Popov Castle, Vasylivka

It used to be a nice palace before bolshevics. But it got plundered to take building blocks for some ugly buildings. Few fragments left only but they have nice ladies guides who love their history and have good sense of humour. Recommend to walk around with the guide and as a bonus you will get a story of the local ghost. You have to decide yourself is it kind or evil one.

The Vasylivka Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve "Popov Manor House" (also known as Vasylivka Castle) is an established museum complex at a partly preserved manor house built between 1864 and 1884 near the town of Vasylivka, Ukraine by Vasili Popov Jr. (a grandson of General Vasili Stepanovich Popov). The historical and cultural reserve was created on 29 January 1993 in place of the existing Vasylivka museum of local history. Its Gothic Revival design is attributed to Nicholas Benois. The main house had a telescope, a picture gallery, and an ethnographic museum. The castle was looted by the Bolsheviks and ruined by the Germans in the Second World War. Restoration works did not start until the 1990s.