Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev had the two-story Gomel Palace built from 1777 to 1796 on the site of the ruined castle of Michael Frederick Czartoryski. The Neoclassical design is attributed to Ivan Starov. The grounds run about 2,625 feet (800 meters) along the steep right bank of the Sozh River.
Rumyantsev's son Sergei sold the palace to the crown in 1834, and Ivan Paskevich then bought Gomel. Paskevich had Adam Idźkowski add a four-story tower and a three-story wing. After the 1917 revolution the palace was nationalized to house a local museum, and the buildings were heavily damaged in the Russian Civil War and World War II.
It operates as a museum palace and park complex, and in late February and March 2022 it hosted negotiation sessions between Ukraine and Russia.
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