Denishi

This Estate was built by Fedor Artimeivitch Tereshchenko for his eldest daughter Nadhezda (which means “Hope”) and was about 10 km from the Chervoni castle, also in the Zhytomir Region or Province. Construction began in 1890 under the architect Paul Holland at the direction of Fedor Tereshchenko’s wife Hope. It was completed under the terms of Fedor’s Last Will and Testament after his death in 1893. Fedor wanted it constructed for their daughter’s 21st birthday in 1909, but it was not finally ready until 1911. The property remained owned by Nadehzda and her husband Vladimir Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine until all lands were confiscated by the communist regime that assumed power in 1921.

After 1921, the Bolsheviks seized all private property and this mansion was no exception. Its contents were pillaged and much of the structure was taken for raw materials to build other structures nearby. The ruins can now be found just outside the village of Denyshi on the main road H-03 in Zhytomyr Oblast at latitude 50.20536, longitude 28.41163.