Manor AI Tvalchrelidze
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Manor AI Tvalchrelidze in Kislovodsk, also known as' former summer residence MF Kshesinskaia "- a beautiful and original architectural building located near Rebrova beams Street Sophia Perovskoy 41.

The building of the "golden lock" (another name for buildings) was built in 1905, a native of Georgia AI Tvalchrelidze, while the former inspector of schools of the Stavropol province. The house was built by architect EB Khodjaeva. This brick three-storey villa, made in the Art Nouveau style, its appearance is very similar to the castle. Staying on the wide terrace, it is perfectly visible from all sides. The building has a free asymmetrical layout with beautiful mezzanine and attic.

The plot of land on which Tvalchrelidze decided to build a summer residence belonged to the father of his wife T. Astakhov. Astakhov settled here in 1907 with his family after he retired with the rank of State Councilor. From the book by SV Boglachёva and SN Savenok "Architecture of the old Kislovodsk" know that Tvalchrelidze sold his villa in 1915, NV Lezhnyov, owner Elan Stud. Lezhnyov bought it for his sick wife, the eldest daughter of a Moscow industrialist N.I.Prohorova manufactory. AI Tvalchrelidze selling cottage, left his wife to his estate Tsihis Jiro near Batumi, where he engaged in the cultivation of tea and citrus, has successfully participated in the creation of the Botanical Garden of Batumi.

As for M. Kshesinskaia, then in 1918 she left the revolutionary Petrograd and some settled in Kislovodsk, but the place where she lived, is still not known. Although it is assumed that it was just a summer residence Tvalchrelidze.

According to legend, this magnificent mansion, reminiscent of a fairytale castle, at one time was visited by many celebrities. Its walls and hitherto kept the memories of the first owner of the building princess Vyrubova mysterious ballerina M. Kshesinskaia artist Nikolai Yaroshenko, and People's Artist of Chaliapin.

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