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Underground passage

This passage was built during the time of Count Orlov, supposedly for the Empress Ekaterina II could secretly and unnoticed visit her beloved favorite (the passage leads to the cellars under count's bedchamber). This is romantic and practical at the same time - you can quickly leave the palace, if some shit happens. However, favoritism in those days was the same state institution as corruption is in modern times...

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