Joseph Stalin's Dacha
588 reviews
February 18
The resting place of the father of nations cannot be ordinary - I was personally convinced of this! A magnificent place with magnificent sea views and beautiful, clean air soaked with phytoncides of the Pitsunda pine. The interior of the cottage is very decent, but you can't call it luxurious in any way! I was surprised by the small size of the leader's bathroom. The guide explained that it was made to order so that Koba, who did not have a gigantic physique, would not have complexes. There was an opinion that the cottage needs serious restoration.
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October 24, 2024
A very beautiful place, the view from the gallery is amazing! The cottage itself is quite modest. Now it has a dilapidated appearance, but maybe that's the beauty of it. The tour is interesting, but short, it was quite possible to see on your own. It was difficult to take pictures because of the large number of tourists. It's another thing when I got there early in the morning. The cottage itself is closed and there is not a soul around! You can take a quiet walk and feel the atmosphere of the place.
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February 14
Stalin's dacha in Novy Athos is a place with a rich history and an interesting atmosphere. The architecture of the building is impressive, and the surrounding nature creates a unique landscape. In general, this place is worth a visit for those who are interested in history and culture.
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November 18, 2024
A great place for wedding photos, landscape photos and generally feel a little bit of the era. It is located a little away from the monastery, the entrance is 50 meters into the territory. They weren't inside. But behind the house there are stunning views of the valley, all covered with a single plant, such as grapes... By autumn, the reddish shades just amazingly shine through all this! Plus the architecture of the buildings. Some kind of phantasmagoria!
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January 16
The place is beautiful. But there is more than one thing. The tenants have started the condition of the buildings, there are about 3-5 rooms left in good condition, it is forbidden to walk around the buildings, although all cars are abandoned, some buildings do not have windows and doors. It is also forbidden to pass, and a fine of 1000 rubles is threatened. Although the condition of the facilities is quite suitable for excursions, it's not about safety, but about taking money off people. The guides don't drive, but stand and tell the same story only paraphrasing the text. I advise you to just come and just take a walk there.
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September 22, 2024
It's a very cool place, it's a pity that not all buildings are available for visiting. We were in Stalin's dacha itself. Female guides like a tape recorder tell the same story every 15 minutes standing motionless in one of the rooms) An entrance ticket and an excursion of 500 rubles. it seems, plus 50 for entering the territory itself. It's funny, there's no special information, but it's enough for a casual acquaintance) It was very interesting to walk around the territory, thickets, devastation and riddles, it would be possible to conduct very cool excursions if desired, there are plenty of mystics there) but there are none)) A beautiful view from the observation deck, Stalin's cat, with its solidity denoting its own fundamentality inside this place... It took us 1.5 - 2 hours to explore this place.
I definitely recommend this cottage for a one-time visit!
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September 27, 2024
A gorgeous place! It's so simple, but still atmospheric, especially for history buffs like me and my boyfriend!
The minus for which you took off the star, one is the guide(s)? We paid for the ticket, went and looked around the halls. At some point, they decided to go into another hall, and there are people sitting there, a woman is standing, leading a tour. They immediately tell us from the threshold "exit through the balcony!", we answer that we are not going out. "Are you on a guided tour?" (with a claim) - "No, just to see" - "Then take a quick photo and go."
Well, no. I paid a dime, I'll look at exactly what I'm interested in. The lady guide was silent for 5-10 seconds of our calm inspection (and general silence). The young man left, and I went to look at the sideboard located at the other end of the hall. The lady guide said with displeasure and rudely: "You can wait until the tour is over and come back later." I'm a non-confrontational person, but I answered honestly (hinted to her, yeah): "I do not know how long the tour will end, so I cannot wait. You can talk, I'm not listening." I reached the sideboard, took a couple of photos (there was crystal there like in my grandmother's closet, all the decorations were very well chosen (or maybe Stalin also had those crystal salad bowls there :)), I was going to go out. One of the guides sitting around decided to clarify that "We are listening, girl." I replied that it was wonderful, I was not bothering them, listen to your health. After that, I went out and, as requested, closed the door behind me.
The story turned out to be interesting and incomprehensible. Message: for the first time I see a tour guide who so zealously does not want to talk in the presence of other people (= who did not pay). It's her right. But she is an employee of this place and one of its representatives. Why couldn't you say everything politely so that it was a request, like, please wait three minutes, we'll finish the tour and you can come in and see everything. No, you have to talk to me like I'm breaking into private territory. I don't accept such things, it's unprofessional to think that I, as a museum visitor, owe someone something.
Otherwise, the place is very cool, the visit is inexpensive, so I advise you to visit!
