ОСОБЕННОСТИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ДАЛЬНИХ УСАДЕБ ВЫСШЕЙ ЗНАТИ НА ТЕРРИТОРИИ ЯМБУРГСКОГО УЕЗДА САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОЙ ГУБЕРНИИ

Abstract

In this article, specific features of high society distant country estates are studied on the example of Yamburgsky Uyezd, including their common and distinct characteristics regarding usual nobleman’s and high society’s country estates, located in nearest territories. Objects of this type in other regions and abroad existed in much smaller numbers, which indicates their characteristic belonging to the St. Petersburg agglomeration. It describes methodology of research, which is based on studying of archives, bibliographical, cartographic resources and natural survey with following systematization of results. It shows analysis of landscape and geographical specificity allocation, density of country dispersion, historical and architectural planning parameters of complexes. Average indicators of areas of personal estates, their way of life and variants of functional stuffing are revealed. For the particular example, the following country estates are studied – Preobrazhenskaya, Pustomerzha and Bereznyaki.
 Actuality of this article is stipulated by the problems of rapid loosing large complexes of country estates, difficulties of adaptation for using in present reality due to extended territory, huge amount of buildings for variable functionality and the significant distance from Saint Petersburg. As a result of the study, the features of distant estates of the highest nobility are identified, which determine their uniqueness and are necessary for further work on creating proposals for their preservation and adaptation, for possible integration into the tourist infrastructure