According to the legend Russian hussar colonel Vladimir Khrapovitsky, a successful merchant, had a bet with his friends that he would build a castle comparable to Louvre (Paris, France) with the park better than the Park of Versailles. Due to several fires and the fall of the Soviet Union, it now sits abandoned.

According to the legend Russian hussar colonel Vladimir Khrapovitsky, a successful merchant, had a bet with his friends that he would build a castle comparable to Louvre (Paris, France) with the park better than the Park of Versailles. Due to several fires and the fall of the Soviet Union, it now sits abandoned.