Place to see: Khrapovitsky Estate, Muromtsevo, Russia

About this place:

Just outside the small Russian community of Muromtsevo lie the remains of the once impressive Khrapovitsky Estate. Built in the 19th century by Count Khrapovitsky, and he based his architectural designs on medieval German castles, making this estate an oddity in Russia. After the Soviet revolution, the Khrapovitsky family fled to France, and the estate was turned into a college, and during WWII it served as a hospital. At some point it was ravaged by fire, and left to disintegrate in the countryside near the village of Muromtsevo.