya dacha".
The structure of the skete can be judged from a report to the Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod, which states: “encircled by a high stone fence with towers and strong gates, this skete on its vast area has many stone and wooden buildings and outbuildings for various purposes”, from which we can conclude that strong gates and a high fence were not a whim, they protected from robbers who more than once encroached on the cultural values ​​​​of the skete.
Nikolai Alexandrovich was engaged not only in the construction of the monastery building, but also in the maintenance of its full-time servants: priests, watchmen, cooks, stokers, etc. With his money, they fed numerous elderly Old Believers called to the skete, various pilgrims and simply poor people who came to pray at the Malinovsky skete.

In general, the complex of the Malinovsky Skete is perhaps the only example of an Old Believer monastery that has survived on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region, in any case, there was no equal to it at the end of the 19th beginning. XX centuries.
Among the buildings of the Malinovsky Skete, two stone and wooden houses should be noted. The first two-storey red brick house is an almshouse or prayer house.
The house is monumental, has strict classical proportions. Previously, it was connected by a warm passage with another house standing nearby. The house is of interest, both from an architectural and ethnographic point of view, as a good example of wooden peasant architecture of the 19th century.

At the direction of Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bugrov, in 1908 the architect A.M. Veshnyakov is developing a project for a stone, red brick church of the traditional type - a "ship" with an architectural hipped bell tower. However, the customer, on whose money the design and construction was carried out, makes changes: instead of one dome, there are five, and the building is decorated with colored tiles.<Проект был утвержден строительным управлением Нижегородского Губернского правления в 1909 г., а само строительство храма было завершено в 1911 г>. 1 The temple was consecrated in honor of the Mother of God of Vladimir. This original name was not an accident: the Old Believers, the keepers of ancient traditions, especially honor Prince Vladimir the Holy, it was during his time that pagan Rus' was baptized.
The temple impressed with the decoration of the most ancient icons and luxurious painting. Its discovery was of great importance for the entire Old Believer world in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Complicated in its volumetric and spatial composition, the red-brick church is made in the Russian style, and unlike many churches of the early 20th century. with their accentuated asymmetry, it has a traditional "ship" type layout. On the longitudinal axis of the building are "strung" the volumes of a covered porch, a three-tier hipped bell tower, with two service rooms adjacent to its base, in the northern of which there is a cast-iron spiral staircase leading to the basement and to the belfry, a spacious refectory, a quadrangle of the temple with side narthexes and a five-sided altar apse.

The facades of the church are exquisitely ornate, thanks to the combination of red-brick walls with numerous polychrome tiles and white stucco details. All windows had thin metal bindings and colored stained-glass windows.

The decoration of the narthexes is interesting, as well as the western porch, which has a gable finish and spherical supports with a curb ribbon in the middle part. In the compositional perception of the Vladimir Church one can feel the influence of Art Nouveau.

In the interiors of the church, fragments of murals in the Old Russian style have been preserved, a significant place among which is occupied by subjects on the themes of the Twelfth Feasts and floral ornaments.
The church was heated by heaters, which were located, apparently, in the basement under the main volume of the temple. Not far from the church, bricks were made in large quantities for its construction, where they were fired, and firewood for kindling was harvested in neighboring forests.
Vladimir Church, built with the money of N.A. Bugrov, became the last major building on the territory of the monastery.

Unfortunately, Nikolai Alexandrovich did not live to see the realization of his dream - the construction of a large, officially approved temple, he died on April 16, 1911 at the age of 73. But in memory of the benefactor, in the church, to the right of the entrance, his portrait was depicted with a newly built temple.

The fate of the church was tragic, it existed until 1925, when the monastery was liquidated, and the buildings were transferred to individual individuals and institutions. The church building was supposed to be converted into a club. However, the church remained empty, with the exception of the basement, which was used as a warehouse.

In 1993, the church of the former Malinovsky Skete was returned to the Old Believer community and re-consecrated in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. From the same year, divine services began, which were officially stopped back in 1933. The governor of Nizhny Novgorod and the mayor of the city of Bor V. Ivanov allocated money for the restoration of the temple.

Malinovsky skit July 24th, 2013

In a rather remote area of ​​the Borsky district, near the village of Filippovskoye, there is the only surviving Old Believer skete - Malinovsky. It is not as old and famous as its neighbors from the Semenovsky district, it was created in the middle of the 19th century and was maintained by a prominent figure, merchant, industrialist Nikolai Bugrov. All buildings were put here for his money and the money of another major merchant, Makariy Blinov.

