The team of history researcher Akim Galimov recreates the destroyed Ukrainian palaces in 3D. This project is a chance to look at what these unique buildings once were and learn their history. In this episode – the village of Kurisovo, where a palace was built by a Ukrainian Cossack of Greek descent who served in the Russian Empire. This palace is built in a very unusual style for Ukraine, which impresses everyone who sees it for the first time.

Producer: Akim Galimov
Author of the idea: Ruslan Sharipov
Director: Daria Sarycheva
Editor: Anastasia Gruba
Cameraman: Alexander Vyakhirev, Alexander Maslak
Editing: Tatiana Fetko
Music: Natalia Yermakova
Post-production producer: Julian Akulov
Executive producer: Stanislav Zurakhov

VFX Postproduction: Maxim Arsenyuk, Maxim Tkachenko
Architects of 3D reconstructions: Andrey Kharkhalis, Ilya Litvinchuk, Natalia Ryazanova, Igor Luchko, Maxim Nedostrelov

The 2021 project won the PITCH UA 3 socially important content competition, organized by Media Resources Management (MRM) with the support of the Transformation Communications Activity (TCA) and Public Confidence Building (UCBI), funded by the United States Agency for International Development. (USAID) and with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.

0:00 Intro
0:26 Kurisovo, Odesa region
1:40 A story about Greeks and Turks
2:52 Ivan Kuris - who he is and how he became an aristocrat
3:38 Creation of the village of Kurisove and construction of an estate in the old fortress
4:28 The palace today
5:27 Moorish arch
6:44 Reconstruction of the palace
8:15 The dungeons of the palace and the Freemasonry of Kuris
12:37 Ivan Kuris Jr. and his changes in the architecture of the palace
14:02 Fireplace hall
15:26 Kuris Collection
16:53 Finds near the building
18:29 Kuris created a real oasis in the middle of the wild steppe
20:32 What happened to the palace