Lenin's Hut

The "Shalash" Museum Complex in Sestroretsk commemorates the place where, in July and August of 1917, Vladimir Lenin hid from persecution and wrote the book "The State and Revolution". The initiative to commemorate this "Lenin's Last Hideout" arose at a mourning rally in 1924, and a granite monument designed by architect A.I. Gegello was solemnly unveiled on July 15, 1928. In 1964, a new pavilion-museum made of granite, marble, and glass was built next to the monument according to the design of V.D. Kirhoglani.