Page 280 By the end of World War II a staggering 95 of Russia s country estates had disappeared Some had been targeted for destruction most however were simply abandoned plundered and then forgotten left to rot decay and fall into ruin An entire cultural legacy had been wiped from the face of the earth attributed to Okhrana i restavratsiia 24 Russkaia usad ba 145 155 Poliakova Usadebnaia kul tura 19