The first time I came here just to look at the church, as it is one of the few Old Believer churches in our region, and, perhaps, the largest. However, having been there once, I decided to go back and try to get to know the people who live there. For the second time, I managed not only to see the interiors of the church, but also to get acquainted with both the rector and the few parishioners.

The village of Filippovskoye is located in the middle of such beauty, on the banks of the river, and the Malinovsky Skete is a little further from the village.

The main building of the skete - the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built in 1912, was originally Vladimirskaya, but in the 90s it was re-consecrated in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God.

Outside, it is decorated with magnificent tiles.

Next to the skete is the skete cemetery, which is still visited by residents of neighboring villages and villages.

When I arrived, it turned out that some kind of service was just beginning. In general, I don’t go to Orthodox churches, only sometimes, when there is some kind of inner impulse, I go, but most often these are small, modest rural churches. In Nizhny there is no desire to visit churches for some reason. And here there was a desire to come in - either it was just curiosity, since I had never been to the Old Believer churches before, or because there were very few parishioners. Although most likely some third option. However, I know perfectly well that it is impossible for non-strovers to go beyond the porch. So I stood there and watched the service begin. However, when a woman from the church shop saw me (later it turned out to be the wife of the priest who was conducting the service), she invited me to enter and write a note about health. We talked a little and she offered me to shoot the interiors and even the service itself, which I didn’t count on at all!

Church interiors. In the Soviet period, as was customary, the church was not used as soon as it was, so almost no frescoes survived, only faded outlines. Now almost everywhere they have been completely restored.

I think in the last photo, an attentive reader noticed Nikolai Bugrov - a major industrialist and merchant, one of the leaders of the Nizhny Novgorod Old Believers, the founder of the Malinovsky Skete (he holds it in his hands). What's strange here? And the fact that for some reason he is depicted here as a saint! After the service, I asked mother Irina about this strange painting - she said that its image would be painted over. A strange fact, of course.

Father Alexander

On the right are the parishioners, who are also the church choir. I will talk about this a little later.

I don’t really understand the intricacies of the Old Believer service, so I won’t comment

There are not many parishioners at all - both in principle their small number and the rather remote location of the church affect.

Even people unfamiliar with Christian services are immediately struck by the peculiar church singing. The Old Believers did not accept either the new polyphonic singing or the new type of musical notation. Until now, they use the so-called hook (znamenny) singing. It is necessary to sing in your natural voice, all unanimously. Moreover, initially, church choirs were exclusively male, but now, most often, female.

This is what a songbook looks like.

How it looks live

Several nuns live in the skete, but only one of them was in the service, the rest were on a trip

Fencing with a cross and distribution of dora

After that, Father Alexander read a short sermon

After the festive service, I was invited to dine with all the parishioners. How to refuse this?

By the way, if you have a desire to visit this skete or service, you will only be welcome here!

or The Adventures of Nizhny Novgorod Photo-Sectarians

It turned out to be a fine day - it was a sin not to spend it outside the hustle and bustle of the city. No sooner said than done, and now two motorized carts are rushing several photography enthusiasts from Nizhny Novgorod straight to the north.

Before reaching just some 1200 km to the Arctic Circle, we made a stop at the Malinovsky Skete.

Who in Nizhny Novgorod has not heard of the Bugrov merchants and industrialists? Sam A.M. Gorky called his contemporary Nikolai Alexandrovich Bugrov none other than the "Specific Prince of Nizhny Novgorod."
What can we say, if Gorky not only writes an essay about Bugrov, but also the action of the famous play "At the Bottom" takes place in a rooming house built with Bugrov's funds.
At the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, N.A. Bugrov is the richest and most influential of the Nizhny Novgorod millionaires, a philanthropist and patron of the Old Believers.

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bugrov (1839-1911) (picture from Wikipedia)

But back to the Malinovsky Skete.
The skete existed even before Bugrov, and he was not the only one who cared about his well-being (and, for example, the Blinovs), but it was at the request of Bugrov that in 1908 the architect A.M. Veshnyakov is developing a project of a stone, red brick church of the traditional "ship" type with an architectural hipped bell tower.

Bugrov himself supplements the project by increasing the number of domes from one to five and adding a large number of colored tiled inserts.

The construction of the temple in honor of the Vladimir Mother of God was completed in 1911.
Unfortunately, Nikolai Alexandrovich did not live to see the realization of his
dreams - the construction of a large officially authorized temple, he died on April 16, 1911 at the 73rd year of his life. In memory of the benefactor in the church, to the right of the entrance, his portrait was depicted with the image of the newly built temple.

