Photo: Khrapovitsky Estate: Main Residence Hall

Place: Khrapovitsky Estate, Muromtsevo, Moskovskaya Oblastâ€™, Russia

By Jane Keeler
Uploaded on 5 December 2007
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Khrapovitsky Estate: Main Residence Hall

Modeled after a German medieval castle, this mansion was an oddity in 19th century Russia. It has been abandoned for decades, and now slowly disintegrates outside the village of Muromtsevo.

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Story: Surreal Beauty: The Disintegrating Remains of the Khrapovitsky Estate
About forty-five minutes from the small Russian city of Vladimir sits the remains of the Khrapovitsky Estate, a former glorious monument to the wealth and megalomania of the Russian nobility, now disintegrating into the weeds.

Photo: Khrapovitsky Estate: Main Residence Hall

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