Yusupov Palace
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In Crimea, on its southern coast, where the mountain spurs of the Ai-Petri break off abruptly to the sea, in the ancient town of Koreiz, located Yusupov Palace - the manor palace and a park preserve. Built a palace designed by a talented architect Krasnov. It offers a stunning view of the sky, the sea and the surrounding neighborhoods. The main part of the furniture is made in the Art Nouveau style. Enamel white panel with shelves for bronze and porcelain ware, elegant bentwood chairs, corner sofas with crotonic chintz upholstery. An exception is the master room with a massive carved wardrobe and work in the same table, the French tapestry on the wall, chairs.

The owner had a lot of artistic predilections, especially differed love for sculpture. Minerva, mounted on the landing stage, much like the Statue of Liberty holding a torch at the port of New York.

Koreiz in 1909 - 14 years became a wealthy, well-maintained estate .  Entrance to the Palace, as well as in the wings watched terracotta and marble lions that were brought from Venice .  1917 with its turbulent events had virtually no impact on the palace .  Its nationalization happened in the 20s, after which he began to treat the Office of the Cheka (All-Union Extraordinary Commission) and was a Holiday (State villa number 4) to its employees .  The palace was the privilege of the party elite, however, the particular owner never mentioned .  In 1925 - 26 years stayed here F . E .  Dzerzhinsky .  After the war, the palace was the summer residence Party Committee, where rested the Soviet state and party officials as well as leaders of the communist parties abroad .  Stalin singled out for some reason this is the palace, despite the fact that the South Coast has a representative and comfortable villas .  Nevertheless, there is evidence that Stalin preferred to rest right here in the postwar period .

For years, the palace and park complex of the Yusupov was reserved. Admire the green paradise and relax here might not all. By order of the Cabinet of Ministers in 2002. The manor Yusupov palace and park complex was transferred to state ownership. Today, the palace is owned by Ukrainian Security Service. Unfortunately, to this day the palace was never opened as a museum.

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