In the 18th and 19th centuries, several estates were located in the territory of Bogoyavlensky, primarily owned by the Losevs and Titovs. The main estate of the Losevs has survived in that part of Bogoyavlensky now known as the village of Razdolye. In the center of the village, not far from the church, the manor house belonging to the Titovs, Islenyevs, and Bode still stands.
The traditions of estate life established by the Venevitinovs and Losevs were upheld by their relatives, the Titovs. The Titov estate in Bogoyavlensky is one of the oldest, alongside the Venevitinov estate in Starozhivotinnoe. According to family legend, the noble branch of the Titovs traces its origins to the German knight Tetau, who arrived in Novgorod with an army for the Grand Duke. His descendant, Stepan Arefyevich Titov, settled in Voronezh and was recorded in the list of the Belgorod table in the year 183 (according to modern dating, 1674 or 1675) for his service in Novgorod and Voronezh.
As early as the 17th century, S.A. Titov owned estates around the Veduga River and became related to the Losevs by marrying the widow of the boyar Osip Losev's son, Marfa. His son, Ivan Stepanovich Titov, was appointed by Peter I as the head of the admiralty company in the 1690s. Ivan Titov, like his associates Anton Venevitinov and Ivan Losev, received important state assignments; for example, in 1700, he was tasked with inspecting and describing forests suitable for shipbuilding and producing mast logs. In the 1720s, nobleman I.S. Titov became a co-owner of the first wool factory in Voronezh along with Faddey Venevitinov.
Ivan Titov had two sons: Peter and Larion, who inherited the estate in Bogoyavlensky. In the 1770s, the estate owners here were Peter Ivanovich and his nephew Dmitry Larionovich Titov.
The manor house of the estate was rebuilt in the late 18th and early 19th centuries: the first floor had baroque-style window openings bricked up, and elements of classicism were added to the architecture: the building has a rectangular layout, symmetrical facades, and a concise decor above the windows. The main entrance was located on the northeast end facade, where traces of the staircase leading to the second-floor balcony remain.
Unfortunately, the valuable two-story house is in a semi-ruined state, without a roof and windows, and is slowly deteriorating. It is surrounded by dacha plots, has no owner, and is not included in the register of protected monuments. All outbuildings of the estate have been lost.
There is hope that the walls of the mansion will stand for a long time. The reviving monastery plans to use the former manor house for its needs.
The Bogoyavlensky church was built in 1748 by Lieutenant Colonel Peter Bogdanovich Losev with the support of other landowners. It is the oldest rural church among all those preserved in the former Voronezh province. The church has now been fully restored.
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