On June 28, 1784 Potemkin ordered Governor Igelstrom to build a house for him in Akmechet using every salvageable bit of the pleasure palace of Aşlama (Я оный вашему попечению препоручаю, рекомендуя употребить для сего построения, все что можно из Ашламыа).
Aşlama was the khan's residence outside Bahcesaray, built by Christian laborers at the order of Krym Giray Khan. (See ZOOID I, 377.)
Potemkin also ordered the construction of a house in Karasubazar, in which Baron Igel'strom was to live. It was to be large, with a gallery and strong floors. It is to be built "in the Asian manner."