Apolle Manor

In 27 kilometers north of the city of Smolensk, in the Smolensk region on the banks of the river Opolenka, is the village of Apolje. The first mention of it is found since 1671. This is the family estate of the Drutsky-Sokolinsky princes. The old princely family received it for service to the Russian state under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.

Estate Apolje, is a complex of buildings from a large two-storey stone house, and two wooden outbuildings, standing a little further. Construction began in 1760, not far from the Ascension temple already built on the hill in 1753. At the temple, there was also a bell tower, a gatehouse of stone, a wooden house for a parable. The picturesque area was complemented by a beautiful park with pavilions and gazebos.

Since 1918, the estate was nationalized, in the noble house, at different times there was a commune, Belarusian refugees lived, then a hospital was opened.