Как добраться. Транспорт
На автомобиле:
Флёново расположено на трассе А-141 Смоленск — Рославль в 18 километрах от центра Смоленска. Проехав Талашкино, следует развернуться на повороте и проехать немного до указателя «Флёново 4», двигаться дальше по указателям. Проезд на территорию музейного комплекса на автотранспорте запрещен. Машину можно оставить на стоянке и дальше пройти пешком по липовой аллее.
На автобусе:
Из Смоленска до Флёново можно доехать на маршрутном такси № 130 с платформы № 1 или с площади Победы. С городского автовокзала автобус до Талашкино отправляется каждые 10 минут, так что проще доехать до Талашкино и оттуда до Флёново пройти пешком. (инф. с http://strana.ru/places/23048828/howtoget)
Описание (английский)
Talashkino is a selo in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast,
Russia, located 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Smolensk.
Talashkino
is notable because in the end of the 19th and in the beginning of the
20th century it belonged to Princess Maria Tenisheva, who created here an artistic colony. The buildings of the estate are currently split between Talashkino and a nearby village, Flyonovo.
Tenisheva, sponsored by her husband, Vladimir Tenishev, bought the
estate in 1893. She lived in Saint Petersburg, was educated as an
artist, was acquainted with many contemporary artists, and since 1894
run a free art studio in her house, supervised by Ilya Repin, the most influential Russian painter. She was also an art collector, and in 1898 she donated all of her collection to the Russian Museum. In 1900, she opened an artisan workshop, which mainly produced ceramic and carving, and invited Sergey Malyutin
to supervise it. The objective of Tenisheva was to create a "genuine
Russian style". Apprentices, selected by Malyutin, were local peasants.
Malyutin stayed in Talashkino until 1903, and in the meanwhile designed a
house in Flyonovo based on Russian fairy tales.
After 1903, the
workshop was taken over by Alexey Zinovyev and Vladimir Beketov, who were both under influence of Nicholas Roerich.
The production of the workshop was exhibited all over Russia on a
regular basis; in 1902, there was a large exhibition of Talashkino
products in Smolensk. Tenisheva also asked a phographer Ivan Barshchevsky
to organize a historical museum in Talashkino, with the purpose of
educating local peasants. The museum has proven to be too big and was in
1905 relocated to Smolensk. Tenisheva organized a theater and a balalaika orchestra (conducted by Vasily Lidin) in Talashkino as well. A number of Russian painters visited Tenisheva in Talashkino, including Ilya Repin, Konstantin Korovin, Mikhail Vrubel, and Nicolas Roerich.
In 1919, Tenisheva left Russia, and the estate was nationalized and
decayed. Most of the buildings were lost; those which survived currently
belong to the Smolensk Museum.