Marfino, Mytishchinsky District, Moscow Oblast

Marfino is a rural locality (a selo) in Fedoskinskoye Rural Settlement of Mytishchinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located several kilometers northeast of the town of Lobnya, on the right bank of the Ucha River.

It originally belonged to the Golovins, then was sold to dyak Semyon Zaborovsky in 1650, and in 1698, Boris Golitsyn, a mentor of the future Emperor Peter the Great, bought the estate.

They also turned the estate into a cultural center and organized stage and music performances which attracted visitors from Moscow.

The oldest remaining building is the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, built in 1707 by the architect Vladimir Belozerov.

[2] The main house (sometimes referred to as a palace) was built in the 18th century, but was completely rearranged by Bykovsky in the 1830s in the Gothic revival style.

Bus routes connect Marfino with Lobnya, Mytishchi, and Moscow (Altufyevo metro station).