Popov Manor House

The Vasylivka Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve "Popov Manor House" (also known as Vasylivka Castle) is an established museum complex at a partly preserved manor house built between 1864 and 1884 near the town of Vasylivka, Ukraine by Vasili Popov Jr. (a grandson of General Vasili Stepanovich Popov).

Popov Manor House
Native name
Ukrainian: Садиба Попова
TypeManor house
LocationVasylivka, Zaporizhia Oblast
Coordinates47°26′45″N 35°16′30″E
Area2.87 ha (7.1 acres)
FounderVasiliy Popov
Built1864-1884
Original useFamily manor house
Current useHistorical museum
Architectnot established
Architectural style(s)Moorish architecture, Gothic Revival architecture, others
Governing bodyVasylivka Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve
OwnerGovernment of Ukraine
Location of Popov Manor House in Ukraine

The historical and cultural reserve was created on 29 January 1993 in place of the existing Vasylivka museum of local history.[1]

Manor House

Its Gothic Revival design is attributed to Nicholas Benois. The main house had a telescope, a picture gallery, and an ethnographic museum. The castle was looted by the Bolsheviks and ruined by the Germans in the Second World War. Restoration works did not start until the 1990s.

  • Reconstructed model
  • One of the wings
  • Another wing
  • Spotting tower
  • The rear wall of Popov's castle or Manor house in Vasylivka, Ukraine
  • A display commemorating local sailor Yuriy Monosov of the Northern Fleet. Popov's castle or Manor house in Vasylivka, Ukraine

See also

References
  1. Program of the historical site. Popov Manor House official website. 31 May 2012.
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