Maryino Estate, Kursk Oblast

Following the death of the wife of Prince Ivan Baryatinsky, the Governing Senate issued a decree declaring the Maryino Estate a reserve in October 1859, and the estate was inherited by Ivan's two oldest sons: Alexander and Vladimir. By the time of the outbreak of WWI, the estate was in the hands of Vladimir.^{[citation needed]}

In November 1917, following the October Revolution, the landownership of Maryino Estate was abolished through a decree. During the Russian Civil War in the years following, many aristocratic estates were destroyed, including Maryino. In 1918, the People's Commissariat for Education sent a commission to remove valuables from Maryino, and relocated to different parts of Russia.^[2]

In 1919-1922, Maryino housed an agricultural technical school. From December 1922, Maryino became a home for the People's Commissariat, then later for the Soviet Central Executive Committee.

In the 1930s, the church on the estate was destroyed from an order by Mikhail Kalinin, and a school was built in its place. Other areas were also converted for other purposes, including the desecration of 19 graves.^[2][1]

In 1940, the holiday home was liquidated, and a school for political commissars was opened in place. During Nazi occupation, Hitler allegedly gave this estate to General Heinz Guderian. Following the war, Maryino first became a hospital, then later a holiday home for wounded pilots.^{[citation needed]}

In October 1952, Maryino Estate became the sanatorium of the Administrative Department of the Communist Party Central Committee. In 1980, work began on major repairs and restoration, originally planned for completion in 1995. However, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a change in leadership, and the repair costs went to the Russian government instead.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military struck the nearby village of Maryino with British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles. According to Ukrainian journalists, the strike targeted the Maryino Estate, which may house an underground command post for Russian and North Korean troops.^[3][4] Russian president Vladimir Putin confirmed an attempted strike on the command post of the Russian military's North group,^[5] and Western officials said that the strike had wounded a high-ranking North Korean general.^[6] According to a Russian source, the strike killed 18 Russian servicemen and wounded 33 others, including 3 North Koreans.^[7]