Yusupov Palace

Yusupov Palace is a palace of eclectic style, which was built in Koreiz by Yalta architect Nikolai Krasnov for Prince Felix Yusupov (Count Sumarokov-Elston). Before the construction of the palace in its place was the dacha "Pink House", owned by Princess Anna Sergeevna Golitsina. Subsequently, the estate was owned by winemaker Morozov, and in 1880 it was acquired by Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, a former Moscow governor-general. In 1909, the architect Nikolai Krasnov, the author of the Dulbert Palace and the Livadia Palace, rebuilt the Pink House into a palace and gave it its modern appearance. The princely Yusupov family was one of the richest and most influential aristocratic families in the Russian Empire. In the autumn of 1912, Felix Yusupov Jr. was engaged to the niece of Emperor Nicholas II of imperial blood Irina Alexandrovna.

In the 1920s, the palace was nationalized and fell into the department of the All-Union Emergency Commission as a holiday home for its employees (state dacha No. 4). In 1925-1926, Felix Dzerzhinsky stayed here. During the Great Patriotic War, the palace was not damaged. In 1945, during the Yalta Conference, the Yusupov Palace became the residence of the Soviet delegation headed by Joseph Stalin. Since then, some elements of the interior, billiards and Stalin’s desk have been preserved here. In the postwar period, the palace became a dacha of the Central Committee of the CPSU, where many party and state figures of the Soviet Union and leaders of foreign communist parties rested. From 1991 to March 2014 Yusupov Palace was owned by the administration of the President of Ukraine. The Council of Ministers of Crimea on October 21, 2014 decided to transfer for free use to the management of the affairs of the President of Russia objects that were previously owned by the administration of the President of Ukraine.

Plaza before the entrance

After the annexation of Crimea to Russia in March 2014, the Yusupov Palace became a special complex of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.

The eclectic architecture of the Yusupov Palace traces both the neo-Romanesque style and various elements of the architecture of the Italian Renaissance. The stairs and arches at the entrance are decorated with sculptures of lions, various characters of ancient Greek mythology, made of marble and brought from Venice. The main part of the interior is made in Art Nouveau style: white enamel panels with shelves for porcelain and bronze plastic, Viennese chairs, corner sofas and the like. The only exception was the castle owner's office - with an antique French tapestry, a massive desk, a closet and smoking chairs. The park of the Yusupov Palace was founded by one of the most famous gardeners of the time, Karl Kebach. The territory of the park occupies 16.5 hectares, about 7.5 thousand plants grow here, among which up to 200 species of ornamental trees and shrubs, 32 of them are rare. 155 trees are between 100 and 500 years old.