Fern Flower
Published on February 14, 2022

Arakcheev barracks

«Аракчеевские казармы», Медведь, Novgorodskaya oblast', Russian Federation

Description

This zone is located on the site of an abandoned military unit. The introduction of military settlements here is associated with the name of Count Arakcheev. In the parish of Medvedskaya in 1818, the 1st and 2nd carabinieri regiments of the Grenadier Division were settled. The name of Ivan Franzievich Gutavsky, a knight of the Order of St. George, 4th degree, is associated with the Arakcheev barracks.

According to ancient legends, a curse was sent down on the entire Gutavsky family. And no one on the male line has lived more than 50 years. And all the women from this family, despite their attractive beauty, could not get married for a long time because of the curse. That's why there were rumors about the Gutavskys as witches and witches. 

 Everything connected with the Arakcheev barracks is covered with rumors. Supposedly, ghosts of innocents walk around the barracks, and at night some mythical creatures excite the locals with their howling and howling. There are other mysterious phenomena: some kind of glow, UFOs were also observed in these places.

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