In August 2026 the Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Nizhny Novgorod Region again put up for electronic auction the Obolensky estate — a cultural heritage site of regional significance, located in the village of Krasnaya Gorka in Vorotynsky District at 2A Beregovaya Street.[1][2] This was already the second attempt to sell the landmark in 2026: a similar auction had been held earlier that same year.[1][3]
The building and its history
The estate is a two-story building of red brick with two towers on the south facade and a basement level; the building's footprint is rectangular, with a floor area of 414.2 sq. m.[1][3] One of the towers projects from the main volume: it housed a reservoir into which water flowed from a spring, then was distributed throughout the estate, including to a fountain.[1] The building is located in the southwestern part of the village of Krasnaya Gorka.[3]
The site was originally being developed as an estate by Platon Demidov, a member of the family of Ural industrialists.[1] In the second half of the 19th century the property passed to Prince Platon Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletsky; from that time the estate remained in the possession of the Princes Obolensky.[1][3] In 1919 the building's owner became the Voskhod state farm (sovkhoz), which in the 1990s sold it to a private enterprise. Soon afterward a fire broke out in the building.[3]
By the time it was put up for auction, the building was not in use: the walls and basement were in unsatisfactory, ruined condition, the roof was gone, and utilities were absent.[3] In 2023 the estate was seized from its previous owner by decision of the Vorotynsky District Court due to the unsatisfactory condition of the landmark.[2][3]
Terms of the auction
The subject of the auction was two properties offered as a single lot: the estate building itself, with an area of 414.2 sq. m (appraised at 774,700 rubles), and a land plot of 13,350 sq. m (appraised at 521,000 rubles).[3] The starting price of the lot was about 1,295,700 rubles.[4] Bids were accepted from August 14 through October 1, 2026; the electronic auction was scheduled for October 5, 2026, on the platform of the Russian Auction House (JSC).[2][3]
The winner of the auction is required to commission a specialized organization to prepare a conservation project for the site, obtain a work permit from the State Heritage Protection Authority of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, and bring the landmark into proper condition.[3] According to a report by the Scientific and Production Center for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Sites of Nizhny Novgorod Region (a state institution), the cost of repair and restoration work is estimated at approximately 239 million rubles.[2][3] The property is also subject to established restrictions and encumbrances, including a ban on registration under orders of a bailiff-enforcer.[2]
Sources
- Vremya N — The Obolensky estate in Nizhny Novgorod Region to be sold at auction (archive)
- Newsroom24 — The Obolensky estate in Nizhny Novgorod Region put up for auction for 1.3 million (archive)
- GiperNN — The old Obolensky estate in Nizhny Novgorod Region put up for auction again (archive)
- Otkrytiy Nizhny — Obolensky castle in Nizhny Novgorod Region put up for auction for 1.3 million rubles (archive)