<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/101a8043-843a-41df-917c-c87a33870e23/CD35F2F4-DF13-4AC1-9EE6-A391EAF547B2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891" href="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891" style="font-size: 11px;">englishrussia.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/englishrussia.com/img/2F3D730F-4DCC-47F1-B656-9DE0A5E1C1A4" alt="Abandoned Russian palace in Abkhazia 26" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><P><SPAN>Today we have a series of very nice piece of <SPAN class="IL_LINK_STYLE">architecture</SPAN> staying abandoned for quite a lot already. It is from Abkhazia region, the place that was under Russian rule long before communists came to power. It’s located on the Black Sea and was so beloved by old Russian upper class that they called it “Russian Riviera”. This place has probably the most picturesque abandons from ex Soviet places. We had once the old abandoned railway station from there, if you don’t remember take look </SPAN><A href="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2035">here</A> it was very nice looking series too. Today some shots of the abandoned Prince’s House, built almost two centuries ago by special Royal order. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/englishrussia.com/img/B534CF09-E6DD-4EA3-8CBB-1C8C2B31376C" alt="Abandoned Russian palace in Abkhazia 26" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><P>That’s how it looked when prince got it.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><P><SPAN>It was not very long the prince could enjoy it, the communists took over and nationalized most of the <SPAN class="IL_LINK_STYLE">luxury property</SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> <SPAN class="IL_SPAN"><INPUT type="hidden" name="IL_MARKER" />in Russia</SPAN>. During Soviet Era </SPAN><SPAN class="IL_LINK_STYLE">the house</SPAN> was turned in elite summer residence for Moscow higher up men.</SPAN></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/englishrussia.com/img/DCE0F900-1F5E-4237-9448-9C0728DC654A" alt="Abandoned Russian palace in Abkhazia 26" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><P>That’s how the placed look when it was conversed to the Hotel “Seagull” by the personal order of J. Stalin</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/englishrussia.com/img/DEDDA252-1417-40FD-AEE6-53AC83DDA7EC" alt="Abandoned Russian palace in Abkhazia" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/englishrussia.com/img/1E1CA293-B12D-4268-885B-0B2A4B9828AF" alt="Abandoned Russian palace in Abkhazia 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/englishrussia.com/img/17D85A63-D75F-4999-A5DA-90C941BC5061" alt="Abandoned Russian palace in Abkhazia 3" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2891"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/englishrussia.com/img/601FDD12-FABD-42B7-921D-75130EAB7056" alt="Abandoned Russian palace in Abkhazia 4" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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