In 1857, Karl Ivanovich Shlippe, a well-known Russian industrialist and chemist, acquired the Nemerzskoye estate in the Meshchovsky district of Smolensk province. This estate included 6,000 desyatins of land and 1,200 serfs. The estate was registered in the name of his wife, Agnessa Fedorovna, while Karl Ivanovich entrusted its management to his son, Vladimir. Vladimir later had a successful career, becoming a chamberlain, governor of Yekaterinoslav and Tula, as well as a member of the State Council. The Nemerzskoye estate passed to his brother, Gustav Karlovich Shlippe, who built the main house of the estate.
In the village of Nemerzki, located four kilometers from the Shlipovo station, one can still see the ruins of a two-story house with a turret in the pseudo-Gothic style. Decorative cornices and zinc embellishments have survived on the walls and turret. This house was the center of the Shlippe family's estate.
Karl Ivanovich Shlippe, a hereditary nobleman and knight of the Russian Empire, is known for his invention in chemistry, Shlippe salt, which replaced saltpeter in gunpowder production and was actively used in the Crimean War.
The Shlippe family owned many estates, including in the villages of Plesenkoe, Redkino, and Tashirovo in the Moscow province. Therefore, Karl Ivanovich transferred the management of Nemerzskoye to his 22-year-old son, Vladimir, who significantly developed it. Thanks to him, a large apple orchard was established, yielding an income of 20,000 rubles every other year. Vladimir Karlovich also succeeded in public service, holding high positions and receiving the rank of actual state councilor. His estate, Lyubanovo, became a sanatorium after the revolution, where Felix Dzerzhinsky rested.
After Vladimir, the estate passed to his brother Gustav, who continued its development. He built the main house of the estate, the ruins of which remain in Nemerzki. Gustav also developed industry in the region, establishing the first plywood factory in Kaluga province in the village of Chernyshevo. Thanks to him, the toponym "Shlipovo" emerged: he allocated land for the railway and the station named in his honor. The station building and water tower have survived to this day.
During the Soviet era, the house in Nemerzki was used as a club, but now only ruins with Gothic turrets, a birdhouse, and fragments of a linden park remain.
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