Abandoned houses and villas. Ruins of the past: an overview of sinister abandoned mansions

The program “1 ruble for 1 square meter". Within its framework, emergency monuments are transferred on preferential lease at a price of one ruble per square meter per year for 49 years. The investor must restore the buildings at his own expense.

Rent an old manor at a reduced rate, as well as give new life object cultural heritage metropolitan entrepreneurs can take part in the program "1 ruble per 1 square meter". The city is putting up for auction emergency homesteads and buildings that investors can take on a preferential lease for 49 years. However, for this, they need to be restored within a few years. In five years, the investor must completely put the building in order, and only after that the benefits come into force.

Manor of the Matveevs

The main house of the urban estate of the Matveevs of the first half of XIX century, located in the Basmanny district, will be put in order at the expense of the investor. Then he will be able to rent the building on preferential terms.

The estate is located in Volkhovskiy lane, house 21/5, building 1. The building was built in 1830. Now it is a one-story building with an area of ​​more than 662 square meters.

“Despite the current technical condition, business interest in this facility should be high. First of all, this is the area of ​​​​the object at a fairly low price. The initial cost of the annual lease of the estate is 6.8 million rubles. Another factor is that the estate is located in the center of the capital and has a free functional purpose. Such an object may be of interest to credit institutions and insurance companies or companies that want to open an office or representative office in the historical part of the city,” said Gennady Degtev, head of the Competition Policy Department.

Not allotted for the restoration of the estate more than three and a half years. At the same time, the investor must preserve the stucco ceiling cornices, wooden stairs with a mezzanine, walls, ceilings, foundation and roof of the building.

It is still not known who exactly the Matveevs owned the estate, since the name and patronymic of the first owner are not indicated in official documents. It is possible that the estate belonged to the descendants of the Moscow merchant, manufacturer and benefactor Kuzma Matveyevich Matveev, who owned cloth and dye factories.

The building in Volkhovskiy Lane was rebuilt in 1908-1910 by the architect I.S. Kuznetsov. After the revolution, the estate was given over to the settlement of workers.

Manor of the Sokolov-Sibiryakovs

Another building that will be given a second life will be a residential building in Voznesensky Lane. It is part of the city (XIX-XX centuries). Work will be completed by November next year.

Previously tenement house The buildings built in 1908 were recognized as emergency and handed over to the investor for reconstruction, and the residents were temporarily provided with other housing. After the work is completed, the area of ​​the building will increase to almost 2.5 thousand square meters, and 16 cars can be parked in the underground parking.

What else will be restored under the program "1 ruble per 1 square meter"

More will also be restored in the center of the capital. We are talking about the estate of A.P. Sytin, residential building E.A. Berens and an outbuilding of the estate of the Rakhmanov family.

The Sytin estate, the residential building of Eduard Andreevich von Behrens and the wing of the estate of the Rakhmanov family will be restored under the program “1 ruble per 1 square meter”. All buildings will be adapted for modern use, they will also have a preferential rental rate.

Everything can be placed in them, except for production and warehouses. It is also forbidden to store flammable and toxic substances there.

Preferential lease program for renovated buildings

The program "1 ruble per 1 square meter" was adopted in 2012. Its goal is to attract investors to the restoration of monuments in Moscow. For companies that have restored emergency monuments, a minimum rental rate has been set - 1 ruble per 1 square meter per year.

To participate in this program, the entrepreneur must first win the auction for the right to rent. After that, the investor signs security obligations. In five years, he must carry out a full range of repair and restoration work. The discounted recruitment cost will only take effect after the quest has been restored to its historical appearance.

In 2012, under the new program, seven cultural heritage sites were leased, in 2013 and 2014, five more monuments each. In total, 19 cultural heritage sites became participants in the program. Work has now been completed on four of them:

— residential building, 2nd half of the 19th century (Pechatnikov lane, building 7);

- city estate, XVIII-XIX centuries, architect K.F. Busse (Podsosensky lane, house 23, building 1);

- - barracks of the 2nd Moscow cadet corps- a residential building for students of the Moscow military medical school, 1789-1792, 1847-1849, 1860s, architects S.A. Volkov, G. Quarenghi (Hospital Square, building 1/10);

- administrative building, 1927, 1974 (Bolshoi Kozlovsky lane, building 11, building 4).

