More Inside the Dacha

The entrance and main hall of Stalin’s Kuntsevo Dacha

See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini

image from http://w3.osaarchivum.org/galeria/05031953/sect02/pic11.html

Dacha’s Former Glory

An old picture of Stalin’s home Kuntsevo Dacha as it once was.

See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini

image from http://wikimapia.org/8732271/Kuntsevo-Dacha

History of Secrecy

After Stalin’s death, plans were made for Kuntsevo Dacha to be made into a museum, but Khrushchev discarded the idea. Today, the site is off-limits to the public and there are no plans for its reopening.

See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini

sources: http://wikimapia.org/8732271/Kuntsevo-Dacha, http://themoscownews.com/local/20101118/188211838.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuntsevo_Dacha

Kuntsevo Dacha

This week we’ll be peeking inside Kuntsevo Dacha, Stalin’s home on the outskirts of Moscow. He lived there for about two decades until he died in 1953.

A rather odd shade of green, but lovely nonetheless.

See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini

image from http://www.panoramio.com/photo/52769436, source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuntsevo_Dacha

Propaganda Poster Sunday

Poster of Lenin with dirigibles. A very LARGE Lenin with comparatively SMALL dirigibles. Lenin had better watch out, or his hand is going to knock over that tower.

See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini

image from http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Lenin-with-Dirigibles-Posters_i10208532_.htm

Flight of the Mosquito

“Flight of the Mosquito” by Ivan Bilibin for Pushkin’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan

See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini

image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Tsar_Saltan_(Rimsky-Korsakov)#mediaviewer/File:Bilibin_-_Flight_of_the_Mosquito.jpg

Merchants Visit Tsar Saltan

“Merchants Visit Tsar Saltan.” By Ivan Bilibin for Pushkin’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan.

See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini

image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Tsar_Saltan#mediaviewer/File:Bilibin3_saltan.jpg