Description of the attraction
The hunting lodge of Emperor Nicholas II is a unique attraction in the village of Krasnaya Polyana. Built in 1898, the hunting lodge belonged to the last Russian emperor Nicholas II.
The three-storey house has been designed in a traditional English style. A little below the main building, a huntsman's house was erected, as well as a protective wall and a guardhouse. From 1903 to 1917 members of the Romanov family visited the royal house. Emperor Nicholas II himself, his wife and children never visited either the royal house or Krasnaya Polyana. Most often, the house was visited by the Grand Dukes Sergei Mikhailovich and Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov.
After the construction of the royal house, the forests growing on the slope of Mount Achishkho were declared a protected area, only members of the imperial family, as well as senior government officials, could hunt here.
In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, the royal house was rarely visited by the princes, since they were all busy with the issues of waging war. After the revolution in 1920, the former house of the Emperor of Russia was handed over to the people, after which the Red Army sanatorium was located there. During the Second World War, the Nikolaevsky Palace was converted into a hospital for wounded soldiers. Until 1945 the house housed a platoon of the 121st medical battalion.
In the post-war period, Stalin drew attention to Krasnaya Polyana. Having examined the royal house, he not only forbade it to be demolished, but also gave the order to carry out restoration in it. In the 60s. it was transformed into the Central House of Sports, and then - into a hotel for the military.
Before the collapse of the USSR, the house was in good condition. At the last stage of perestroika, it was removed from the possession of the Ministry of Defense and in 1990 transferred to private individuals. The house passed from hand to hand and as a result remained in a state of disrepair. In May 2013, work began on the reconstruction of the hunting lodge, which celebrated its 110th anniversary in the same year.
