NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast
Saint Petersburg

Lenin’s Hovel

Lenin’s hovel, also known as the Shalash, was a temporary hideout constructed in July 1917 in the meadows near Lake Razliv, outside Petrograd. It served as a secluded refuge for Vladimir Lenin and Grigory Zinoviev following the failed July Days uprising.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Wednesday: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: history site in Sestroretsk, Russia
  • Also known as: “Lenin’s Shalash” and “Музей «Шалаш В. И. Ленина»”
  • Address: дорога к Шалашу Ленина 3, Сестрорецк, 197701

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Памятники жертвам военных конфликтов на земле Курортного района Санкт-Петербурга and Razliv railway station.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Lenin’s Hovel.

Railway stop
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is a railway station in , . It was built by the JSC Prinorskaya Saint Peterburg–Sestroretsk railway and opened on November 26, 1894, when the Primorskaya line was extended from Razdelnaya to . is situated 3½ km west of Lenin’s Hovel.

Railway stop
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Tarkhovka, is a railway station in , Russia. It was named after the former district in the city of . The station opened on November 26, 1894, when the Primorskaya line was extended from Razdelnaya station to . is situated 4 km southwest of Lenin’s Hovel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sestroretsk and Aleksandrovskaya.

Town
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is a municipal town in of the federal city of , , located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the Sestra River and the Sestroretskiy Lake 34 kilometers northwest of St. is situated 4½ km northwest of Lenin’s Hovel.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Lenin’s Hovel.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 5 km southwest of Lenin’s Hovel.

Lenin’s Hovel

Latitude
60.08221° or 60° 4′ 56″ north
Longitude
30.03121° or 30° 1′ 52″ east
Inception
1964
Levels
1
Operator
Историко-культурный музейный комплекс в Разливе
Open location code
9GGG32JJ+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 94728889
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q4519657
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In Other Languages

From Georgian to Russian—“Lenin’s Hovel” goes by many names.
  • Georgian: “ლენინის ქოხი”
  • Japanese: “シャラシュ・レーニナ”
  • Ossetian: “Ленины халагъуыд”
  • Russian: “Шалаш Ленина”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Музей «Сарай Н. А. Емельянова» and Историко-культурный музейный комплекс в Разливе.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lenin’s Hovel”. Photo: 13243546A, CC BY-SA 3.0.