Ostashevo - Grand Duke Konstantin´s country estate

[Emilia]

Hi!

Are there any pictures around of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich´s country estate Ostashevo near Moscow?

Thanks!

[Mike]

See several pictures here. Please note that the pink building with white columns is not the original mansion - it was built in the 1950s at the same place.

[JeffS]

Views of the stables built in the mid-19th century in the Gothic revival style:
http://www.archi.ru/photo/english/tarabarina/ruza/pages/220335.htm
http://www.archi.ru/photo/english/tarabarina/ruza/pages/220336.htm
http://www.archi.ru/photo/english/tarabarina/ruza/pages/220337.htm
http://www.archi.ru/photo/english/tarabarina/ruza/pages/220338.htm

One of two Gothic towers at entrance to the internal courtyard:
http://www.archi.ru/photo/english/tarabarina/ruza/pages/220339.htm

One of the round towers standing at the front corners of the service wings semi-enclosing the courtyard:
http://www.archi.ru/photo/english/tarabarina/ruza/pages/220340.htm

Art Nouveau mausoleum-church built in 1915 by St. Petersburg architect Marian Peretyatkovich which is the final resting place of Prince Oleg Konstantinovich, son of KR, killed in World War I:
http://www.archi.ru/photo/english/tarabarina/ruza/pages/220341.htm

[David_Pritchard]

For those of you who are curious as to why the Palace and Estate of Ostashevo are in such horrific condition, you can blame the German tank divisions that came through in mid-December 1941 and laid waste to the entire Ostashevo region.

David Pritchard