Scottish baronial mansions, grand Mediterranean-style villas and vast, neo-Gothic castles are rising above the soaring pines just outside Moscow, where a community for Russia's super-rich is nearing completion.

The homes are massive, with every conceivable luxury, and the landscaping on the 850-acre estate has been planned down to each custom-shaped rock.

The pines, grown to full height at a nursery before being transplanted to the site, are being held in place by cables until their roots take hold in the earth of what will be the most exclusive gated community in Russia, Telegraph.co reported.

Agalarov Estate, 22 miles north-west of Moscow, will boast its own beach resort, complete with imported white sand and cabañas for those hot summer days.

An equestrian centre, riding paths and waterfalls have been built while a sports centre, with clay tennis courts, spa, gymnasium and indoor playing field, is nearing completion.

With the cheapest mansions selling for £7.5 million, the estate is expected to be home for some of Russia's new elite, the super-rich who have profited from privatisation, the demand for Russian oil and the economic boom that followed decades of Soviet rule.