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March 28
One of the last places in a commercial tour of Abkhazia, where it is also offered for 300 rubles per person to visit the ingenious architectural heritage of Abkhazia - Stalin's dacha. The tour includes about three open rooms, the newest bathroom in Stalin's "closed" bathroom, a Samsung TV in Stalin's living room, and all commercial tour guides and local guides gather in Stalin's hallway. The course of the excursions is fun, however: a woman came out, told something from herself, went to watch TV - bravo! Money is cut normally like that, no questions asked. One point is for the beautiful area around, it is incredibly beautiful. It is a pity that everything has fallen into very strange hands, which trivially make a business out of everything that was not built by them. They will offer to visit Stalin's dacha for 300 rubles on a trip - it's better to walk around the territory, take pictures, get some air and not run into local NPCs.
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March 10
One of the many dachas of comrades. Stalin. Atmospheric. It is noteworthy what kind of environment the leader preferred. An Abkhaz history keeper, who witnessed many of the current events (after Stalin), tells the story on the spot. You can see how she honors the place and is proud that she dedicates her life to it.
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January 6
Those who will be on an excursion to Abkhazia should definitely see Stalin's dacha and those natural beauties next to it.It is very interesting and very beautiful, just like in the whole of Abkhazia.
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October 11, 2024
I recommend. In New Athos, go to this museum. We went right after the monastery. You don't even have to go down. The museum is nearby. An atmospheric place. This is a cottage called Swallow's Nest... They are all similar. And if you are vacationing in the city, go.
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December 15, 2024
The most interesting place. I was struck by the views from the cottage, in my opinion the best location for a holiday and the whole of Abkhazia is in the palm of my hand. I really liked it, I recommend it
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February 27
The cottage is surrounded by beautiful mountainous terrain, from the monastery you can walk along a straight road to it without bypassing the highway. Everything inside and out is quite modest, as in other dachas. The energy of those days still seems to be present. I advise you to visit.
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August 3, 2024
We walked on our own, on foot to Stalin's dacha in New Athos, the road is interesting, there is a bamboo grove and fruit plants, and what kinds.. The cottage itself is very colorful and interesting from the point of view of architecture, but!, the buildings are not being restored, in some places repairs are already required (especially where wooden floors and floors), otherwise a few more years and everything will collapse, they are allowed to enter (having bought the operation) only one building (and there only a few rooms), and there are 4 or 5 of them on the territory. Gorgeous views save the situation (especially from the terrace and gazebo).
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November 16, 2024
I was with my wife in October 24. The impression is twofold. A great place for excursions. But everything is in a neglected state. Apparently, they do not want to invest in maintaining the order and beauty of the historical object. Only tourist fees come first.
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August 3, 2024
An interesting place. Beautiful views open from the balcony of the second floor. Entrance is paid as everywhere in Abkhazia, not only is it paid not only to the house itself, but you also need to pay at the checkpoint for entering the territory. In the house itself, you can only enter the rooms on the second floor, the first floor can be viewed through the windows. Although paid tours are conducted in the building, no one wants to invest and restore the building. Why not bring the whole building to a satisfactory appearance remains a mystery, but there are a lot of abandoned buildings in Abkhazia. The musty smell of the old building is clearly felt through the open windows of the first floor. The guide, who is also the cashier at the entrance, will tell the story of the house in five minutes and send the whole crowd of tourists to photo shoots in open rooms.
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July 27, 2024
Nature and the building are just a magnificent sight, breathtaking from the construction made back in the USSR, from the remains of fountains, roads, lanterns, ... BUT the condition of all this is simply deplorable!!! This is a question for the administration! How can you launch such an attraction like that, because the whole country is traveling, there is a flow of tourists. A big request, even a plea: allocate funds already for the restoration and support of attractions! You have so many of them in your beautiful Abkhazia
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November 17, 2024
An interesting story about the history of the cottage.
The interior of the cottage itself is modest. Not all the interior items of the Stalin era. There is nothing particularly impressive . But it's worth visiting once
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September 15, 2024
It is not as difficult to get to Stalin's other dachas in Abkhazia on your own. The balcony offers a magnificent view of the Black Sea coast.
Admission with a guided tour cost 300 rubles. Speaking of the tour, it lasted no more than 2 minutes. The guide, an elderly lady with a wand, told about the materials of the doors, crystal windows, the height of the ceilings and how often Stalin himself came to the country. Then we went alone to inspect the rooms.
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February 10
It's less interesting than in Khost, and the tour is much simpler. One of the advantages is that it has survived better than Khostinskaya, with more original household items. Beautiful views.
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November 7, 2024
In fact, it is abandoned. Entrance to the territory is paid... Until 19 o'clock. Then the guard leaves and Bob is welcome))
There's not much to see. I was in the evening and the best thing I saw was the staff house next door. There is also an abandonment, stalkers, take flashlights. But it's an entourage. Wooden panels, etc.
