On the Simferopol highway

In the South of the Moscow region there are several noble estates. Along Simferopol highway, you can visit several estates: Ostafevo, Dubrovitsy, and Melikhovo. Manor Ostafyevo belonged to the princes of Viazemsky. Pushkin often came here. The estate of Dubrovitsy, which belonged to the princes Golitsyn, is located close to it.

50 kilometers from Moscow is the Melikhovo estate, where the great Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov lived. Next to it is the monastery of David's Deserts