Gibkino

At present, it has not been possible to find sources that reliably describe the origin of the name of the village. Surprising is the fact that the name of the village is unique - it is the only village in Russia with that name.

The village is located about 100 km south of Moscow , 10 km from the Oka River, on the banks of the Sknizhka or Skniga River . Adjacent to the village of Malakhovo-2 and the village of Galkino .

Nearest cities: Serpukhov , Pushchino , Aleksin , Yasnogorsk , Tula .

In this area there passes a strip of broad-leaved forests, called the “ Tula Forests” - a strip of broad-leaved forests (oak forests with linden, maple, ash, elm, etc.), passing along the border with the forest-steppe zone in the south. In the XVI-XVII centuries, these forests served as the protection of the southern borders of the Russian state from raids by the Tatars and were under special protection. Zaseki represented a strip of impassable forests on the border of the forest-steppe and steppe. In the serif forests, trees were specially cut to prevent riders and horse-drawn carts from moving.

Tula Zaseki was part of the ancient Great Serif Line and is considered the largest defensive structure of Ancient Russia. Now these forests, performing the sanitary-improving function, make up the state forest fund.

The climate in the village of Gibkino is temperate continental, with a characteristic cold climate in this winter and warm summers . The average annual temperature is +5 ° C. The period with positive temperatures lasts 220-250 days.

During the Great Patriotic War in November-December 1941 , fierce battles were fought here. The German offensive was stopped a few kilometers from the village. Near the village there are several monuments and mass graves of the Great Patriotic War.

Most of the population is currently summer residents who come for the weekend or in the summer.

• By car: on the M2 highway (new Simferopol highway );
• By train: from Moscow from the Kursk station in the Kursk direction to the Tarusskaya station, then by bus or on foot;
• By minibus from Moscow from the bus station near the Krasnogvardeiskaya metro station (to Aleksin).

In 2018, in agreement with the local administration, the construction of the Taste of Childhood sports field with a freeride track began in the village. On an abandoned site, the Roll All Day biker team is equipping a spot for riding and cycling. It is planned to equip a playground here. Residents believe that the new public space will become a growth point for the village.

• 6 kilometers away is the village of Aleksandrovka , in which the remains of the old Temple, destroyed in the 20s of the 20th century, are preserved.
• 8 kilometers away is the village of Yakovlevo , which contains the remains of the destroyed Holy Kazan Temple, the construction of which dates back to the middle of the 16th century.

• 10 kilometers away is the village of Bolotovo , associated with the name of the great Russian scientist-agronomist A.T. Bolotov .
   

  Andrey Bolotov

Previously, the peasants of the scientist lived in Bolotovo, and his family estate was nearby, in the village of Dvoryaninovo , where the Museum currently works, where you can get acquainted with the household items and works of the scientist.

• At 12 kilometers from the village is the Museum-Estate of V. D. Polenov .
   

  Portrait of Polenov brush Repin

The museum was opened to visitors after the revolution, from the 30s of the 20th century on the site of the Artist’s House, built at the end of the 19th century according to the drawings of Polenov himself. At the initiative of this great Russian artist, in the beginning of the 20th century the Church of the Holy Trinity was built for peasants, which to this day is active. This Temple is located just 10 kilometers from Gibkino, in the village of Bykhovo , on the high bank of the Oka .

• 5 kilometers away, in the village of Savino, there is a museum complex dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Varyag feat, where the hero of the Russian-Japanese war, captain of the Varyag cruiser Vsevolod Fedorovich Rudnev , is buried.