Vasilyevsky Palace (also called Vasilyev&#x27;s House, Vasilyev&#x27;s Dacha, Mansion of the Vasilyev Brothers)

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A private palace in the village of Vyritsa is one of the most beautiful in Russia. It is designed in the style of Russian Baroque and resembles the Peterhof, Winter, and Tsarskoye Selo palaces. It was built in 2005–2006 based on the project of Saint Petersburg architect Igor Nikolaevich Gremitsky (1939–2015) and is intended for representative functions: hosting high-ranking guests. The palace is constructed from natural materials using traditional techniques.

The area of the mosaic marble floors exceeds 600 square meters. Marble was used for the columns, fireplaces, and pilasters in the hall, foyer, wall cladding on the first floor, staircases, and sculptures, all crafted by the best masters from Italy and Russia. The second floor is designed as open galleries that frame an oval two-story hall, creating a large visual space.

The central gallery is adorned with five-meter-tall black marble giant knights. The architect described his task as follows: “The challenge was to create a sense of enormous volume inside (larger inside than outside)… Moreover, we aimed for no repetition in the decor, so that step by step the space would open to the viewer unexpectedly, richly, brightly, in a new way, although the leading style is one — Russian Baroque.”

The palace complex includes a chapel, similar to that in the Catherine Palace.

The mansion is located on a plot measuring 375×315 meters, featuring a formal park with fountains, marble sculptures, and a summer gazebo. In front of the palace stands a column with a sculptural composition: a guardian angel supports the last Emperor of Russia with his right hand and blesses Nicholas II with a cross in his left hand. Next to the palace, on the lawn, there is a helicopter landing pad, standard marked with the letter “H” (“Helicopter”). The southern edge of the plot is partially hidden by a spruce grove. The northern fence has two gates styled after the “Golden Gates” of the Catherine Palace: one is functional and allows passage, the other is non-passable and more decorative.

According to official documents, this land plot of 41,000 m² belongs to the International Entrepreneurial Company Litvin Limited and is intended for the placement of a wellness complex.

The unofficial client of the project and owner of the palace is Saint Petersburg businessman Sergey Vasilyevich Vasilyev, co-owner of CJSC “Petersburg Oil Terminal” (PNT), the middle of three Vasilyev brothers from Vyritsa, who controlled the automobile market of Saint Petersburg since the 1990s. The owner’s initials — “SVV” — are proudly displayed in a cartouche above the mansion’s main entrance.

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Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

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Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

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Agafon Fabergé Estate (Fabergé Dacha)

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Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

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nab. Krestovka River, 10, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197110

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

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Polevaya Alley, 8, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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Teatralnaya Alley, 3, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Petersburg: Mansions and Summer Houses of Kamenny Island

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Primorskoe Highway, 570L, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197720

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

A truly fabulous example of Art Nouveau, a dacha on the edge of the forest with a facade facing a sandy beach. This neglected architectural masterpiece stands near St. Petersburg, in Zelenogorsk on Primorsky Highway, 570. This is the Lumberg dacha.

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"House with a Mezzanine" - A. Gintzel's Dacha

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M. K. Kugusheva Mansion - B. M. Kustodiev Children's Art School

Side Alley, 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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The house of Academician V. M. Bekhterev

Embankment of the Malaya Nevka River, 25, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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The estate of Academician V. M. Bekhterev "Quiet Shore"

Primorskoe Highway, 690, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197729

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House of P. I. Goze (Sherman the Scarecrow's House)

Side Alley, 11, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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Annex of the Goze House

Bolshaya Alley, 12, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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Wooden tongs, roof overhangs on wooden brackets projecting over the stone volume, windows of various shapes — a distinctive interpretation of the architectural traditions of Western Europe.

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Dacha of E. L. Leonova (Apraksin House)

13 Akademika Pavlova St., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197022

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In 1901, the old dacha located on this plot was transferred to the actress of the Imperial Theatres, Elizaveta Leonova, for whom the architect Anatoly Kovsharov built a lavish two-story mansion with a tower in 1902. The building has a compact plan, symmetrical facade composition, with an architectural design stylized in the forms of early classicism (the so-called "Louis XVI style") and Renaissance.

Dacha Gauswald, the first Art Nouveau house in Russia

Bolshaya Alley, 14, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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The Hauswald Dacha is one of the first buildings in the Art Nouveau style on Kamenniy Island, designed by the then-popular young architects Vladimir Chagin and Vasily Shene. It gained recognition across the Soviet Union and even abroad after the release of the film *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson*, as this building "played" the role of Irene Adler's house. Additionally, it appeared in the films *Don Cesar de Bazan*, *The Bat*, *Without Family*, and *Maritza*.

