Kharitonov Palace

He inherited the property in 1824 and employed architect Mikhail Pavlovich Malakhov to connect the buildings with a series of covered passageways.

His harsh treatment of the serfs gave rise to a bevy of legends about a network of underground chambers and passages where his peasants were tortured.

In 1837 Kharitonov was officially censured for his cruelty, put on trial and condemned to life imprisonment in Kexholm Fortress.

[1] After USSR and pioneers system fall, it continued to function as children's art school.

Pyotr Latyshev, the Presidential Envoy to Urals Federal District, planned to take over the palace in 2000.