Photo from Tomasz Wisniewski Collection; reproduced with permission.

The castle was purchased by Ari Leib PINES [born in Volkovysk about 1787] from Duke Sapieha, December 21, 1829. Ari Leib was a financial advisor to the Duke and the founder of the textile manufacturing concern carried on very profitably by his descendants in Ruzhany.

The PINES family occupied the castle continously through World War I. [My grandmother, Golda, was born and grew up there, among others.] Some time during World War I ( in the year 1915), the castle burned down as a result of a fire inadvertently caused by washerwomen. The ruins are still standing, and the triumphal arch at the entrance to the property is clearly visible in recent pictures.

The PINES family was quite charitable and very Zionist: Yehiel Michel Pines, the Israeli pioneer, was a descendant. Other Pines descendants live in Israel today, as well as in USA and Canada.

Information courtesy of Lisa Newman

Photo courtesy of the Oren family, Israel.

1932 - Ruins seen through the main entrance.
Photo courtesy of the Oren family, Israel.

Summer 1937 - The front yard of the palace
Photo courtesy of the Oren family, Israel.

Summer 1937 - Members of the Pines Family - Rosa (Ethia's sister), grandmother Dora (Dvora) Pines, Rosa's first husband - Nuniya & Yona
Photo courtesy of the Oren family, Israel.

Pines factory for wool. Stood at right anlgle to the palace.
Photo courtesy of the Oren family, Israel.

A castle that was burnt by the Russians before they withdrew their troops during World War I.
The photograph is from the YIVO Collection. Record ID: 8942 Collection PO Catalog No. 3335
It looks like it is from the inside, the opposite direction of the pictures above(RFA's comments).