Karabikha is a village in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. The great Russian poet Nikolay Nekrasov lived and worked there for some time. Now there is a Nekrasov memorial museum in the village. It is the only literary museum in the Yaroslavl region. It is located in the estate formerly owned by the poet and it has retained its original appearance of the 18th to early 20th centuries until now. Karabikha is a palace-type estate which is typical for this period of Classicism. The estate architectural ensemble includes residential houses and household building, beautiful regular and landscape parks and a cascade of ponds. The main architectural ensemble comprises one main building with two wings, which used to be connected by the two-storey galleries. Nekrasov had visisted Karabikha in 1862 – 1875 in summer time. At Karabikha Nekrasov loved to hunt and swim, as well as write. There he wrote his famous poems "Russian Women", "The Contemporaries" "Grandfather Frost the Red Nose", "Kalistrat", "Orina, the Soldier's Mother". There he also worked over his poem "Who Is Happy in Russia?". His friends such as Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Alexander Ostrovsky, Dmitry Grigorovich, Ivan Gorbunov visited him in Karabikha summer residence. His lover Celine Lefresne, french actress also once made visit to Karabikha. In 1921 the estate formally became Nekrasov memorial museum. The memorial departure was opened in 1951. The author of the exhibitins and founder of the museum is A.F.Tarasov. Exterior and interior of the manor is restored fully in accordance with the XVII-XIX century, the exhibition presents the personal belongings of the poet. There are more than 15 thousand of rare books and magazines, a lot of portraits of the people who lived there, a collection of tableware and other interesting things. The museum regularly becomes a venue for theatrical festivals dedicated to Nekrasov and Russian literature.
Karabikha is a palace-type estate which is typical for this period of Classicism. The estate architectural ensemble includes residential houses and household building, beautiful regular and landscape parks and a cascade of ponds. The main architectural ensemble comprises one main building with two wings, which used to be connected by the two-storey galleries.
Nekrasov had visisted Karabikha in 1862 – 1875 in summer time. At Karabikha Nekrasov loved to hunt and swim, as well as write. There he wrote his famous poems "Russian Women", "The Contemporaries" "Grandfather Frost the Red Nose", "Kalistrat", "Orina, the Soldier's Mother". There he also worked over his poem "Who Is Happy in Russia?". His friends such as Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Alexander Ostrovsky, Dmitry Grigorovich, Ivan Gorbunov visited him in Karabikha summer residence. His lover Celine Lefresne, french actress also once made visit to Karabikha.
In 1921 the estate formally became Nekrasov memorial museum. The memorial departure was opened in 1951. The author of the exhibitins and founder of the museum is A.F.Tarasov. Exterior and interior of the manor is restored fully in accordance with the XVII-XIX century, the exhibition presents the personal belongings of the poet. There are more than 15 thousand of rare books and magazines, a lot of portraits of the people who lived there, a collection of tableware and other interesting things.
The museum regularly becomes a venue for theatrical festivals dedicated to Nekrasov and Russian literature.