3456 RUSSIA (Moskow Oblast) - Gorki Leninskiye

3456 Gorki Leninskiye

Located 10 kilometers south of Moscow city limits, Gorki Leninskiye (meaning "Lenin's Gorki") is placed on a high bank of the River Turovka close to where it flows into the River Pakhra. The estate of Gorki belonged to various Muscovite noblemen from the 18th century. Zinaida Morozova, the widow of the magnat Savva Morozov, purchased it in 1909, and engaged the most fashionable Russian architect, Fyodor Schechtel, to remodel the mansion in the then current Neoclassical style, complete with a six-column Ionic portico.

After the Soviet government moved to Moscow in 1918, it nationalized the luxurious estate and converted it into Vladimir Lenin's dacha. In September 1918, the Soviet leader recuperated there following an assassination attempt. He spent an increasing amount of time there as his health declined. On May 15, 1923, Lenin followed medical advice and left the Moscow Kremlin for Gorki. He lived there in semi-retirement until his death on January 21, 1924. From here, his body was taken by train to Moscow's Paveletsky Railway Station and placed in the mausoleum on Red Square where it remains today.

After Lenin's death, Gorki was renamed Gorki Leninskiye, and the house became a museum holding many of Lenin's possessions. Also located on the estate are a large museum built in 1987 concerning Lenin's life there, containing such artifacts as his Last Testament (as transcribed by Nadezhda Krupskaya), other documents, photos, books, Lenin's personal car (a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost), his wheelchairs, and his apartment and office from the Kremlin, reconstructed in a separate building. A monument representing "The Death of the Leader" was unveiled in the 18th-century park in 1958.

About the stamps

The first stamp is part of the series of definitives stamps Eagles, about which I wrote here.

The second stamp, designed by C. Ulyanovsk, was issued on June 4, 2017, to mark The 25th Anniversary of the Republic of Ingushetia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation, located in the North Caucasus region.

References

Gorki Leninskiye - Wikipedia

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