There is such a small subculture of researchers who are engaged in the search, study and documentation of old abandoned structures. In a rural area, in one of the abandoned corners of Canada, there were rumors that the inhabitants of this house had disappeared a long time ago .. And one photographer decided to visit that very house.

Often these houses are in a deplorable state. But there are exceptions - everything in this house has been preserved as if the owners took it and simply disappeared.

As soon as the photographer opened the door, he was instantly shocked: the interior looked almost perfect. Everything was in its place!

It is obvious that the hall was intended for a large number people who sat comfortably in these chairs, played the guitar, listened to the stereo system.

At the other end of the house, the researcher found an old piano. It seemed that it was played only a few minutes ago.

In the dining room everything was ready for breakfast: the table covered with a tablecloth, the chairs were all in their place ...

The kitchen was in the same condition.

The clock showed the time: 2:15. Even the stop of the arrows was somehow mystical!

The cupboards were full of dishes. Indeed, it is quite old.

The working corner was equipped in such a way that the owners did not exactly imagine that they would never return.

The bathroom was the most mystical place in the house. Clothes were drying there, and when the photographer decided to turn on the light, he turned on! The house still had electricity.

There must have been some confusion here.

The personal belongings that were in the drawers had definitely not been touched for several decades.

There were some medicines and personal hygiene items in the top locker.

the photographs were also in their places

The bedroom had all the necessary furniture, there were books on the shelves, and flowers under the mirror!

The bedroom was more or less tidy, but it was obvious that some domestic or wild animals might have been in there.

The office was just littered with books.

The photographer even found an old typewriter.

The researcher looked with surprise at the shelf with books that were almost perfect.

There was even a gramophone from the early 20th century. Simply amazing! The inhabitants of the house were true connoisseurs of music.

In the same corner was a huge collection of old records. But the photographer did not touch them, realizing what value they could be.

After exploring this house for several hours, the photographer did not even want to leave!

Once again making sure that he did not violate the integrity of the picture of the magnificent interior, the researcher, amazed, but very sad, left this amazing house!

One can only guess what could have happened to the inhabitants of this house, that they decided in an incredible hurry to leave their home, leaving all their belongings inside!

Majestic castles, even fallen into disrepair and turned into a dilapidated abode of dust and insects, continue to amaze with their scale and charm. We bring to your attention the seven most impressive abandoned palaces and castles located in different parts of the world:

Bannerman Castle
Bannerman Island, New York, USA

The island on the Hudson was bought in 1900 by Scottish immigrant Francis Bannerman, who built a castle on it to store a huge collection of weapons (he made money by selling them). In 1918, 2 years after the death of the Scot, the ammunition in the castle exploded and destroyed part of the building. Almost half a century later, in 1969, there was a fire, as a result of which the roof and part of the floors burned down. The island itself has been considered uninhabited since 1950, when a ferry that served it sank during one of the storms. In 2009, the remainder of Bannerman's castle collapsed.

Halsien Hall (Halcyon Hall)
Millbrook, New York, USA


Built in 1890 as a luxury hotel, it was already closed in 1901. A few years later, the mansion was turned into Bennett Women's College, but in 1978 educational institution for female students from wealthy families went bankrupt due to the popularization of co-education. Since then, the building has been empty.

Palace of Said Halim Pasha
Cairo, Egypt






The palace was designed by the Italian architect Antonio Lazias in 1899. During the First World War, the British confiscated the palace of Said Halim, who joined the Turks. Later, the majestic building was transformed into high school for boys Al-Nassiriyah, which was considered one of the best in Cairo. The palace has been empty since 2004.

Podgoretsky castle
Podgortsy village, Lviv region, Ukraine




The construction of the castle lasted from 1635 to 1640. The once luxurious interior of the castle was destroyed by soldiers during the First World War. In 1936, Roman Sangushko, who acquired the Podgoretsky Castle, took several valuable pieces of furniture to Brazil, and after the Second World War, the Renaissance palace was used as a tuberculosis sanatorium. In 1956, the castle caught fire and burned for 3 weeks. As a result of the fire, all the interior decoration was destroyed. Attempts to restore the building are currently being carried out by the Lviv Art Gallery.

Lillesden Mansion
Hawkhurst, Kent, England




The building was built in 1853-85 by order of the banker Edward Lloyd on his own estate. After the First World War, the estate was sold and the mansion was turned into private school for girls Bedgebury (Bedgebury Public Girls School). The institution closed in 1999 due to a significant reduction in students, as well as due to the promotion of co-education, so the mansion fell into disrepair and has not been used since.

