Khotin Palace is a late 18th – early 19th-century estate in the village of Khotin near Sumy. The palace was built in the Neoclassical style designed by Giacomo Quarenghi, with a park laid out around it. At that time, the estate was owned by the granddaughter of Colonel Herasym Kondratiev, the founder of Sumy.
Guests of the palace
Khotin was visited by the enlightener Vasyl Karazyn, the Decembrist Serhii Volkonskyi, and the poet Denys Davydov. The historian Mykola Karamzin lived and worked here for a long time. Later, at the invitation of Count Pavlo Strohanov, painters Ivan Kramskyi and Fedir Vasyliev, as well as Heorhii Narbut, came to stay here.
What remains
In 1918, the palace burned down. Two two-story side outbuildings, which now belong to a school, and the park have survived. The outbuildings are in need of restoration.
Things to consider
The location is close to the border with Russia, and the hromadas of Sumy Oblast are regularly subject to shelling. Before your trip, check the restrictions of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, monitor air raid alerts, and locate the nearest shelter in advance.
Nearby
Lyntvarov Estate in Luka, Sumy Regional Museum of Local Lore, Transfiguration Cathedral — in the center of Sumy.