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October 24, 2024
I liked the tour, the house is modest, of course there are no luxury items inside, but the walls are decorated with expensive wood, crystal glass on the windows, it is certainly impressive, well, the view and the windows are gorgeous.
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October 16, 2024
I hope that at least some kind of reconstruction will begin, otherwise there will be little left of the buildings. Now it is almost just an abandoned building with a checkpoint in the form of a gatehouse - 50 rubles. for admission. Although tourist groups are regularly transported, the territory itself has a beautiful view and it is clear that it was built soundly, but for another 10 years and that's it - nothing will save.
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March 29
The house has preserved many interiors and even pieces of furniture created specifically for Stalin. To this day, the bedroom, the reception room, and the meeting room have remained almost unchanged. She plunged into the era of Stalin's time. I recommend you to visit, it is interesting and informative.
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August 24, 2024
I went to Abkhazia for the second time on a tour. For the first time, everyone chose to visit the temple (I do not remember which one) and did not get to Stalin's dacha. Two and a half years later, my husband and I went on a much-vaunted tour. The guide, to put it mildly, was overrated. I don't remember my name. A handsome man, but with terrible speech defects. Does not pronounce letters and confuses endings. It's unpleasant to listen, but not about that. We arrived at the cottage. The views, of course, are excellent. The General's quarters, beautiful landscapes and sea views. They charge 300rubles for the tour. What it includes: a five-minute monologue from a museum employee and her indifferent "go, take a picture, don't touch it with your hands." The staff is sitting in the lobby, making mistakes with the guides, and you're walking by yourself.They didn't give me a walk around the territory either, the guide was always in a hurry. In general, the impressions are not the best.
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February 20, 2024
Stalin's dacha is a very beautiful place where nature and the air are simply magical.
The tour can be ordered right on the spot, the history of the cottage from construction to its majestic guests and top officials of the USSR state. The whole structure and the cottage itself fascinates with its beauty and some riddles, secrets.
I recommend it to everyone 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
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October 9, 2024
I would not refuse such a cottage (its location and size). The views around it are simply gorgeous!!!
The sea, the temple, the vegetation... It was they who delighted me in this case. And, no, another superbalcon).
Well, if about the tour, then the information from the guide is without emotion, like an answering machine ("get off"). Bloggers give more and more colorful.
5 ⭐️for the beauty of our nature and the area.
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August 31, 2024
The summer residence of I.V. Stalin in New Athos is in a very deplorable condition. We arrived on our own, there were no tourists or tour groups, we asked for an individual tour, and for the appropriate payment we were refused! They offered to go through the rooms open to the public on their own, or wait for an excursion group to arrive. We examined it ourselves, took pictures, asked to briefly tell the story of this Cottage, also received a refusal and advice that everything can be read on the Internet. Extremely unfriendly staff!
The views around are fantastic.
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April 2
The place is very beautiful, it's understandable - Abkhazia, the state of the museum is dilapidated, the tour is short, the guide is an elderly woman who stupidly made her tour without enthusiasm and charm, just told the right text and that's it, there was an unpleasant feeling from this place, a feeling of something bad, I want to leave...
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February 5
The woman at the entrance collects 300 rubles for the entrance and does not forget to be rude, it is not interesting from the word at all, the cottage on Lake Ritsa is much more interesting.
I do not recommend wasting time, but also the road to this cottage leaves much to be desired!
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February 14, 2024
A wonderful museum, an interesting tour. Stalin really loved this cottage and visited it. On the territory, in addition to the main house, there are very romantic abandoned houses for Stalin's staff
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May 19, 2024
I really liked it. The guide told everything clearly and interestingly. To touch the history and realize that Stalin himself was sitting here, sleeping here. I was impressed by the abandoned buildings nearby, it seemed that a cook or a waiter dressed to the nines would come out now
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April 6
The place is amazing in its beauty. The cottage itself is in satisfactory condition, but the building next to it is in poor condition. Dirt, ruin. We could take the dirt out first and preserve the object if there are no funds for restoration.
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August 4, 2024
The facility is in terrible condition. As they say, there would not have been such stuff under Stalin. There are several rooms available in the cottage itself, and they require renovation. Moreover, they charge 300 rubles for the "excursion". The employee talks for 5 minutes, then says: "go, look, take a picture." Get off me. They're probably collecting for reconstruction. The lower floor of the cottage is simply collapsing. 2 buildings nearby are overgrown, as if there were some kind of pests inside. It's not even worth going in. Moreover, they charge 50rubles for entering the territory.
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June 15, 2024
The cottage was built in the 20-30s of the 20th century. Stalin often visited. It is now in a neglected state. There are guided tours. You can get there on foot uphill from Mount Athos, by taxi. There is a beautiful view around, but everything is overgrown, there used to be a garden. It can be combined with a visit to the New Athos Monastery, everything is nearby.
