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Lenin's Shalash

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Lenin's Shalash
Lenin's Shalash. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Lenin’s hovel, also known as the Shalash (Russian for "hut"), was a temporary hideout constructed in July 1917 in the meadows of Sestroretsk near Lake Razliv, outside Petrograd. It served as a secluded refuge for Vladimir Lenin and Grigory Zinoviev following the failed July Days uprising.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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