Lev Aleksandrovich Naryshkin, a general and wealthy cousin of Mikhail Vorontsov, built the estate of Miskhor in the 1830s, gracing it with a park of cypress and cedars and a house known as “Little Alupka” in a nod to his kinsman. Naryshkin acquired the estate through marriage: his wife, Countess Ol’ga Stanislavovna Pototskaia, inherited it from her mother, Sofiia Konstantinovna Pototskaia, who in turn received it from Potemkin himself.
The Naryshkins pleased their many guests with minaret-shaped chimneys, as well as window casings in the typical eastern style.