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 – a littleknown palace, which is located far from the tourist routes of Ukraine, namely in Sharivka, Kharkiv region. This is the story of businessman Leopold Koenig, who became one of the wealthiest at the time and built a piece of Germany on his land with an amazing complex and architecture.

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
Postproduction 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
0:27 Guty railway station, Kharkiv region
1:03 The arrival of Leopold Koenig and who he was
3:28 Acquisition of the old palace complex and its restoration
4:22 What was the palace before the arrival of Koenig and the large building in Sharivka
8:03 What the palace became like outside and inside after the improvements of Koenig
14:22 Billiard room
16:11 Royal Park around the palace and a complex of greenhouses
18:51 Koenig's own farm
19:14 Forester's house
20:00 A story about a sugar slide and Leopold's children
20:34 Heir Leopold Jr. and why he was forced to leave the palace