Saburovskaya Fortress

The land in Saburovo was granted to Fedot Mikhailovich Kamensky in 1742. He built the Church of Archangel Michael here. After his death in 1755, the estate passed to his son. General Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky, in the intervals between the Russian-Turkish soldiers, was engaged in the arrangement and construction of the estate in Saburovo. It is interesting that 6 bells hung on the bell tower in the church, one of which was cast from a Turkish cannon.

In his spare time from warriors, the general builds a manor not just in the Turkish style, but a fortress as a "monument to the glory of Russian weapons", and all these massive walls and high towers should immortalize the feat of Russian soldiers. The manor house itself burned down, only the foundation remained. Massive walls are destroyed in places and of course there is no trace of the unique orchard that occupied almost the entire territory of the estate. Fortress area 15 hectares.

Let's see what's left now. The first thing that catches your eye is the pyramids. What is it? some kind of burial place like in Egypt? No, it's .. refrigerators. Pyramidal structures are refrigerators. In winter ice cut from the Tson River was stored here. And stored food.

Why triangular in shape? The fact is that the style of the estate was conceived as a Turkish defensive fortress. And the Turks had exactly the same, pyramidal shape, powder stores. The triangular shape contributed to the better reflection of the cannonballs, thereby keeping the powder from the explosion.

The northern wall is the best preserved. It is she who is compared to the walls of Constantinople. The size of the property is impressive. This is not the current 6 acres. There used to be a magnificent orchard on these lands.

It is difficult to imagine the functional purpose of these towers in the calm Central Russian plain. Most likely, they stored some kind of inventory for the maintenance of the garden. Oriental-style arches that are gradually collapsing.

Three-story tower. The count's guard garrison was located here. Inside, you can still see the places of the former ceilings. And how thick the walls are. Not less than a meter. Now the Saburovskaya fortress is a monument in federal ownership and there are plans to restore the estate.

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