A relatively small, by today's standards, two-towered English-style palace is one of the oldest structures of its kind on the South Shore. It is slightly younger than the Alupka Palace and somewhat resembles it. Apparently, its "two-faced". The northern façade is austere, in the spirit of English Neo-Gothic, while the southern façade is truly "southern", with spacious, rose-covered terraces.

Initially, the palace belonged to Prince A.N. Golitsyn, and the estate (a park adjoins the palace) was named "Alexandria" in honor of Tsar Alexander I. Later, Countess Panina became its owner. It was she who, in 1901, offered hospitality to the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, who, having suffered a serious illness, needed a trip to the south.

This southern coast estate with a house surrounded by cypresses and palm trees, entwined with ivy and roses, has already been called Yasnaya Polyana in our time in memory of Leo Tolstoy. Now there is a children's sanatorium of the same name.