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There are a vast number of buildings on the palace complex, including a house with an area of 17,700 square metres (191,000 sq ft), an arboretum, a greenhouse, a helipad, an ice palace, a church, an amphitheater, a "tea house" (guest house), a gas station, an 80-metre (260 ft) bridge, and a special tunnel inside the mountain with a tasting room.
The house was later acquired by Prince Nicolas Petrovich Meshchersky in the mid-19th century, and the Meshchersky family continued to hold the property at the time of the Russian Revolution in 1917. His daughter Princess Ekaterina Nicolaievna Meshchersky wrote about her life at Petrovskoye-Alabino. The house became a hospital after the Revolution.
A dacha (Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian: дача, IPA: ⓘ) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. [1] A cottage ( коттедж , kottedzh ) or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbuilding, is not considered a dacha, [ 1 ] although some dachas ...
In November 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military struck the nearby village of Maryino with British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles. According to Ukrainian journalists, the strike targeted the Maryino Estate, which may house an underground command post for Russian and North Korean troops.
Pavlov's House (Russian: дом Павлова tr. Dom Pavlova) was an apartment building converted into a fortified position, which Red Army defenders held for around 60 days against the Wehrmacht offensive during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Mezhyhirya is also the former summer house of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's leaders since 1935. [ 15 ] [ failed verification ] During the occupation by Nazi Germany , it was a residence of the Reich Commissar Erich Koch in a palace of the Kiev Military District commander Iona Yakir . [ 16 ]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has two secret sons who are being raised in isolation and luxury, a Russian media report alleges. The report came from The Dossier Center, an investigative group ...
Izmaylovo Estate (Russian: Усадьба Измайлово) was a country residence of the House of Romanov built in the reign of Alexis I of Russia. Originally located 7 kilometres east of Moscow's city limits, it became part of the expanding city in the 20th century.