The fate of this church after the revolution was similar to the fate of most other churches: all the buildings of the skete were sold to private individuals and institutions. The church was supposed to be converted into a club, but for some reason it remained empty, with the exception of the basement, which was used as a warehouse. Worship services were officially discontinued in 1933.

In 1993, the church of the former Malinovsky Skete was returned to the Old Believer community and re-lit in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. Divine services began the same year.
By a resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region dated July 21, 1994, the Malinovsky Skete complex was taken under state protection as a monument of history and culture of regional significance.
To date, a number of stone and wooden structures have been preserved on the territory of the skete, as well as a cemetery where the Bugrovs and the Blinovs seem to rest.

And after the Malinovsky Skete, we went west ...
There will be a continuation soon.

The Malinovsky skete is the only one of our ancient Orthodox sketes that has been preserved and even operates. Now it is a convent of the Russian Old Orthodox Church.
This Pearl is located away from the hustle and bustle in a picturesque place...

According to the stories of the nuns of the monastery, it happens that in winter so much snow falls that when it melts in the spring, you can’t leave the skete or leave the skete. Probably our Christians, who were running away from their persecutors, thought so. In the middle of the 19th century, there were no paved roads here, and most likely, electric trains rushing along the railway were not heard.

And it’s almost impossible for a modern person who is accustomed to the “conveniences of civilization”, for whom his personal “ego” comes first, to imagine how it was possible (and why ?!) risking his life to go into the dense forests and live simply in order to preserve your faith.

Asking yourself the question: could you do the same? You wait a long time and look inside yourself for some voice to answer you - “yes, I could”, it seems to you that you are already hearing it, it seems that something deep inside wants to say these simple words and it seems to you, that's it, now your conscience will be calm. But! You don’t hear this, but the gospel words come to mind: “... and what is sown in thorns means the one who hears the word, but the care of this world and the seduction of wealth stifles the word, and it becomes fruitless.” But what's on the scales? On the one hand, the care of this world and the deception of wealth, and on the other? On the other hand, the Kingdom of Heaven!

“What is the Kingdom of Heaven like? And what shall I liken him to? “... the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which, having found, a person hid, and out of joy about it, he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field. Still like the Kingdom of Heaven to a merchant looking for good pearls, who, having found one precious pearl, went and sold everything he had and bought it.

The history of our pearl is interesting. The appearance of the name "Malinovsky Skete" is not known to anyone - where this place got such a name is unknown.

It is known that by order of Pitirim (the New Believer leader of the persecutors of ancient Orthodox Christians - Nizhny Novgorod archbishop) from 1721 to 1737, all Kerzhensky sketes and Malinovsky, presumably, were burned with the help of military units sent here.

However, the Decree of October 16, 1762 softened the policy towards ancient Orthodox Christians, this Decree allowed the return of Christians who emigrated due to persecution to their homeland.

By this time, there is an increase in the number of sketes in the Semenov forests.

Life is being restored in the Malinovsky skete.

Thanks to the decree, the Kerzhensky sketes began to grow again, receiving significant financial support from the Moscow merchants. So - then falling into disrepair, then resuming, the Malinovsky skete lasted until the end of the 19th century.

Today we have an interesting description of the Malinovsky Skete: “ surrounded by a high stone fence with towers and strong gates, this skete on its vast area has many stone and wooden buildings and outbuildings for various purposes».

The sketes have always been the spiritual centers of ancient Orthodoxy, the spiritual forces of the Church were concentrated here and it was possible to carry out spiritual activities. From here came the leadership of the Church, the priests were sent out. Such centers were Kerzhenets, Starodubye, Vetka and Irgiz.

Today, stone fences and towers are missing.

However, there are preserved buildings and most importantly - the church.

In 1908 the architect A.M. Veshnyakov is developing a project for a stone, red brick church of the traditional "ship" type with a hipped bell tower.

However, the customer, who was Nikola Alexandrovich Bugrov, makes his own changes: instead of one dome - five, and the building is decoratedcolored tiles. The project was approved by the construction department of the Nizhny Novgorod Provincial Administration in 1909, and the construction of the temple itself was completed in 1911. The temple was consecrated in honor ofVladimir Icon of the Mother of God.

