Arkhangelskoye: A Country Estate of the 18th and 19th Centuries The country estate Arkhangelskoye is a wonderful monument of Russian culture from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. The estate is widely known for sublime beauty of the palace and park ensemble and its splendid collections of paintings, drawings, sculptures, pieces of applied art, and also rare books. In 1820s, the Arkhangelskoye had been already a popular and attractive centre of high life and art visited by Russian emperors, noblemen, politicians, famous poets and political writers, as well as more general public. It is no coincidence that the estate of Yusopov was categorized as a Moscow site. G. de Laveau, the author of "The Description of Moscow" published twice in 1824 and 1835, wrote that Arkhangelskoye was a magnificent village combining everything that could give charm to leisure activities of a nobleman.