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The Kuntsevo Dacha (Russian: Ку́нцевская да́ча, romanized: Kuntsevskaya dacha) was Joseph Stalin's personal residence between Moscow and Davydkovo (on the road leading to the former town of Kuntsevo) (then in Moscow Oblast, now part of Moscow's Fili district), where he lived for the last two decades of his life and died on 5 March 1953.
There were 5 Stalin's dachas in Abkhazia [2] New Athos dacha; Kholodnaya Rechka dacha; Lake Ritsa dacha; Sukhumi dacha, amid the Sukhumi arboretum (now part of the Sukhumi botanical garden) Miusera dacha; He also used to stay in (former royal palaces) such as Livadia Palace, Crimea or Massandra Palace, Crimea. Alternatively, many of Stalin's ...
Hopkins added that he had told Stalin of the United States' resolve to support the USSR with supplies. Stalin thanked Hopkins and told him the confidence in his country would not be misplaced. [1] The pair met again at 18.00 the following day at the Kremlin. Hopkins once more returned to Spaso House and brief the press.
On 1 March 1953, Stalin's staff found him semi-conscious on the bedroom floor of his Kuntsevo Dacha. [561] He was moved onto a couch and remained there for three days, [562] during which he was hand-fed using a spoon and given various medicines and injections. [563] Stalin's condition continued to deteriorate, and he died on 5 March. [564]
August 1932 – Stalin (then in Sochi) writes a memorandum to Voroshilov, Molotov and Kaganovich. The memorandum explains his opinion of the competition entries, selects Iofan's draft and proposes specific changes to it. This memorandum, first published design 2001, is the basis for most conjectures concerning Stalin's personal influence.
The palace has a rectangular shape and a volume of about 40,000 m³. It has over 800 rooms. [3] The central part of the building is occupied by an auditorium (in Soviet times, a conference hall) for 6,000 seats. Architectural historian Andrey Ikonnikov notes the openness of the internal layout of the palace and its interiors.
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Stalin's room was said to have been equipped with sensors to alert the staff and guards if there was any movement. [6] At approximately 11:00 p.m. on 1 March, Stalin's housekeeper cautiously entered his room and found him lying on the floor, wearing his pajama trousers and a shirt.