In the very center of the Russian capital, on Kazakov Street, near the Kurskaya metro station, there is an abandoned mansion that once belonged to Count Razumovsky. They say that Alexei Kirillovich Razumovsky was a Freemason and conducted some experiments in his palace. One way or another, in subsequent years, phenomena of otherworldly properties were observed here more than once …
Before the revolution, Kazakov Street was called Gorokhovskaya. Rich mansions with parks stretching all the way to the Yauza were built here. It is not known exactly who designed the Razumovsky palace. The names of the architects Kazakov, Lvov and Menelas are named. There is also a version that the author of the project was the English architect Charles Cameron, who was also involved in the construction of the Razumovsky country estate. It is also said that all the architects mentioned were Masons, as was the Count, the owner of the house. In any case, experts discover here a lot of elements characteristic of Russian Masonic architecture of the 18th century, for example, a rotunda.
On the other hand, there are also details that do not fit into the Masonic tradition. For example, an open staircase leading from the street directly to the inner chambers, corridors ending in dead ends …
It is said that the Razumovsky Palace was once one of the most magnificent buildings in Moscow. It cost the Count an astronomical sum for those times of 4 million gold rubles. Everything was made of bronze, crystal, expensive glass, the windowsills were made of lapis lazuli … Aleksey Kirillovich himself was considered one of the most educated people in Russia. He studied with the best Russian and European professors. Razumovsky was fond of botany, mineralogy, collected exotic plants, stones, various rarities, which were brought to him from all over the world. It was in the Moscow mansion that most of the collection was kept.
According to legend, the count conducted some experiments using the exhibits of his collection. His sons did not approve of this. One of them argued that the father knows the devil himself. As a result, he went mad and died in a monastery. The second, after the death of his father, sold the palace literally for a pittance to the Odessa merchant Yurkov. Then it housed an orphanage.
In the 30s of the XIX century, there were rumors about the devilry, which "started" in the building. Educators and pupils heard incomprehensible sounds, noise and laughter, and they came from the empty rooms. At night, some obscure silhouettes appeared in the shelter corridors …
After the revolution, the former palace of the Razumovsky was transferred to the Institute of Physical Education. Everything was quiet for a while. But in the 70s of the last century, another Institute of Physical Education, a research institute, moved here. And the ghosts "returned".
The well-known Moscow healer Oleg Kozlov, who worked in those years at the Research Institute of Physical Culture, says that strange noises in the institute building over time became quite familiar to him. One morning, he found his partner, on duty on the night shift, huddled in the corner of the room. There was horror in the man's eyes, he was holding two knives in his hands … Meanwhile, his partner was not at all timid, in the past he served in the KGB …
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In 1999, the main building of the estate was transferred to the Russian Academy of Arts. Just a few months later, a fire broke out in the building, causing serious damage. Today, some of the premises are allocated to the Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy, as well as the Museum of Physical Culture, and some are empty. The main building actually turned into ruins … Several times the manor began to be restored, but for various reasons the work was stopped …
It is difficult to say what kind of ghosts have settled in the palace. It is known that in his declining years, Alexei Razumovsky suddenly abandoned his "godless" pursuits and fell into religion … By the way, this even helped him take the post of Minister of Public Education and found the famous Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Subsequently, he somehow fell under the influence of the Jesuits and defended the truth of religious dogmas with foam at the mouth …
Perhaps, within the walls of his palace, he experienced some kind of experience that made him look at the world in a new way … However, it is possible that the spirit of Razumovsky is wandering around the house. People who were engaged in occultism during their lifetime often find no peace after death …
Shlion Irina