Aruküla is a village in

Järva Parish Järva Parish is a municipality in Järva County, Estonia. It was created in 2017 as a merger of 6 municipalities: Albu Parish, Ambla Parish, Imavere Parish, Järva-Jaani Parish, Kareda Parish Kareda Parish ( et, Kareda vald) was a rural munic ...

, Järva County in northern-central Estonia.

Aruküla Manor

Aruküla ;anor (german: Arroküll) evolved into an independent estate in the 17th century. The manor house seen today was built in 1782–1789, but suffered damage in a fire around 1800 and was subsequently rebuilt in a typical St. Petersburg-style

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, with details such as decorative stucco laurel wreaths and a wrought-iron fence surrounding the manor park. Russian general Karl Wilhelm von Toll, mentioned by Tolstoy in his epic " War and Peace", lived on Aruküla manor and is buried in a chapel on the grounds.

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Aruküla manor
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