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Pskov region arts and culture

The ancient Russian mural painting of the Pskov school is preserved in Mirozhsky Monastery, Snetogorsky Nunnery and the Dormition Temple of Meletovo.

The border location of the Region and its constant struggle against the enemies facilitated the development of defense architecture, which led to the formation of the unique ensemble of the Pskov Kremlin and Daumantas’ Settlement in the 9-13th centuries. By the early 16th century the reconstruction of fortification of the Circuitous Town was completed in stone. Pskov became the largest fortress of Russ, protected by 4 belts of stone walls and 39 battle towers. Civil architecture was also flourishing reaching its peak by the 17th century, when Pskov already was part to Muscovy. It is represented by the well-known Romanov Hill Chambers encapsulating an entire ensemble of civic buildings, Pogankins’ Chambers, Rusinovs’ Chambers, Podznoyevs’ Chambers and Trubinskys’ Chambers etc.

The proximity to Petersburg and Moscow provided for broad development of noble estate architecture. The largest representatives of this architecture are Count Stroganov’s Estate in Volyshovo, incorporating about 50 buildings of various types with a huge park and stables, and Prince Gagarin’s Estate in Kholomki. Many a home cultural agent tied their destinies to the Pskov Land. The Estates of Rimsky-Korsakov in Lyubensk and Vechasha, M.P. Mussorgsky in Naumovo, S.V. Kovalevskaya in Polibino etc. are carefully conserved.

The medieval architecture is well supplemented by the preserved ensemble of the provincial Pskov, which yields further originality to the monuments of history and culture.