Miranda Castle
Selle, province of Namur, Belgium




Built in 1866 by the English architect Milner for the noble family of Lidkirk-Boufort, during the Second World War the mansion was seized by the Belgian national railway company and converted into an orphanage, which operated until 1980. The local municipality offered to take over the management, but the owners refused, so since 1991 the castle has been empty.

Khrapovitsky's estate in Muromtsevo
Muromtsevo village, Vladimir region, Russia




The noble estate in the French style was built by the architect P.S. Fighters commissioned by a major Russian timber merchant V.S. Khrapovitsky. The construction of the estate lasted from 1884 to 1906.

Rain outside the window, creaking floorboards and an old mansion with luxurious halls, fireplaces and rich interiors. The building, not yet completely forgotten, but being in a state of deep conservation, is gradually falling into disrepair. In places water flows from the ceiling, in places the walls have been affected by time, here and there there is cracked paint and shabby walls. Despite everything, the mansion is striking in its beauty.

A special piquancy is added by the fact that every step in the rooms is given by the lingering creak of the floorboards throughout the building. The feeling that at any second you can get caught makes you carefully think through every movement. A suite of halls, a grand dining room, a greenhouse, a white dance hall, a hookah room, a marble front staircase - almost every next room evokes nothing more than "Stendhal's syndrome". A remarkable fact is that theoretically you can get here with excursions for a fee (yes, the mansion is being destroyed, restorations are not visible on the horizon, but people still go here occasionally). However, according to our schedule, we obviously did not get on excursions, so we had to look for other ways. Yes, and it turned out so much more atmospheric. But you have to pay for everything. In the meantime, I suggest you fast forward to the 19th century. So it's raining outside...

1. We start from the central room. White hall, dancing, decorated in the style of Louis XV. The elegant room is replete with white stucco molding with gilding. Under the ceiling, the decoration with figures of cupids and various musical instruments is clearly visible.

2. In the center of the hall there is a most beautiful marble fireplace, the beauty of which is at the level of similar ones in the most famous palaces of St. Petersburg. The fireplace is decorated with four cupids, and on the sides you can see old cabinets that were previously used for vases of flowers.

3. Doors, walls and ceiling are completely covered with images of vases, cupids, satyrs, twigs and other elements. The door on the right side of the photo leads to a very nice Moorish-style smoking/shisha room. However, it opened with such a loud creak that we decided to limit ourselves to viewing the decoration through the crack.

4. Let's take another look at the beautiful cupid in the right corner of the fireplace

5. Let's go through the enfilade to the living room. Unfortunately, it was very dark here, so the shot came out rather blurry, but I would still really like to bring it. The living room impresses with a pleasant finish in warm colors, and the walls unite groups of gilded panels covered with genuine silk. The ceiling is also richly decorated with stucco, and a genuine chandelier hangs in the center.

6. Next, we pass into the old front dining room, decorated in the style of the late Renaissance, and an empty greenhouse, but there will be no photographs of them. But the next frame will show you what the red billiard room looked like. Very beautiful room! Unfortunately, the billiard table was lost, but a bronze chandelier with a special lifting mechanism, built-in corner sofas with genuine upholstery, cabinets, doors and a stunning wood-carved fireplace survived.

7. Also in the room you can find an old piano by C.Baumann Moscau, which goes very well with the rest of the billiard room decoration.

8. We return to the White Hall. Let's pay attention to the mirror located in the curly frame above the fireplace. One of the mysterious legends of the mansion is connected precisely with the mirror. Rumor has it that before the revolution, an Italian mirror hung in the dance hall, which the owner ordered from a Venetian palazzo, famous for its tomb of Dracula. And that it brought trouble to its owners, and a glance at it brought anxiety and anxiety. Then the mirror was removed / it disappeared / or hidden somewhere in the mansion. Of course, the story is very similar to other similar ominous stories that are inflated by journalists, but who knows.
Also in the mirror you can clearly see the reflection of a huge chandelier with crystal pendants.