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Moskovskoye Highway, 23, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 196601

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The summer residence of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich — an Art Nouveau estate of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich, built in 1896–1897 by the London firm "Maple" under the direction of architects Sherborne and Scott. The estate "played" the role of Ronald Adair's house in the film *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson* in the episode "The Tiger Hunt," and its interior was used as a hotel in Meiringen in the episode "Deadly Fight."

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The Summer House of Prince Oldenburg (Dolgorukov's Summer House)

nab. Malaya Nevka River, 11, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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The Oldenburg Dacha (also known as the Dolgorukov Dacha; Saint Petersburg, Malaya Nevka Embankment, 11) is one of the most important structures on Kamenny Island, a monument of wooden architecture from the era of Russian classicism, built in 1831–1833 by the architect S. L. Shustov.

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Dacha of P. S. Petrova

Embankment of the Malaya Nevka River, 12, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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The wooden summer house of P. S. Petrova, the wife of a hereditary honorary citizen, was built in the 1880s by the Oranienbaum court architect G. A. Preis. Originally, the summer house was surrounded by a fence. During the Soviet era, communal apartments were located here. In 1995, the building was reconstructed as a holiday resort. The summer house was restored in 2004 (a brick frame with wooden cladding was built) and adapted into a hotel.

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Vurgaft's Dacha (Blue Dacha)

Krestovka River Embankment, 2, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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The mansion of M. A. Vurgaft is also known as the "Blue Dacha." The architect was Moisey Markovich Sinyaver, and it was built in 1913-1914. In the summer of 1916, the interiors of the mansion were painted by the artist-decorator P. Maksimovich. On the pylons of the central oval hall, he depicted dancing female figures — Evening, Morning, Day, Night.

The mansion of V.N. Yakovenko, "Professor's House"

Petrogradskaya Embankment, building 34, lit. B, room 1-N, office 514, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

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A two-story building designed in the style of French Gothic and Renaissance. The professor's house is connected by a passage to the building of the Saint Petersburg Marine Fisheries College.

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Dacha of V. I. and P. I. Kozhevnikov (Ruadze House)

Embankment of the Malaya Nevka River, 33a, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197376

The plot is located in the southern part of Kamenniy Island. At the end of the 18th century, Paul I granted an extensive territory to the wife of Lieutenant Gibler, from which the Kozhevnikovs' dacha later emerged.

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The estate "Aholla – Hall," now the "Lesogorskaya" hotel

3V97+R8 Svetogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

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Kiiskilä Estate, settlement

The Kiiskilä Estate is located in the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland.

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What remains of the estate are solid foundations, cellars, wells, and a staircase leading to the lake. The relatively intact structure is the former stable on the lakeshore. Currently, the area is a developing cottage settlement.

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Lost Estates: Maksimov's Dacha in Oranienbaum

Krasnoflotskoye Highway, 16, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198412

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Maximov's dacha in the town of Lomonosov (Oranienbaum) on Krasnoflotskoye Highway, 16, is a federal architectural monument. A researcher of the architectural heritage of the Peterhof Road and Oranienbaum, Gorbatenko, wrote in his monograph: “The facades and even (a rare case) the interiors of the main building have largely preserved their historical architecture.” This house is a kind of “last of the Mohicans” of the extensive dacha heritage from the turn of the 19th-20th centuries along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.

Peterhof and Surroundings

Dachas of M.N. Benois, A.A. Grube, and L.I. Kron near Peterhof

Primorskaya St., 8 building 4, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198504

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

On the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, in a picturesque spot between Peterhof and Oranienbaum, there was a thriving summer cottage settlement at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The owners of the local plots were famous St. Petersburg families, among them the Kronys, Meisners, Grubes, San-Gallis, and Benois. Today, only four neglected cottages remain of the once magnificent settlement.

Peterhof and Surroundings

The building of the V.I. Truveller estate.

Saint Petersburg Ave., 42, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198510

Petersburg: Neo-Gothic

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

In 1900, this building housed a telephone exchange. It is a two-story mansion with a three-story observation tower and a pointed arch connecting it to a small wing. This building was constructed in 1834-36 and was given as a dowry for the daughter Vera.

