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
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Month: July 2014
Dacha’s Former Glory
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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
StandardAfter 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
StandardThis 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
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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
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“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
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“Merchants Visit Tsar Saltan.” By Ivan Bilibin for Pushkin’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan.
See you tomorrow! –The Daily Blini
