Russia: Portals to the Past

Lena Liseikina is a photographer, journalist, traveler, and blogger with an audience of more than 200,000 subscribers. Author for National Geographic, Club 4x4, «Around the World», «Voyage». Distinguished guests gathered in exquisite palaces, music was playing, and balls were... held in halls with whimsical stucco and frescoes. The hosts amazed with architectural solutions and ostentatious luxury. And now, the wind wanders through the once grand rooms... But they are still ready to share their fading beauty, remind us of past grandeur, and reveal secrets kept for decades. «Russia: Portals to the Past» is an opportunity to revive the past. To wander through the park where Tolstoy and Mendeleev strolled, to come across Sherwood Forest in the Moscow region, to admire little houses resembling Legos and a manor that looks like a cake. To find oneself in a castle that concealed a love triangle. To learn who cursed the Tver estate, in which dungeon the secret office was located, and why cats had a separate room with servants.