Polibino, Dankovsky District, Lipetsk Oblast

Coordinates: 53°30′14″N 38°58′43″E / 53.50389°N 38.97861°E / 53.50389; 38.97861

For other places with the same name, see Polibino.
19th century Nechaev Palace, built by architect Vasily Bazhenov. The Shukhov tower is seen on the background.

Polibino (Russian: Полибино) is a rural locality (a selo) in Dankovsky District of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia.[1] It serves as the administrative center of Polibinsky Selsoviet, one of the fifteen selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided.[1] Municipally, it is the administrative center of Polibinskoye Rural Settlement.

A view of the Nechaev Palace from the Shukhov tower in winter

Nechaev palace

The village was the site of the estate of noble Nechaev family.

The estate is composed of a palace, English park, regular gardens, ponds, and more. The world's first hyperboloid structure by Vladimir Shukhov is located on the grounds of the estate. It was purchased by the then-estate owner Yury Nechaev-Maltsov.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #382-OZ
  2. "Hyperboloid water tower". International Database and Gallery of Structures. Nicolas Janburg, ICS. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-28.

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