Ilzho estate, estate in Ilzho, Russia
Ilzho estate is a wooden manor house built in the 1860s in a village near Lake Ilzho in Leningrad Province. The house sits on a high lakeside terrace and features decorated window frames, ornamental roof details, and carved wooden lattice work.
The house was built in the early 1860s and passed through several noble families. In 1887, Varvara Korf purchased it and transferred it three years later to Yakov van der Vliet, who developed a dairy farming operation on the property.
The house design blends noble architectural elements with local building traditions. Its wooden carvings and decorative window frames reflect both aristocratic Russian style and simpler craft techniques that were common in the region.
The estate is located just outside the village of Ilzho and is reached by simple roads with a small parking area near the entrance. It is open year-round, but spring and summer are the best times to visit when gardens bloom and paths are in good condition.
In the early 1900s, painters such as Ivan Kramskoi and Ivan Shishkin visited here and created some of their notable works within the house and surrounding grounds. Their paintings helped gain the estate recognition, and some of their works are now held in museums.
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