In the 17th and 19th centuries, the estate belonged to the noble families of Chernyshev, Saltykov, Myatlev, and Bobrishchev-Pushkin. The architectural ensemble included two large houses, a formal park with alleys, single-story wings, stables, kennels, and the stone Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, built in 1707. Earlier, in 1694, Vasily Chernyshev erected a wooden church here. In the late 19th century, two flour mills were built on the ponds.
In the first half of the 19th century, the estate was owned by the famous Russian poet Ivan Petrovich Myatlev, who was popular for his romances, humorous poems, and satires.
The Myatlev family, tracing its origins to Radsha, was an ancient noble lineage. Grigory Ivanovich Sliznev, nicknamed Myatel, became its progenitor in the 11th generation. I.P. Myatlev's grandfather, Vasily Alexeyevich, served as an admiral under Elizabeth Petrovna and was the governor of Siberia. He founded maritime schools in Irkutsk and Nerchinsk and established regulations for industrialists on the Aleutian Islands. He participated in the campaign against Frederick II in 1757-1758.
The Myatlevs owned extensive lands in the Mosalsk, Medyn, and Meshchovsk districts of the Kaluga province. The Myatlev house in Galkino, adorned with columns and verandas, was surrounded by an iron fence with monograms and noble coats of arms. To this day, parts of the estate remain, including a two-story wing, outbuildings, a park, and the ruins of the church. One of the buildings of the former estate housed a local school.
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