I saw these ruins during a walk around a lake in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, in the small town (or large village) of Krasnoye Selo. I wrote a post about this walk some time ago, and I made a special disclaimer in my story: I said that this building deserved a separate post. The information I could find on a quick internet search seemed questionable and unreliable, and I wanted to do a more thorough search for information.
To begin with, I will tell you in more detail how I found the ruins. Before going to Krasnoye Selo, I made a list of sights that would be interesting to visit. This list included a city park, an old church, a dam, industrial and residential buildings of an old paper mill, and several interesting natural sites - but this list did not include the ruins of an old building on the shore of the Nameless Lake.
Incidentally, to clarify the geographical location of the building - "Nameless" (Bezymyannoye in Russian) in this case is the name of the lake. It's very strange that no one has thought of another name for the big beautiful lake, but that's how it is historically.
The route of my walk included a visit to the town park and the old dam between the lakes Nameless and Dolgoye. I decided to walk back from the dam along the other side of Nameless Lake. No landmarks were marked in this location, I chose this route just for the sake of variety.
I was walking along a field road and noticed a small path turning towards a group of old trees and bushes. I would have walked past it, but my gaze caught something unusual, wrong: a yellow-red wall seemed to shine through the foliage. I stepped closer and was surprised to see the ruins of an old brick house.
A cursory search on the Internet told me it was the ruins of the palace of Emperor Alexander I. But I couldn't believe that this information was true. As far as I knew, Emperor Alexander I liked to spend time in the opulent Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. This modest building could hardly have been a suitable alternative.
I should have researched the matter more carefully and remembered the events of European history in the early 19th century. We all know and remember these events well, but somehow I could not immediately draw the right conclusions from this knowledge. The War of 1812 is associated primarily with Moscow, not St Petersburg. These are perfectly valid associations, but in this case I should have looked a little further.
After the victory over Napoleon, Russian troops returned to Russia from Paris and it was necessary to find a place for a military camp. The small village of Krasnoye Selo became that location. It was chosen because of its convenient location: the proximity to the capital, the free area, the lakes, the nearby forest... Later it turned out that this place had some disadvantages, but it seemed to be an ideal one at first.
There were not many stone buildings in Krasnoye Selo and the two-storeyed house of paper-mill owner A. Poltoratskaya, which had been built not long before, in the late 18th century, was hastily converted to a palace for the Emperor. This explains the modest appearance of the building: no one planned to make an imperial residence there. The emperor stayed in the building during his visits to the military camp. I found an old photograph which makes it easy to believe that the building was actually used as a resting place for the emperor.
"Palace of Alexander I". Photo was taken in 1875 - 1880 by the "Schoenfeld & Co" photographic establishment.
Later the building was handed over to the military department and the equestrian school was located there. After the revolution, the house was partly rebuilt and became a normal apartment building. In the early 2000s, the building, together with the adjacent plot of land, was sold at auction to a private individual and it is not known what will happen to it.
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| Smartphone | Google Pixel 3a |
| Location | Krasnoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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Fascinating history @tatdt thanks for sharing, great shots and I love the vintage photo x
I was so glad when I found this photo - without it I couldn't believe I was seeing a palace:) Thank you so much!
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You are true to your word! It did deserve a separate post and not only did you give a great rundown on history, but, you came up with a historical one to reference.
Thank you, I love the pictures of the ruin, and the close-up of the architectural details too!
Appreciate your attention to detail, @tatdt !!
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It was an unexpected find, and I had a lot of fun looking for information! Thank you so much!
It is always a pleasure!
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В Питере еще есть такие руины?
Есть, конечно. Далеко не всё отремонтировано.
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If only walls could talk so we could just ask them right away what happened there and know all the juicy gossips lol!
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Wow, these ruins are huge @tatdt 😎 so cool to see all the angles and even how it was long ago. It gives you a proper feel for it.
Thank you so much for sharing it with us 😁 have a wonderful day today 👋🏻☀️
This walk turned out to be more interesting than planned thanks to this find:) Thank you very much! Have a great evening!
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