The White House (also known as the Demidov Manor House) is a noted historical building in Kyshtym. The grand

Palladian Palladian architecture is a European architectural style derived from the work of the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). What is today recognised as Palladian architecture evolved from his concepts of symmetry, perspective and ...

townhouse A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of city residence ...

with two lateral towers is set on a hill in a fenced park. It is featured in Kyshtym's city emblem. The original house on the grounds of the Kyshtym iron works was built by

Nikita Demidov Nikita Demidov (full name Nikita Demidovich Antufiev), (5 April 1656 Tula, Russia, Tula – 28 November 1725 Tula) was a Russian Business magnate, industrialist who founded the Demidov, Demidov industrial dynasty. Peter the Great, Peter I of Russi ...

's son Nikita in the mid-18th century. The current Empire style edifice was constructed in the early 19th century by the plant's next owner, Lev Rastorguyev (who also owned the immense Rastorguyev Palace in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

). The architect was

Mikhail Pavlovich Malakhov Mikhail Pavlovich Malakhov (russian: link=no, Михаил Павлович Малахов; 1781, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire, now Ukraine – 1842, Yekaterinburg, Russian Empire, now Russia ) was a Russian architect who graduated from th ...

. Since the late 19th century the palace has housed a local museum with a choice array of mineral exhibits. During

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the

Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герце� ...

was relocated from

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to Kyshtym, with the White House serving as the main

campus A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like se ...

building. The palace is urgently in need of upkeep and repair.

External links

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The History of Kyshtym
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