Ramon (russian: Рамóнь) is an
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement) and the
administrative center of
Ramonsky District of
Voronezh Oblast,
Russia. Population:
It was first mentioned in 1615. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1938.
In 1879 Tsar
Alexander II gave the estate of Ramon to his niece
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (russian: Евгения Максимилиановна Лейхтенбергская) (1 April 1845 – 4 May 1925) was a daughter of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg and his wi ...
and her husband
Duke Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg as a wedding gift; she set up industrial and agricultural enterprises, expanded the estate, and in the 1880s commissioned the building of
Ramon Palace, which has survived and is now a Russian cultural landmark.
"The Oldenburg Estate at Ramon"
, ''Royal Russia News'', retrieved February 21, 2016.
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Urban-type settlements in Voronezh Oblast
Populated places in Ramonsky District
Voronezhsky Uyezd
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