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The mansion of Russian hussar
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in History, Photos, Regions, Travel
According to the legend Russian hussar colonel Vladimir Khrapovitsky had a bet with his friends that he would build a castle comparable to Louvre (Paris, France) with the park better than the Park of Versailles.
The colonel was a successful merchant and had all the resources to win the bet. The castle was built by Moscow architect P.S.Boytsov.
During the Soviet times there was a technical secondary school here. After several fires the building was abandoned.
The castle is still one of the most beautiful places of Vladimir oblast. The following photos were captured by ta-samaya-juli (all photos are clickable).
The original view of the mansion during the times of Russian Empire.
Tags: Abandoned · mansion · Vladimir oblast
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angeline · October 12, 2010 at 9:22 pm
what a shame! it was such a lovely mansion!
Gershom · January 12, 2017 at 11:07 am
Probably one of the last palaces of the Boyars. Most of them were torn (or burned down) in the Revolution.