Mikhaylovskoye estate

Mikhaylovskoye is a family estate of Nadezhda Osipovna Gannibal, the mother of Pushkin. The Gannibals settled at the estate in 1742 when Empress Elizabeth gave it to Abram Petrovich Gannibal who served Peter I. Pushkin called him the «Moor of Peter the Great». His son, Osip Gannibal, built there a house and planted a park, which layout was preserved to our days.