The organization of the household was so efficient that it alone could fully satisfy the needs of the tsar's court. One of the biggest zoos in Europe at that time could also be found in Izmaylovo manor. Unfortunately, after the death of Aleksey Mikhailovich the estates were abandoned and a lot of the buildings and facilities fell into decline. When he was a child, Peter the Great used the territory and the gardens for his war games; the remains of the redoubts he built are still partially preserved.
Aleksey Mikhailovich
Peter the Great