Sheremetev castle, Gothic Revival castle in Yurino, Russia.
Sheremetev castle is a Gothic Revival estate on the Volga River in Yurino, Russia. The building spreads across several wings and contains many rooms with towers, battlements and bay windows, surrounded by a park with old trees and water basins.
Vasily Sheremetev bought the village of Yurino in 1812 and began building a new estate there. The castle itself was started in 1874 to designs by the German architect R. Müller in late Neo-Gothic style, with A. Stern, A. Parland and A. Korsh also contributing. Work continued under Vasily Petrovich, Olga Dmitrievna and their son Pyotr, and was completed in 1915, a year before Pyotr's death.
The name comes from the Sheremetev family, one of Russia's oldest and wealthiest noble lines. Visitors today can walk through many of the rooms and see wall paintings, coloured glass windows and carved wooden ceilings that reflect the life of the former owners.
Visitors reach the castle by tour boats from Cheboksary during summer months, or by road from nearby towns. The park and most interior rooms are open to the public, though some areas may be closed for events or restoration work.
The castle's owners, Vasily and Olga Sheremetev, assembled a large collection of antique firearms and edged weapons, including personal items that had belonged to Olga's brother, General Mikhail Skobelev. Skobelev, a celebrated Russian commander, visited them at Yurino several times. The writer Vladimir Korolenko and the painter Ivan Aivazovsky also visited the estate.
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