According to A.P. Melnikov (son of P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky), “at the beginning of the 20th century. The Malinovsky skete stood out sharply among other sketes of the Nizhny Novgorod Trans-Volga region, differing in exemplary order and arrangement. This became possible thanks to the special patronage of the same merchants Nikolai Bugrov and Makariy Blinov, to whom it actually belonged (In this regard, the people of the skete are still sometimes called the "Blinovskaya Dacha").
Nizhny Novgorod newspapers wrote about the illumination of the Malinovskaya Church in the following way: “a solemn illumination of the stone church at the Malinovsky Monastery built by the famous benefactor N.A. Bugrov was completed. The consecration was very solemn in the presence of numerous Old Believer clergy. The temple amazes with the decoration of the most ancient icons and luxurious painting from the originals. At the solemn consecration were Z.A. Bugrova, F.A. Asonov and many visiting Old Believers. Despite the hot working hours, there were many peasants.”

Complicated in its volumetric and spatial composition, the red-brick church is made in the Russian style, and unlike many churches of the early 20th century. with their accentuated asymmetry, it has a traditional "ship" type layout. On the longitudinal axis of the building are “strung” the volumes of a covered porch, a three-tier hipped bell tower with two service rooms adjacent to its base, in the northern of which there is a cast-iron spiral staircase leading to the basement and to the belfry, a spacious refectory, a quadrangle of the temple with side narthexes and a five-sided altar apses. The facades of the church are exquisitely ornate, thanks to the combination of red-brick walls with numerous polychrome tiles and white stucco details.

Tiles have the ancient Russian name "irrigation" (glaze) - the Russian name for the composition for coating ceramic products, which forms a glassy alloy during firing. The production of glazed products ceased in Rus' after the Mongol-Tatar invasion, and resumed in the 14th century, and by the 17th century facing decorative tiles were already being produced.

All windows had thin metal bindings and colored stained-glass windows. The decoration of the narthexes is interesting, as well as the western porch, which has a gable finish and spherical supports with a curb ribbon in the middle part.

Vladimirskaya Church, built with the money of N.A. Bugrov, became the last major building on the territory of the monastery. Unfortunately, Nikolai Alexandrovich did not live to see his dream come true - the construction of a large officially authorized temple, he died on April 16, 1911 at the age of 73. But in memory of the benefactor in the church, to the right of the entrance, his portrait was depicted with the image of the newly built temple.

The fate of the church was tragic, it existed until 1925, when the monastery was liquidated, and the buildings were sold to individuals and institutions. However, the church remained empty, with the exception of the basement, which was used as a warehouse. But for a long time the pulse of church life did not stop beating, in the plundered temple, secretly, behind closed doors and shutters, people gathered for prayer.

In 1993, the church of the former Malinovsky Skete was returned to the Old Orthodox community and re-lit in honor of Kazan icons Mother of God. From the same year, divine services began, which were officially stopped back in 1933.

The complex of the Malinovsky skete, in addition to developing a project for the restoration of the church, requires further research into the skete's connections with nearby settlements (the village of Filippovskoye, where the Old Believer almshouse was located, Popovo - the birthplace of the Bugrovs, etc.), with the possible determination of the boundaries of a unique historical territory associated with history ancient Orthodoxy.

In general, the complex of the Malinovsky Skete is perhaps the only example of an ancient Orthodox monastery that has been preserved on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region, in any case, it was not equal to it in the late XIX - early. XX centuries and not to this day.

The Malinovsky Skete is located 32 kilometers from Nizhny Novgorod, in the Nizhny Novgorod Trans-Volga region, behind the picturesque Linda River near the village of Filipovskoye.

Currently, services are held here on Sundays and holidays.

Used sources:

TO urse work of a student of the Faculty of History of the UNN
Vasilyeva Olga.

Site materials:
www.museum.nnov.ru
www.uic.unn.ru/~dofa/pers/bugrov.htm

Why did we choose this symbol?

As a symbol of the Bor region, our group chose a unique architectural monument, the spiritual center of the original Russian culture and the Old Believers, the Malinovsky Skete. We believe that it is he who is the most significant cultural and historical object for the history of the Nizhny Novgorod province on Bor land.

Why did we choose it?

Firstly, this is the only example of an Old Believer monastery that has been preserved on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region, one of the few in Russia. The Malinovsky Skete complex includes the Kazan Church, wooden and stone residential buildings, a kitchen, the remains of a stone fence, the remains of outbuildings, a cemetery gate, a gatehouse, and an Old Believer cemetery. The church with a bell tower (1908-1912), built in the Russian style, has no equal in luxury of murals and architectural fantasy among the Old Believer churches.

Secondly, it is one of the most ancient places of worship in the district. It has a 300-year history and was first mentioned in the documents of 1788 as restored after being burned by the order of Patriarch Pitirim. Its history, like the entire history of the Nizhny Novgorod region, contains tragic pages of attack, heroic defense, and devastation.