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Gromov's Dacha in Lopukhin Garden

Akademika Pavlova St, 13, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197022

However, the modern history of the garden begins in 1848, when it was acquired by the merchant, timber industrialist, and well-known philanthropist Vasily Fedulovich Gromov. By the early 1850s, a two-story wooden dacha was built for him based on a design by architect Georgy Ivanovich Winterhalter. Gornostayev constructed several greenhouses. The redesign of the park and garden was undertaken by Odintsov, who was later appointed chief gardener of Saint Petersburg. Fountains, gazebos, grottos, and hanging bridges over ponds and channels were installed here. The "Caucasian" bridge was especially interesting. Of the three bridges, two have survived to this day. A stone terrace with stairs was laid out by the pond.

Saltykova's Dacha

TD "Burda Moden, Akademika Krylova St., 4, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197183

Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses

Petersburg: Neo-Gothic

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Following in the footsteps of: "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson," a film walk through Latvia, Estonia, Abkhazia, and St. Petersburg

The history of this place begins in 1743. It was then that Baron Sergey Stroganov became the owner of the plot near the Chyornaya Rechka metro station. The construction of the building was undertaken by Petr Sadovnikov, a former serf of the Golitsyn family and an architect, while the decoration of the facades and interiors was supervised by Harald Bosse. The construction was completed in 1843. The building's facade faced Stroganovskaya Street (now Akademika Krylova Street). The mansion was surrounded by a landscaped park, part of which has been preserved as Stroganov Garden. The main entrance is marked by gates consisting of two pseudo-Tudor towers with battlements and loopholes. These have also survived to this day. One of the most famous Sherlock Holmes episodes, "The Bloody Inscription," was filmed here.

Dacha of Adelia Fyodorovna Tasheit

Lakhtinsky Ave., 115, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197229

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

A wooden building in the Art Nouveau style was constructed in 1914 based on the design of architect Sergey Osipovich Ovsyannikov for the widow of the hereditary honorary citizen, customs forwarder Karl-Friedrich-Lorenz (Karl Fyodorovich) Tasheita.

Petersburg: Unusual and Interesting Houses

Income House and Merchant Ivanov’s Mansion or the “House with a Peacock”

Bolshaya Porokhovskaya St., 18, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195176

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

House No. 18 on Bolshaya Porokhovskaya Street seems to try to hide itself, standing slightly set back, concealing its narrow main facade behind tall, sprawling trees. But the elegant balcony railings and the intricate metal crest (with the initials "PI" and the year of construction – "1901") above the tented roof cap invariably draw the eye.

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Utkina Dacha (Okkervil Manor)

Utkin Ave., 2A, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195027

A former estate, a federal architectural monument in Saint Petersburg, located on a cape at the confluence of the Okkervil River into the Okhta River. It was built for Mark Poltoratsky, director of the Court Singing Chapel, and his wife Agafokleya. Later, the estate was owned by Princess Zinaida Shakhovskaya (in her second marriage — Utkina). As of 2017, Utkina Dacha is a branch of the Museum of Urban Sculpture; the building is not in use. Restoration work is planned, with the estate intended to be used for museum and scientific-educational activities.

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

The Bezzarov Dacha or Zhernovka

Irinovsky Ave., 9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195279

Great Architects: Giacomo Quarenghi

Former noble estate. Throughout its history, it has changed owners and names multiple times. The estate was built at the end of the 18th century, presumably by architect Giacomo Quarenghi, and was reconstructed in the 1880s. After the revolution, it fell into decline.

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Bezborodko Dacha (Kushelev-Bezborodko Estate, "Kushelev Dacha")

Sverdlovskaya Embankment, 40, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 195027

An old manor and park ensemble in Saint Petersburg on the right bank of the Neva River on Sverdlovskaya Embankment (Polyustrovskaya Embankment). The manor is famous for the lion sculptures placed in front of the facade of the main building.

Neorussian Style in Architecture

Chernov's Dacha or Sosnovka

Oktyabrskaya Embankment, 72, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 193079

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Chernov's Dacha, or Sosnovka, is a monument of the architectural eclecticism period in the Nevsky District of Saint Petersburg, located on the right bank of the Neva River, above the Volodarsky Bridge, opposite the former River Station.

Lost Estates: Ulyanka Estate

Stachek Ave, 206, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198262

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Ulyánka is a former estate on the Peterhof Road near Saint Petersburg, which belonged to the Sheremetev count family from 1806 to 1917.

Petersburg: Estates of the City and Surroundings (Leningrad Region)

Cherkasov Estate in Redkino

526L+RW Redkino, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

The Redkino Estate in the village of the same name is a large and once prosperous manor, which became the ancestral home for several aristocratic and bourgeois families.