Gomel Palace

The Gomel Palace is the principal of historic significance withinside the town of Gomel, Belarus. The grounds of the house stretch for 800 meters alongside the steep proper financial institution of the Sozh River. A photograph of the house is featured on the Belarusian 20-ruble bill.

Gomel Palace belonged to Count Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, one of the favorites of Catherine the Great. In the nineteenth century, the property turned into sold-out to Ivan Paskevich, a well-known navy commander, who accrued a totally wealthy series of collections endeavors and antiques there. The last proprietor of the house turned into Duchess Irina Paskevich, the writer of the primary French translation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. Today the palace museum has more than 150,000 exhibits. Among them is the Icon of Our Lady of Tenderness from the Paskevich's own circle of relatives' burial vault made with the aid of using the famed Faberge Firm in St. Petersburg and Vladimir Frolov mosaic workshop in 1887-1910.

Location: Gomel, Belarus