9. Let's take another shot towards the living room to enjoy the interior decor of the White Hall.

10. And on the photo with lovely cupids we will finish our photo essay.

The place is certainly amazing, and once again it's a huge pity that no full-fledged restoration and repair work is being carried out. It will be very disappointing if the mansion becomes another loss of the cultural and architectural heritage of the nation. Unfortunately, the photo report included very few photos, but the situation and time constraints did not allow for a full report.

A huge request to those who learned not to write to the open address, whoever needs it, so they will find it;)

P.S. And for those who want to see my travels and adventures in real time, I suggest adding

Many estates of the ancient noble families of Russia are associated with mystical stories that happened and happen in these places to this day. The concept of "Russian estate" implies a complex of residential, outbuildings, with a backyard area and a park. Having such country estates, in the period from the seventeenth to the beginning of the twentieth century, was incredibly popular among Russian noble and merchant families. Of course, in many of these estates, mysterious and mystical events sometimes occurred, and they were the product of violent deaths, which were not uncommon in those days, or they were caused by the immoderate interest of their owners in the occult, which was then a fashionable trend, while others simply reflected the anomalies of their location. Today we have prepared for you a list of the most interesting mystical Russian estates of aristocrats and merchants in Russia.

Moscow region - the building of the mansion with a beautiful adjacent territory originally belonged to the son of the famous Moscow baker Filippov - Dmitry. The main house was erected at the beginning of the last century according to the project of the architect Eichenwald. The eclectic style building is located in a very picturesque historical area, where the city of Przemysl of Moscow flourished in the twelfth century, but soon the locals left it, and the old wooden houses gradually collapsed and overgrown with forest. When Filippov visited these places, he was immediately fascinated by the beauty of the area: the river, framed by steep banks, ravines, overgrown with a carpet of herbs, and decided that he should build his estate here. He invited an architect and told him about his wishes, as well as that he would like to see a magnificent park around the mansion. The design of the building and the park embodies the harmony, romanticism and diversity of Dmitry Filippov's desires. They say that it could not be otherwise, because at that moment he was going through an acute period of falling in love with a girl from a gypsy tribe - Azu. Once he met her among the singers of the gypsy choir and immediately stole the beauty, confessing his ardent love. For her sake, Dmitry began the construction of a luxurious mansion on the banks of the river, lost in the forests. He was like a dragon trying to hide his treasure from the world. Their love story did not last long after the construction of this crooked noble estate, because Dmitry was an amorous and windy person, he fell in love with another beauty, began to cheat on Aze with her. She learned about the betrayal of her beloved and decided that she no longer wanted to live. Without thinking twice, the girl climbed onto the observation tower and stepped down. Then the revolution began, the building of the estate was empty for a long time without owners and collapsed, or rather, it had a hostess, but a ghostly one - the same gypsy Aza, whose soul, apparently, decided to stay in the place where she once was happy and loved. In the fifties of the twentieth century, a sports base was set up here, and vacationers often saw at night the transparent silhouette of a woman with long hair in a wide gypsy skirt, walking along the corridors of the building and along the paths of the park. Then a medical center was opened in the old mansion of the estate, but its patients also continued to meet the ghost of Aza on the territory. It is difficult to say whether the ghost is here now, since there are no witnesses to this due to the fact that the noble estate has long been abandoned, and the park is overgrown. From the ponds that once framed the entrance to the territory, there was one very shallow reservoir. The once magnificent building of the estate still stands, but it also begins to rapidly collapse, although it still attracts with the magnificence of its architectural decor: elegant stucco molding, magnificent bas-reliefs decorating the balcony. The once wonderful backyard park area, which used to be decorated with alleys with fir trees, thujas, flower beds, was partially destroyed when the medical center was located here. However, the estate is still magnificent, both outside and inside. There are no organized tours here, only some desperate independent tourists, having made their way to the mansion through the wilds of the overgrown forest, admire the remnants of the former luxury, and try to see the ghost of the gypsy Aza.

