Abandoned farmsteads of the Leningrad Region: description and photos

The power of time - that's what you can feel,having appeared in an old abandoned manor house. On the territory of Russia and other countries there are many castles and palaces that forever preserved in their memory the happiness and grief of the families that lived there. Recently, most of the abandoned old buildings have been actively restored, as if restoring the memory of our ancestors. But the good part of the estates remains mysteriously gloomy, without protection and a chance of preservation. They attract the attention of young people and become objects of terrible stories. They are composed of various legends and claim to have seen ghosts.

The most attracted to abandoned estatesLeningrad region and Moscow region. Probably, because, as a rule, noble families lived here. Moreover, now it is even possible to book a tour of abandoned manor houses in order to breathe into their light "smell of antiquity" and experience the thrill. Feel how families lived, what they loved and what they did in those far, irretrievably past years ...

Novikova dacha

Ivan Novikov - formerly provincial secretary. His dacha was built in pre-revolutionary years, and in 1917 the owner disappeared. Until now, his fate is unknown, but the dacha migrated to the estate of Ivan Lassmann in the same year. Then there were various state institutions in the building. For example, in 39 years of the last century, just at the time of the hostilities, the house belonged to Finland, and here the government created laws. Now this is a heavily damaged building, in which it is dangerous to be - the day is not far off when its walls collapse.

Manor in Redkino

This house, perhaps the most mysterious of all,which only is in the list "Abandoned homesteads of the Leningrad region". A combination of timeless architecture, gloomy and frightening, and picturesque nature that is represented by the wild forest and the river bank, located in close proximity ... Here is a boyar house, according to some sources, built in the 40s of the last century. It is for sure not known who designed this architectural ensemble, but it is assumed that it was Nikolai Benois. In Soviet times there was a school (right in the house), also on the territory there are farm buildings, the Trinity Church and the family cemetery. Among the local rumors that there was a nunnery, it is not possible to verify this information.

The Demidovs' Manor

Remembering the abandoned manors of the Leningradregion, you can not miss the mysterious house in the village of Taitsy. If you compare it with other similar structures, you can safely assign 1 place in terms of safety. Just look at the photo above, and imagine that the building was built in 1778. This beautiful architectural ensemble, consisting of the main building and the park zone, is once a vivid example of classicism. Today it stands abandoned, no one wants, and from the "Gothic gates", bridges and arbours there is practically nothing left. Designing involved Ivan Starov.

The Manor of Cruzel

Many abandoned manors of the Leningrad Regionremained abandoned because of the disappearance of their owners. Among them, and the manor of Krusel, built in the early 1900's. Then it was a rich house, which was noticeable not only from the inside, but also from the outside. Krusel, like Novikov, disappeared in 1917, after which the structure passed into the possession of the state. At one time here was a boarding house, a few years later, an anti-tuberculosis sanatorium, and in the war years (1941-1945), soldiers were placed in the building. Today the manor is abandoned and badly damaged.

Müzer dacha

Abandoned farmsteads of the Leningrad Region, photowhich are presented in this article, are already living out the time allotted to them, since they are badly destroyed. But the Mauser dacha, which the owner named Belle Vue, which is translated as "a beautiful view", is considered to be a good preserved one. The mansion was built in the Art Nouveau style in 1900. But this is not just an apartment building, but a hotel, now considered the oldest in the town. It was surrounded by a beautiful garden, hiding in the shade of holidaymakers. There were theatrical evenings, and sometimes there were real artists. By the 1950s, the City Council and the Civil Registry Office, then the art workshop and the school, were organized on this site. Some time ago, the estate passed into the ownership of a private company, which has little interest in the fate of the historic building.

Country estate Kummolovo

This building was preserved only from the outside, as well asother severely destroyed, abandoned manors of the Leningrad region. Description is short: built in 1820 for the surnames von Gersdorfov and Blumentrostov, and to date, from the manor there was only a skeleton, but partially preserved barn, bath and residential wing. The pond is swampy, the park is running, and the architecture, powerless before time, has fallen into decay.

The Faberge Manor

People who had the opportunity to contemplateabandoned estates of the Leningrad Region and St. Petersburg, could not lose sight of the estate, which at the beginning of the 20th century belonged to the son of the legendary jeweler Carl Faberge, Agafon. Initially, it was a simple cottage that he inherited. Then one of the employees of Faberge Sr. suggested re-planning the building. So there was a manor in the Art Nouveau style. No wonder that the house had a large number of collections: paintings, jewelry, stones and stamps. Therefore, then the estate was called the "small Hermitage". Now this once beautiful architectural creation, hiding in its walls a lot of jewelry, has suffered from time, and from its former grandeur there are only a tiled stove and a marble staircase.

The best opportunity to see abandoned estatesLeningrad region - an excursion. You can find a lot of companies in St. Petersburg, which offer a journey through the forgotten parks and ruins of once-magnificent mansions. Some even suggest seeing the ghost of the former owner - if possible. The average cost of such a trip is 500 rubles per person. Walking tour will cost about 2,500 rubles from the group, and if you go by minibus - 7,000. But the impressions for life are provided (the main thing is that the nervous system does not fail)!