Thirdly, the dynasties of famous Nizhny Novgorod benefactors Bugrovs and Blinovs are connected with him. The graves of the founder of the Bugrov dynasty, Pyotr Yegorovich and his wife, as well as Fyodor Blinov, are located at the Sktisk cemetery.

Fourthly, now the skete is being revived as a spiritual abode: internal restoration work is almost completed in it, a convent has recently begun to operate on its territory.

Lost among the Bor forests

When we learned about the project "Symbols of the Nizhny Novgorod Land", we immediately decided: we will participate! We liked everything: the uniqueness and novelty of the idea itself, the variety of tasks, the opportunity to really help a place dear to our hearts. What to choose as a symbol of the Bor region was decided immediately and unanimously. A priceless pearl, lost among the ancient endless forests - the Malinovsky Skete!

We saw it for the first time a few years ago when we were invited to the project "Borsk Land - a Part of Great Russia". What protected and widely known places of the boundless Bor region we did not visit then! But the Malinovsky skete was particularly etched in my memory. Like our pain, our desecrated memory, our lost greatness. Then, looking at the rickety leaky domes, the leaky roof, the bricks overgrown with moss, the half-rotted frames, the cracked mosaics, the collapsed stucco molding, we could hardly hold back tears. The temple has already begun to be restored. Here they removed the garbage, swept clean the whole huge room, put a bouquet of flowers in the place of the looted altar. From the peeling walls, barely guessed, the darkened, desecrated faces of the saints looked mournfully at us. And the wind walked in the once elegant majestic temple.

But abandoned churches throughout Russia are innumerable. Why does our symbol deserve special attention? Our group did not look for arguments for long, because they have been haunting us for a long time. Firstly, this is the only example of an Old Believer monastery that has been preserved on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region, one of the few in Russia. The Kazan church with a bell tower (1908–1912) was built in the Russian style and had no equal in terms of luxury of murals and architectural fantasy. The facades of the church were exquisitely ornate thanks to the combination of red brick walls with colored tiles and white stucco. All windows had thin metal bindings and colored stained-glass windows. The porch resembled the porch of an old Russian tower. The temple impressed contemporaries with the decoration of ancient icons and luxurious paintings.

Secondly, it is one of the most ancient places of worship in the district. It has 300 years of history and is first mentioned in documents. 1788 as restored after burning by order of Patriarch Pitirim. Its history, like the entire history of the Nizhny Novgorod region, contains tragic pages of attack, heroic defense, and devastation. Thirdly, p according to the testimony of P. Melnikov, the Malinovsky skete stood out sharply among other sketes of the Nizhny Novgorod Trans-Volga region with exemplary order and arrangement. And fourthly, the dynasties of famous Nizhny Novgorod benefactors Bugrovs and Blinovs are connected with him. At the Sktisk cemetery there are the graves of the founder of the Bugrov dynasty - Pyotr Yegorovich and his wife, as well as Fyodor Blinov. And the temple itself and all the stone structures were built on the initiative and with the money of the greatest patron of the Nizhny Novgorod region - Nikolai Alexandrovich Bugrov. In his last years, he considered this the main business of life and bequeathed to bury himself here.s.

We considered it our duty to follow the fate of the skete. There have been big changes in recent years: By a resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the complex of the Malinovsky Skete was taken under state protection as a historical and cultural monument of regional significance, and the municipal authorities and philanthropists began to help the temple. The temple has been restored. But it has been neglected for too long, and there is still a lot to be done.

How we once again visited this holy place lost in the forests, what we have done and are going to do for it, we tell on our project website and in the Malinovsky Skit magazine specially created for the project. To them we open a series of magazines"Symbols of the land of Nizhny Novgorod", which we propose to create as part of the project. We were surprised and very pleased that parents were actively involved in it. They offered to take the group to the skete in their cars on the very first day off, to help in compiling a route, a virtual map, a brand, a photo essay. Dads were driving, moms were nearby, organizing children. From the trip, everyone returned a little different.

In long disputes and reflections, a plan was drawn up, they have already begun to implement it, tell, show, and convince. For now, that's all we can. There is still a lot of work ahead. Not for one month, not for one year. Do you want to see our symbol? Read a magazine about him? Stay there? Would you like to help restore it? Come! You will be welcomed there with respect and gratitude. All information can be found on the project website, on the pages of our group. Yes! I almost forgot: vote for our symbol!

Elena Tretyakova, MBOU Lyceum, Bor,

Head of the group "Local Historians of Bor"