- This old noble estate stands on the outskirts of the city in the area of ​​​​Suzdalka and Novoselok. Practically, like all Russian manor estates, this mansion has a difficult fate. The estate was built at the end of the eighteenth century for the family of Nikolai Ivanovich Kokovtsev - this man was the Minister of Finance of Russia and belonged to a famous ancient family. By his order, a magnificent mansion was erected, with additional outbuildings, stables, a beautiful regular park was laid out around, where cascading ponds were built, which have survived to this day. After the revolution, in 1919, the nest of nobles - the magnificent estate of Yaroslavl - was nationalized. In different years it housed: a military regiment, Kindergarten, a library, then communal apartments, and the second floor was given over to children's circles and a disco. It must be said that the tenants who settled in this old building immediately realized that they shared shelter in their apartments with another otherworldly tenant - the ghost of Kokovtsev's daughter - Lydia, who almost every night came to one family, then to another, to ask candy. According to local legend, Lydia fell in love with young man, but he did not share her feelings, and the unfortunate girl drowned herself in the estate's pond. They say that this ghost is not so good-natured with strangers who are not residents of the communal apartment at the estate. If in the evening and at night men appear on the territory of the estate or in its vicinity, then she lures them to the water and drags them to the bottom. It is not known whether the rumors are true, but the fact that several young people drowned while swimming in this pond is true. As for the pond, for a long time its shores were overgrown with trees, only a few years ago they were cut down, clearing the shore. The pond itself has not been cleaned for a very long time, since the time of the tsarist government. Old-timers say that, at one time, the bottom of all three ponds was tiled, in those years it was a very common practice.

In the Tver region, Bologovsky district, it was built at the end of the nineteenth century according to a project that Alexander Sergeevich Khrenov, an outstanding architect, personally created. This completely extravagant ensemble does not look like a classic Russian noble estate, rather it is a European castle from the Middle Ages. And the symmetry of the building, its design with turrets and the use of not only bricks, but also stone boulders in the laying of the walls create such a feeling. In addition to the main manor house built on a hill, there is a residential outbuilding, outbuildings, even a hunting lodge located next to the pond. The architect Khrenov decided in 1904 to start breeding thoroughbred horses in the estate, setting up a stud farm there. But it was not for long, because a revolution began, during which the son of Alexander Sergeevich, a white officer who served in tsarist army . The architect understood that if he remained in Russia, he would most likely be shot, then at the age of fifty-seven, he was forced to emigrate from Russia to China, where he died a few years later. But before leaving his beloved offspring - a beautiful estate in which so much effort and love had been invested, he cursed it with tears in his eyes, saying that no one could ever be happy and calm here. In 1918, the Bolsheviks nationalized this noble estate and organized a pioneer camp there at first, where it was possible to get into it only through a big “pull”. At this time, the territory of the estate was decorated with sculptures "a la pioneer". Then a tuberculosis sanatorium was located here, during which time several awkward outbuildings were installed here, which can still be distinguished with the naked eye against the backdrop of an elegant ensemble of architecture created by Khrenov. But the mysticism of this place lies in the fact that both the pioneers who came to rest in the camp, and tuberculosis patients who arrived in Conclusion for treatment, never stayed here until the end of the agreed period. They say that people saw some mysterious shadows at night, it seemed to them that someone was looking at them from the darkness, and the atmosphere of this place was somehow painful. They say that none of those who came to the sanatorium of the Conclusion to be treated experienced relief in their condition, but, on the contrary, they only got worse. Until now, this abandoned mystical noble estate of Tver has a bad reputation. Tourists who tried to get here on their own often wandered around, as the navigator led them to completely different places in the vicinity. As if the curse of the architect protects this piece of land from strangers. Probably, only thanks to the notoriety and mysterious stories about the estate, as well as the fact that people disappear here, which scares off marauders, it remained in a more or less decent condition. They say that today the Khrenov estate was bought out by a private entrepreneur, and he tried to carry out restoration work there, but something seemed to drive the workers out of the protected area. Therefore, restoration work has been suspended. Locals say that sometimes mushroom pickers wandering through the forest accidentally come to the estate, but despite the fact that this building looks sunny, sweet and romantic in the photographs, some unknown force causes panic and unreasonable anxiety in people, and they run out of there, head over heels. No one can give an explanation for this fear, so they say that this territory is occupied by ghosts who have found here, in silence, a refuge for their restless souls.

