10 km from the regional center in the village of Saburovo is, perhaps, one of the unusual and little-known sights of the Orel region. This is the so-called Saburovskaya fortress.
This amazing building was founded in the 18th century, which was the estate of the noble Kamensky family.
Mikhail Kamensky, the hero of the Russian-Turkish war, field marshal, stylized his estate as a fortress as a monument to the victories of Russian weapons in the Russian-Turkish wars. The walls of the fortress are nothing but the fence of the estate. The towers of the fortress had their purpose for household needs.
After the revolution of 1917, the estate was plundered, and in subsequent years it was only destroyed. As a result, only fragments of the former grandeur of the walls and structures have survived to this day.
The most well-preserved is the northern part of the wall with numerous towers and various ledges.
Near the Saburovskaya fortress, the church built by the Kamenskys has been restored and is already functioning.
During my school years, my class and I often came here to harvest potatoes at the local collective farm, and we sneakily ran to these walls. They seemed huge and powerful to us. Then we did not think about the history of this place, but these walls beckoned us with their mysteries.
Unfortunately, a quarter of a century after that, nothing has changed in this fabulous fortress of the Oryol region, despite promises of restoration.
This amazing building was founded in the 18th century, which was the estate of the noble Kamensky family.
Mikhail Kamensky, the hero of the Russian-Turkish war, field marshal, stylized his estate as a fortress as a monument to the victories of Russian weapons in the Russian-Turkish wars. The walls of the fortress are nothing but the fence of the estate. The towers of the fortress had their purpose for household needs.
After the revolution of 1917, the estate was plundered, and in subsequent years it was only destroyed. As a result, only fragments of the former grandeur of the walls and structures have survived to this day.
The most well-preserved is the northern part of the wall with numerous towers and various ledges.
Near the Saburovskaya fortress, the church built by the Kamenskys has been restored and is already functioning.
During my school years, my class and I often came here to harvest potatoes at the local collective farm, and we sneakily ran to these walls. They seemed huge and powerful to us. Then we did not think about the history of this place, but these walls beckoned us with their mysteries.
Unfortunately, a quarter of a century after that, nothing has changed in this fabulous fortress of the Oryol region, despite promises of restoration.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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