The magnificent English Landscape Park was created in 1802, during the period of the highest heyday of the Linen Factory Estate. During the WWII, the park, like the house, was badly damaged, and for several decades it was in complete desolation. However, now the park has been partially restored and is of great interest. In some guidebooks, this park is called "Pushkin Park".
Guests enter the Linen Factory Estate through the Spassky Gate. They were built in 1736. The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was built next to them in 1741. Both buildings have survived to this day.
Near the main Manor House there is a huge oak tree called Kutuzovsky Oak. It is more than 200 years old. Next to the oak there is a memorial stone on which it is written "In the estate of the Linen Factory from October 27 to October 29, 1812, the Russian army and the headquarters of Marshal General His Serene Highness Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov were located. FROM HERE, Russian troops began to pursue Napoleon`s retreating army."
Near the oak there are ruins of a Carriage house, next to which the original Gates of the Stable Yard have been preserved. Local authorities are planning to restore the Stable Yard. Two tall columns can be seen nearby. This is the Park Gate, which served as the main entrance to the English Landscape Park of the estate Linen Factory. Here begins Pushkin Alley, which in some guidebooks is called Catherine Alley.
The alley reaches a length of 700 meters. Lime trees are planted along it, and in some places century-old oaks grow. Some of them were already growing up when Alexander Pushkin, in love, was walking here with his bride. Until the 20th century, the alley was called Catherine`s Alley, since not only Pushkin walked here, but also Empress Catherine II, who visited the Linen Factory in 1775.
The main part of the English Landscape Park is located inside the bend of the Sukhodrev riverbed. Linden trees, oaks and pines mainly grow in the park. On the high bank of the river there is a small pavilion "Milovida". In the 1960s, a monument to Pushkin was erected next to it. Next to the pavilion on the bank of the Sukhodrev River there is a small sandy beach where locals come to swim in summer.
Of particular interest is the forked oak. There is a sign next to it: "Lyre oak, planted in 1797." This oak was planted by the founder of the estate Linen Factory Afanasy Goncharov, and the oak remembers exactly how Pushkin walked here with his bride. There are oaks on Pushkin Alley, which were later also named after Pushkin.
For example, one of the oaks looks like a fountain and in honor of Pushkin`s poem "The fountain of Bakhchisaray", a sign "Fountain of Love, fountain of life" was installed next to the oak. These lines are reminiscent of Pushkin`s state of love when he came to the estate to his bride, having received consent from his mother for marriage.
