Historical photos of the Russian-owned estate in Glen Cove
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The front facade of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1925.
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The living room of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1925. The 26,459-square-foot house was built in 1912 by philanthropist and Standard Oil heir George Dupont Pratt.
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The entrance hall of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove in 1950. The Soviets installed electronic surveillance equipment at Killenworth to spy on the Long Island defense industry and high-tech firms, a Soviet defector and a U.S. official told Newsday in 1982.
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An aerial view of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove in 1950. The Soviets also once hosted Fidel Castro at the mansion, McClatchy reported.
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The rear facade of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1950.
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The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1985. Reginald Spinello, the current Glen Cove mayor, recalled that when he was a child in 1960 during a time of tense relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the estate.
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The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1985.
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The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in 1985.
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The Killenworth mansion in Glen Cove is seen on May 20, 1965.
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Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev visited the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove in 1960.
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A vaulted archway at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on May 18, 1984.
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The large sitting room at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on May 18, 1984.
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The swimming pool at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on July 3, 1992.
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A staircase at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove, seen on July 3, 1992.
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Leonid Balakin Orenberg, a guard at Killenworth, stands at the entrance of the estate in Glen Cove on July 3, 1992.
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The Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in an undated photo.
Credit: Newsday / Bill Davis
In an undated photo, Evgeny Deineko of the Russian Federation to the UN points to a French tapestry inside the Killenworth mansion in Glen Cove.
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Scene from an open house and tour of Killenworth, the Russian compound in Glen Cove.
Credit: Newsday / Bill Davis
The living room of the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in an undated photo.
Credit: Newsday / Bill Davis
The conservatory at the Killenworth estate in Glen Cove is seen in an undated photo.
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