There's also a very popular abandoned castle in Belgium, Chateau Noissy _ Anonymous said. Interesting article, but I have to say that nearly all of these look like vanilla mansions with some turrets stuck in - not what I would call breathtaking works of originality. i've got to get citizenship in some other countries :) _ Anonymous said. ![]() is there anyone else out there who would just love to drop everything and devote oneself to the rehabilitation of these beautiful castles/mansions? not just here, but in other post as well, all that architecture and beauty seems to just be tossed to the way side. +Facebookĭark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks:Īnother amazing post. Here is illuminated fountain he designed on the Lubyanka Square (yes, the same square that KGB used later), decorated for coronation of Russian Tzar Nikolai II:Īrticle written using materials from, Lentka and Aleksei Gorev. Some mansions were restructured to house scientific research facilities, and even hospitals, but most are still abandoned and in pitiful condition today.Īll these mansions were designed by vastly underrated and essentially forgotten architect P. Such a happy ending is not common, by any means. This proximity turned out to be most beneficial for the mansion's future - it's being restored (to the tune of 250 million dollars) into Podushkino Castle. Former castle Mayendorf is sublimely unique and will hold its own among the best of European mansions. ![]() Eltzin's Retreat Area - Barvikha, near Odintzovo.Īnother imposing Boitzov's creation is this neo-gothic castle-like mansion, close to the famous house of Boris Eltzin. English-style Vasilievskoe, also near Zvenigorod.Īrchitectural style: Victorian Neo-Gothicįamous people who lived here: Political writer Herzen, "father of Russian socialism"Ĥ. It actually boggles the mind (keeping in mind the rich cultural history of the place, and it's sheer architectural beauty) that all this time it was left in ruins.ģ. One of the last owners of this castle was Sergei Morozov, who allowed many prominent Russian painters (including Levitan) to live in this house. Beautiful Uspenskoe Mansion, Moscow area, near Zvenigorod. The response of "liberated" peasants was simple: a four-letter word suggestion.Ģ. The story gets even more haunting, when a letter from Khrapovitsky wife was found recently, addressed to "the good old peasants" of Muromtzevo in 1928 with the plea to send some money: apparently Khrapovitsky died in utter poverty and their only possession was this land in Russia. Khrapovitsky emigrated to France with the first sign of Bolshevik trouble, and his palatial grounds were left to decay ever since. Today it's an extensive maze of imposing buildings and overgrown gardens, a sad but strangely compelling place: For him it was a matter of winning a bet and keeping his honor - so Boitzov had to come up with the authentic French-style palace with huge sculpted gardens and a extensive system of lakes and fountains: Khrapovitzky, decided to erect a real thing instead of poor imitations. ![]() Muromtzevo Masion, between Murom and Vladimir Boitzov, who built a number of fancy castle-like mansions in Moscow area:ġ. Not many people think of a sleepy Russian countryside as a place for gothic-styled castles, but here they are - proud, beautiful, one-of-a-kind architectural gems, unjustly forgotten and sadly abandoned.Īpparently some Russian architects of the 19th century visited Europe often enough to be influenced by medieval castles and French-style palaces. Recalling his shocking 1996 crime, Nikolayev says: "I was coming home from a party a little drunk and next to the door to my building another guy, also drunk asked me for a light.Send us your topic ideas, suggestions, etc. In one, he reminisces about how the first of two his killings happened after a drunken argument got out of hand.Īnd before he knew it, he was chopping off a man's head and chowing down on a chunk of his thigh. Now 62, the remorseless killer cannibal has featured in several documentaries about life in the country's toughest prison, a high-security jail dubbed Black Dolphin. ![]() He then tricked friends into eating human meat by pretending it was kangaroo - and they were none the wiser until he was tried for murder.Īlmost 30 years after his crimes he is regarded as one of Russia's most dangerous criminals. Vile cannibal Nikolayev killed, chopped up, cooked and ate his victims. Twisted Vladimir Nikolayev's crimes are about as macabre as it gets.īut when describing his heinous behaviour, he cannot help but laugh, with no attempt to hide his sick glee.
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