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Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...

resided in various places: * Stalin's house, Gori, Georgia, his birthplace and now a museum * Tiflis Spiritual Seminary * Kureika house, Siberia, where Stalin spent his final exile in 1914–1916. * Stalin's apartment in

Moscow Kremlin The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (R ...

Dachas

At various times, Stalin used about 20 dachas. Dachas in Moscow area: *

Kuntsevo Dacha The Kuntsevo Dacha (russian: Ку́нцевская да́ча, Kuntsevskaya Dacha) was Joseph Stalin's personal residence near the former town of Kuntsevo (then Moscow Oblast, now part of Moscow's Fili district), where he lived for the last tw ...

("Near Dacha") * Uspenskoye Dacha (Far Dacha, old) * Semyonovskoye Dacha (Far Dacha, new) * Zubalovo dacha, the first one; not preserved * Lipki dacha; not preserved Elsewhere in Russia: *

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

dacha ( Matsesta dacha) * Malaya Sosnovka, Perm Krai * Bolshiye Brody dacha,

Valday, Novgorod Oblast Valday (russian: Валда́й) is a town and the administrative center of Valdaysky District in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the southwestern shore of Lake Valdayskoye, the biggest one in the set of lakes in the highest region of the ...

""Дух Сталина бродит по трем его любимым дачам
/ref> There were 5 Stalin's dachas in

Abkhazia Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...

"Дом «вождя народов». Что стало с бывшими дачами Сталина в Абхазии"
/ref> * New Athos dacha * Kholodnaya Rechka dacha *

Lake Ritsa __NOTOC__ Lake Ritsa ( ab, Риҵа, ka, რიწა, tr) is a lake in the north-western part of the Georgia, in the Caucasus Mountains. It surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows. The road from the Black Sea coast was buil ...

dacha * Sukhumi dacha, amid the Sukhumi arboretum (now part of the Sukhumi botanical garden) * Miusera dacha He also used to stay in other state residences, such as Livadia Palace, Crimea or

Massandra Palace The Massandra Palace is a Châteauesque villa of Emperor Alexander III of Russia in Massandra, at the south coast of Crimea. Construction of the building started in 1881 and was funded by the son of Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, , who had recen ...

, Crimea. Alternatively, many of Stalin's dachas were used for state functions, by other high-ranking Soviet officials, and by foreign guests.

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Residences A residence is a place (normally a building) used as a home or dwelling, where people reside. Residence may more specifically refer to: * Domicile (law), a legal term for residence * Habitual residence, a civil law term dealing with the status ...

Lists of buildings and structures Official residences in the Soviet Union