Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov
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Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov was a Russian general and official. He served as served as Minister of Imperial Properties between 1881 and 1897 and as Governor-General of the Caucasus Vice
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Vorontsov-Dashkov's villa in Pargolovo near St. Petersburg
Vorontsov Palace (Alupka)
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The Vorontsov Palace or the Alupka Palace is a historic palace situated at the foot of the Crimean Mountains near the town of Alupka in Crimea. The Vorontsov Palace is one of the oldest and largest pa
Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov
…General Alexander Myshlayevsky. In September 1915 he was removed from command and replaced with Grand Duke Nicholas. He died on 15 January 1916 in his Vorontsov Palace. He married in 1867 Countess Elizaveta Andreevna Shuvalova, daughter of Count Andrei Petrovich Shuvalov. His youngest son Alexander's descendants…
The Vorontsov Palace: the northern entrance façade. The stone was quarried locally as part of a conscious effort to blend the building with its mountainous surroundings.
The southern façade of the main building is built in the style of an iwan, which is common in Islamic architecture.
In the 1820s, Russian noblemen commissioned a number of Palladian residences in Novorossiya, primarily in Odessa.
Prince Mikhail Vorontsov (1782–1856) commissioned the palace for use as his own summer residence.