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November 17, 2024
It's a sad sight, in fifteen years there will be ruins, in Stalin's living room there is a retro Samsung TV of the 90s and polypropylene pipes in the bathroom you are at the level of a half-shell, nothing is being restored, and I want to say Stalin is not on you
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August 26, 2024
A very modest cottage, on a steep slope. It's better not to drive your own car. There is nowhere to park. You can roll down. The spirit of the leader of the past era is also felt. It's worth a visit.
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January 8
It's very funny, now it's an abandoned building and we walked around and looked, imagined how Stalin himself walked here. It's a pity that everything is abandoned now
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July 8, 2024
Good day to all , I would like to tell you about visiting Stalin 's dacha . We expected more interesting episodes from the life of the Secretary General held at this dacha . It would also be interesting to find out who and when of the Soviet leaders of the country visited the dacha . Instead, we were told when the air conditioners were installed, when the furniture and the chairs were changed, no excursions around the cottage, nothing at all from the word. It was a pity for the time spent . The only plus is nature
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September 3, 2024
We touched the history, the impressions are unforgettable. I really liked it, especially the interior, which has been preserved since the 50s of the last century. Well, the surrounding nature is magnificent
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April 5
The tour lasted no more than 10 minutes, the guide told few facts about Stalin himself. The views are gorgeous, the cottage itself is not big.
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September 7, 2024
Employees who collect money are rare boors. They sit in a crowd of people, cross-legged, chatting among themselves, and until they start yelling at you, you won't even realize that they are employees. After the walk, we witnessed how they beat up an incoming woman, and in response to a remark asking them to behave more politely, they continued to shout with the claim that this woman did not even greet them at the entrance. Nonsense. They behave like housewives. Angry, loud. It's a very unpleasant aftertaste.
But about the cottage itself. Entrance to the territory is 50 rubles per person. An inspection of the cottage without an excursion - 200 rubles. We visited a couple of rooms and an office. It's not interesting. There is scant furniture, somehow filling the room. Naked, sad. The Ritz is much more interesting. The lower floor is closed to the public. All you can see through the windows is a billiard table and a lot of junk and complete ruin.
The territory - if only the sea view. It may be worth a visit, but it's everyone's business here. We were disappointed.
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May 28, 2024
Go, touch everything, be everywhere.
Admission is about 250 rubles, the beauty is indescribable. It's just right for photos and impressions. We had no excursions, we had enough of our own imagination.
Stalin's horses, Stalin's seals, and sometimes Stalin's dogs run in packs on the territory of Stalin's dacha. The latter are very frightening, it is better not to go alone.
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July 1, 2024
A great place to marvel at the beauty of nature and the stone embedded in the landscape of the area. Stalin rested at this dacha 5 times. He liked it here and that's understandable)
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August 21, 2023
It was in the evening, there was nothing to do... i.e. During the rest in New Athos, we went for a walk. We walked past the waterfall, the church of Simon the Canonite, the olive grove, the New Athos Monastery to Stalin's dacha. No one asked for any money along the way, the cottage was closed. We looked out the windows, climbed around... There is devastation inside, incredible beauty around. If it's free, I recommend it, if for money, then there are many similar species in Abkhazia.
The walk was a success, we went back another way - we went down the winding road to the embankment, walked through the Seaside Park, took khachapuri in Khachapurnaya and went home. The whole walk took two hours.
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April 4
There's nothing to see. Apart from the wall decoration, there is nothing old left. The guide is generally a separate story. Tactless, rude. It's obvious that she doesn't like Russians. She allowed herself to speak rudely about our rulers and treated the people themselves tactlessly, the tour lasted 5 minutes. She screamed at the children.
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December 11, 2024
The tour costs 200 rubles if with a guide, then 300 rubles. It's interesting to see, but if you were at the Ritz or another cottage, then a lot of things are identical.
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February 27
Overall, it's not bad, there's a lot to see. The impression is spoiled by the rudeness of the guide. Unfortunately, old age and provocation often go hand in hand.
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July 11, 2024
It's a very cool place. Abkhazia is generally beautiful by nature, and it is also beautiful here. The history of the cottage is interesting. I advise you to visit.
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August 26, 2024
Quiet horror
Five rooms are open from the entire cottage
The rest of the closed ones can be viewed from the street and be horrified by the condition
Spot restoration was done with wood wallpaper and cheap panels
It's a sad sight
The rest of the buildings on the territory are abandoned or closed
They didn't even bother to remove the sticker from the new toilet bowl - "authenticity" is at a height
Garbage is everywhere
Cars drive right up to the entrance to the main building
Decay and desolation, indifference and ruin
Disappointment
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