The ruins of abandoned estates and a new development

A technical stop at a very popular burger joint in St. Petersburg. We'll stock up on burgers and water. Lunch is planned in the open air.
We recommend to pay attention to the sound position "Ervin" with seafood mix cutlet, "Swiss Peanut" with peanut paste inside, "Griboyedov" with mushroom julienne as a sauce.

The first point of our photo-trip is "St. Petersburg's Kizhi" or the Church in the name of the Holy Virgin Protection with 25 cupola heads. The church is an exact copy of Peter the Great's favorite church, which was located on the territory of the present Vologda region and burned to the ground in a fire in 1963.

Let's start a raid on the forgotten heritage of the Leningrad region. It is somewhat neglected and neglected, but has great potential for the realization of the most daring creative ideas.
The Volkovitskaya Tower, next to the homonymous manor, looks more like a defensive structure than the mill it was designed to be. Nevertheless, it was indeed used for military purposes - during the Second World War, the tower functioned as a lighthouse until the Germans occupied the area.
After the war, the manor was used as a sanatorium, hospital and even a hostel. After the fire in the 90s the manor was no longer restorable. Take the time to capture it before some fancy mansion is erected on the site.

The estate, shrouded in mystical legends, once belonged to Fyodor Briscorn, Peter the Great's secret advisor. It is said to be the most "disappeared" manor of the Leningrad region. Only the remnants of the foundation of the lord's house, the park gates and the crumbling church in the form of a rotunda have been preserved.
The church, by the way, was erected in the early XIX century, allegedly inconsolable widow Briskorn. Only according to rumors, she was not as unhappy as she wanted to beg for her sins. But it did not work - the temple began to fall apart quickly, which confirms the hypothesis that her soul was left without forgiveness. The 12 columns inside the church once reminded us of the court musicians tortured to death by Olga Briskorn.

We're gonna have burgers for lunch on the St. Petersburg Seishelles coast. Lake Donzo is famous for its transparency, aquamarine color of water and white sand. None of this is at all typical of the region. As well as a rare species of orchids, which can be captured in the vicinity of the lake immediately after our lunch.

A lyrical retreat on our current route is the Lutheran Kirch, which was restored in 1991 and built in the best Estonian traditions.
Once upon a time, Finns and Russians lived side by side in the village of Gubanitsa, while Lutherans outnumbered Orthodox Christians. But the Soviet power was equally disgraceful to all religions, so from 1938 the temple served first as a prison, then a sawmill. Only in 1989 the church was finally returned to believers.
We train to find the best views of the representative of Gothic architecture.

We return to the current topic of abandoned estates today. Before us is another old Gothic masterpiece, this time in English. The color scheme in the form of contrasting white drags on the unbuilt walls of red brick is still striking with its boldness.
The estate faithfully keeps the tragic story of its caring master George Wrangel. In 1918 rebellious revolutionaries shot Wrangel right in his own house. His wife and children miraculously managed to escape to Petrograd.
After the revolution, there was a village school on the estate for a long time. After she moved, the manor was ransacked.

Let's hope that we will be lucky to find a once luxurious estate where the cream of St. Petersburg society flocked to the balls, in the beautiful rays of the setting sun.
It is hard to believe, but the Gostelitsa estate is separated from the glossy and polished Peterhof by some 20 with small kilometers. The gentleman's house, famous for its famous owners, from Razumovsky to Karl Siemens, was destroyed by Soviet artillery that hit the enemy during the breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad. The palace was no longer restored after that.
Curiously, it is still possible to trace the layout of the manor house in Gostelitsy. And despite the ruins, the Trinity Church has been restored here, which is still active today.

We deserve an elegant dinner in an atmospheric space with Scottish accents. And let the panoramic view of the endless golf course be a nice bonus for our cameras.
We recommend paying attention to the Finnish ear with hot smoked trout, fried dumplings with sweet chili sauce, stewed beef cheeks.

It's been a busy day. Let's go on holiday at last.