Abandoned Villas of Russian Nobles in Rural Landscape

The nobiliary villas of the Russian Empire have been recently considered in the strict sense as an essential part of the Age of Enlightenment. Noble estates with their main houses or palaces, parks, gardens, greenhouses and theaters of serfs, libraries and museums make up a large part of that culture. The architecture of country villas inseparably linked with their rural landscape as unique works of art. Together they make up what is called cultural heritage of Russia, with an equally brilliant history and the same tragic fate.