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Stalin Museum

Gori, Georgia

A museum glorifying the life of Stalin, located in the city of his birth. 

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The Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori- in the foreground, the house where Stalin was born
The Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori- in the foreground, the house where Stalin was born
Stalin's personal railway carriage, at the Stalin Museum in Gori, Georgia.
Stalin Museum Max Cortesi
Stalin Museum Max Cortesi
Stalin's train car bathtub. lpridatko (Atlas Obscura User)
Stalin's train car conference room. lpridatko (Atlas Obscura User)
Bust of Stalin inside the museum WanderLush (Atlas Obscura User)
A shop centre outside the museum bares Stalin's image WanderLush (Atlas Obscura User)
Gifts given to Stalin by other heads of state WanderLush (Atlas Obscura User)
Stalin statue in the museum courtyard WanderLush (Atlas Obscura User)
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Untouched since the fall of the Soviet Union, this amazing time capsule glorifies the life of Joseph Stalin.

From his first desk in the Kremlin, to his railroad car, to displays of his infamous bank robberies, (yes, Stalin was a bank robber in his youth and temporarily resigned from the communist party over its ban on bank robbery) the museum feels completely untouched by the events of the last two decades.

Visiting the Stalin Museum, it’s as if the Cold War never ended.

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