Palace on Sparrow Field.

A magnificent palace on Gorokhovoye Pole lies shrouded in mystery. Within its walls, momentous events unfolded, and great names rose to fame and faded into oblivion. Count A. K. Razumovsky, a figure of legend in Moscow, built his estate on an unprecedented scale: its furnishings dazzled the imagination, and the entire nobility gathered there for balls and festivities in the park. The palace miraculously survived the fire of 1812; Murat and Adam Mickiewicz lived here, the Empress stayed here, and A. S. Pushkin visited... The Count could never have imagined what future awaited his beloved creation. This early 19th-century masterpiece is now being restored to the full splendor of its former glory. For the first time after years of neglect, the book presented to readers here lifts the veil of mystery and offers a unique opportunity to explore the palace’s rich history, bringing together previously published materials and new archival documents to summarize the illustrious past of this famous Moscow estate—a living witness to three centuries.