The history of the village of Zavalino goes back to the times of the appanage principalities in Rus'. The settlement arose during the existence of the Yuryev appanage principality. Along the Peksha River, forest abatis were made - blockages that made it difficult for the Tatar-Mongol army to pass. Apparently, such a blockage also existed near this place; later, a small settlement arose here, which later grew into the village of Zavalino.
In 1815, at the expense of the landowner Elizaveta Feodorovna Akinfova (1762-1839), the aunt of Alexander Griboyedov, a stone church with the same bell tower was built in Zavalino; it still exists today.
The church was erected in honor of Russia's victory over Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812. Five small boulders brought from the Borodino field, according to the plan of Elizabeth Feodorovna, were to additionally emphasize the connection of the temple of God with the exploits of Russian soldiers, including her two sons, who safely returned from that war. Four stones have survived to this day and lie in front of the church in the middle of a flower garden laid out by parishioners and the priest.
The owners of the estate in different years were the Kologrivovs, the Akinfovs, the Kruzenshterns, the Nenarokovs. At the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century, the village of Zavalino had two owners - the Akinfovs and Andrei Semenovich Kologrivov (a cavalry general, A.S. Griboyedov was his adjutant from 1813). While engaged in military and state affairs, recruiting for the army, Nikolai Ivanovich Kruzenshtern, the son of the outstanding Russian navigator Ivan Fyodorovich, traveled around the Vladimir province. During one of his visits to the Akinfovs and Kologrovov in Zavalino, he met Elizaveta Fyodorovna. In 1866, Nikolai Ivanovich retired and settled in the family estate of Elizaveta Fyodorovna. While still a senator, Kruzenshtern began breeding thoroughbred horses on his estates. His horses regularly participated in various competitions and often emerged victorious. When the adopted daughter of Nikolai Ivanovich and Elizaveta Fyodorovna turned 20, she was married to Vasily Fyodorovich Nenarokov. In 1867, they had a son, who was named Nikolai in honor of Nikolai Ivanovich. Nikolai Vasilyevich and his wife Alevtina Gennadyevna Karpova became the last owners of the estate before the revolution.
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