Ericklik in Livadia (Gorny village of the Crimean Mountain Forest Reserve)

Abstract

A historical-architectural study of one of the least studied monuments of Livadia in the Crimea is presented: the third palace of the royal family - the summer house Ericklik. The attribution of the surviving fragments of park architecture is given. Attention is focused on the value qualities of the heritage site.
 On the basis of archival documents, an attempt to reconstruct the spatial organization, planning and development of the ensemble was made. Particular attention is devoted to the architecture of a wooden one-story palace, to the combination of features of rationalism, oriental exotism, and Russian style in it For the first time, drawings of projects on Eriklik by architects A.I. Rezanov, A.G. Vensan, V.I. Sychugov are published. The materials indicate the appeal of customers, following Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg, to the Eastern art that was popular in the era of historicism. The special aestheticism and value of Eriklik's architecture consisted of the visual comparison of Crimea nature with the symbolic images of the mountain landscape characteristic of Chinese painting.
 The study aims to identify and preserve valuable objects of history, architecture, art, natural and park landscape, to introduce the heritage into the orbit of modern culture.