Lipetsk region- located on the banks of the beautiful river Vorgol. This estate was built in 1867 by order of the merchant Taldykin. This noble estate is interesting not only for the fact that mystical legends circulate about it, but for its unusualness and originality against the background of other noble nests in Russia. Here nature is unusual for this area: sheer Vorgol rocks, overgrown with mountain vegetation. It is not surprising that this area is recognized as a reserve, and it is called "Galichya Mountain". Here stands the amazing architectural complex of the Taldykin estate, including the manor house, a number of outbuildings, the ruins of a mill, and the "quay" zone. The main house of the estate, erected in 1868, is in excellent condition to this day. The strength of its walls is explained by the fact that egg mortar was used when laying bricks, and also by their width, reaching a meter. Unfortunately, the Taldykin couple could not live in their magnificent estate because of their insidious murder, which shocked the entire district. The Taldykin merchants have always been very generous and kind-hearted people, ready to help everyone and everyone: they gave a lot of money for charitable purposes, always helped their neighbors, the poor from the villages in the vicinity, people could come to them for help at any time, and would not be refused nothing. Their distant relative was seduced by the wealth of the merchants, who decided that if the Taldykins died, he would be recognized as the legitimate heir, and he entered the mansion, brutally killing the spouses, breaking their heads with a weight. The death of the good benefactors of the Taldykins was mourned by all the people who knew them during their lifetime, the fate that befell this couple seemed too unfair to them. Several years passed, and according to the stories of local residents, miraculous healings began to occur at the Taldykins' grave, after which people flocked here. But when Russia established Soviet authority, its representatives in Yelets decided to overcome these superstitions and prejudices, moreover, this was done in the most inhumane and horrific way: in 1931, the merchants' graves were defiled, and the bodies were abused. It is said that compassionate people moved the remains to bury them elsewhere, but when they put the coffins in dug holes, they fell into the abyss that suddenly formed under them. The earth shook around, they say, it was the Taldykins who were angry at such an unfair attitude towards them even after death. Since then, no one knows where the final resting place of the merchants Taldykins is located, but after this incident, many karst failures appeared in the area and new caves began to appear regularly. But that's not all, because according to locals, the estate has become a haven for a ghostly married couple. As for the further history of their mansion, it suffered significantly during the Great Patriotic War, the mill burned down in 1941. Then the estate was partially restored, and a rest house was opened there, which did not last long. When it was closed, the building was empty for a long time and collapsed. Locals say that mystical stories and paranormal phenomena often take place on the territory of the abandoned Taldykin estate, and people walk around the manor house at night former owners who do not allow bad people here. The ghosts of the Taldykins will be happy only for a person with a pure heart and soul who will come here to restore the magnificent estate and breathe new life into it.

In the village of Petrovsky, Naro-Fominsk district, Moscow region - an old mansion, with a beautiful surrounding area, was built in the eighteenth century. Initially, the plot for the estate was bought by Baron Pyotr Pavlovich Shafirov from the Borovsky-Pafnutiev Monastery. But he resold it to Nikita Akinfievich Demidov, who decided to build a noble estate among these beautiful natural places - a gift for his beloved beautiful wife Alexandra Evtikhievna, because she bore him an heir and two daughters. While the construction of the Petrovskoye estate was underway, his wife died. Demidov decided that if she had not been here during her lifetime, then after death she should find peace on the territory of her estate. He brought the body of his beloved wife to Petrovsky and buried her in the Church of St. Peter the Metropolitan. But, everything did not end there, because local residents and people from the estate very often began to see a translucent female phantom moving through the estate's linden park. Demidov himself followed his wife in 1789, he was also buried next to her in the local church, and the estate was inherited by their son Nikolai, who died in 1852 without heirs. For a short time the estate belonged to the landowner V.N. Zharkov, but then was bought out by Prince Alexander Vasilyevich Meshchersky. He was already seventy-three years old, and he was a widower, but he decided to marry his pupil and the daughter of his deceased friend, twenty-four-year-old Ekaterina Prokofievna Podborskaya. It was she who owned the estate in Petrovsky until the revolution of 1917. From Prince Meshchersky, the princess gave birth to a daughter, who was also named Catherine in honor of her mother. The Bolsheviks allowed them to live in a small outbuilding for a while, but then they were kicked out of there as well. In 1921, old paintings were taken from the noble estate to the Museum Fund, and bronze sculptures were given to the Naro-Fominsk club. The estate was transformed into a sanatorium, a hospital, but since no one repaired it, the building fell into disrepair and began to collapse. Then the local authorities decided that the house should be blown up, and the bricks should be used for the needs of the peasants and workers. But, the walls of a strong and high-quality structure survived the explosions, so the idea with building materials was forgotten, like the former Russian manor estate itself. In the nineties, the last descendant of the Meshchersky princely family appeared in the estate, he settled in an empty outbuilding and began to study the historical past of the estate in order to learn more about his family estate and even opened a family museum here. But, in addition to historical research, he was engaged in esotericism and occultism, as the locals say, he summoned spirits, communicated with them, and with their help created a map of the site, where he marked springs with living and dead water. The local population began to complain to the authorities about the devilry that began to happen in the oldest estate and its environs. Then the authorities evicted Meshchersky from his family noble estate, but the paranormality of this place, according to eyewitnesses, is felt to this day.

