Private investors have been put off by the high costs and bureaucracy that come with trying to reprivatise and restore these historic estates.
But today, one of a handful of success stories is the Serednikovo estate, which has been restored and today is used to host weddings and celebrations, the profits going to keep the restoration efforts ongoing.
Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from Russia.
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