Photo: Holy Martyr against the sky

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

By Jane Keeler
Uploaded on 5 December 2007
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Holy Martyr against the sky

The Church of the Holy Martyr Tsarina Alexandra is located on the Khrapovistky Estate; its construction was financed by Count Khrapovitsky himself.

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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.