In the Kuzminki-Lyublino park, this is one of the most mystical places in Moscow, which has a bad reputation, which applies not only to all household buildings, but also to the Kuzminsky forest park. There is always something anomalous and terrible going on. According to statistics, it is here that most crimes occur, including murders, suicides, people and animals disappear without a trace, and psychics claim that there is a giant energy funnel in Kuzminki. But let's get back to historical facts. The Kuzminki estate is the most beautiful noble estate in Moscow, in 1702 it was donated in the form of, then just a land allotment, to Grigory Dmitrievich Stroganov for excellent service by the Emperor of Russia Peter the Great himself. Then the estate passed to the princes Golitsyn, who erected a chic mansion here at the end of the eighteenth century, laid out elegant parks around it, dug ponds, made islands on them, uniting them with bridges. The Kuzminki estate became one of the most exemplary noble estates in Russia, it was even called the "Russian Versailles", so emperors and persons close to them often visited here.

And yet, this place never ceased to be mystical and notorious. Why? It is worth telling a couple of versions of where the name "Kuzminki" came from. According to one, in ancient times, the miller Kozma lived on these lands, who had a passion for killing people, and he ruined a lot of innocent people for fun. His mill stood on the banks of the Goledyanka River, and he buried the bodies of the dead here, burying them in the ground. Today this is the most anomalous place of all Kuzminki, there is a small outbuilding where the servants who worked in the noble estate used to live. They say that even despite the fact that the room is almost destroyed, it is always uncomfortable to be near it, it seems that someone is watching you from the gaping eye sockets of the windows. Some especially sensitive people experience here not only unreasonable fear, but also real panic, they want to run away from here, headlong. There were eyewitnesses who noticed flying luminous balls here, saw ghostly figures. Ghost hunters also came here, who measured the electromagnetic background, it turned out that the device went off scale here, so it was concluded that the wing was on a tectonic fault earth's crust.

The second version is even worse. Old-timers say that the mystical history of this Russian estate began even earlier and it was the killer blacksmiths. Even the ancient pagan Slavs formed the temple of Chernobog in these places, where they worshiped him. In Slavic culture, it was an analogue of the Christian devil. Blood sacrifices were held here in his honor. One of the types of sacrifices was such a ritual: when people in the family grew old, turning into a burden for their relatives, the Slavs killed them, but not themselves, because this ritual was traditionally performed by blacksmiths. They gathered old people on a hill and beat them on the head with their hammers, killing them, and dumped the bodies into a ravine, as a sacrifice for Chernobog. From there, the name Kuzminki came from, as the place of residence of people engaged in blacksmithing. Often during excavations, amateur archaeologists found old human skulls and bones here, perhaps these were the victims of the bloody rituals of the pagan Slavs. Although, some argue that many soldiers died here during the Great Patriotic War.

They say that on the wooded territory of the Kuzminki estate there is a “suicide tree” - an old thick elm leaning towards a pond, where hangmen are very often found. Locals say that people can hang themselves there even against their will, because the cursed tree pulls them to mystically commit suicide. According to legend, a sorceress used to live in Kuzminki, who fell in love with a young man, but despite all her knowledge of magic, she could not achieve his favor, because that guy already loved another girl whom they secretly met under a spreading elm. The sorceress found out about their meetings and cursed this old tree in her hearts. Since then, it has not brought happiness to anyone, only death.

The Moscow estate Kuzminki began its revival twenty years ago, it was restored, buildings, ponds, and a park were restored, which became a favorite recreation area for Muscovites. Entertainment events began to be held here, several interesting museums: museum of culture of Russian estates, literary museum of Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky, museum of honey, museum of carriages, museum of cars, museum-estate of the Golitsyns. Everything has been done here to make people interested, but this place is still considered unclean and mystical to this day, and some out of the ordinary stories constantly happen here.