: a Russian country cottage used especially in the summer
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Undiscussed is how, after the Nazi invasion began in 1941, Stalin hid out in his dacha for 10 days before addressing the public, or how the execution of virtually all senior military commanders in the Great Purge contributed to the military disasters that soon followed.
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Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
Assad may melt away into exile in a lavish row of Moscow dachas, and his hollow autocracy may crumble fast.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
The retreat’s history as a vacation destination for Russia’s top officials dates back to the time of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who had a dacha – or summer house – built in the area, according to the Russian Presidential Property Management Department, the body that manages the holiday complex.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 19 July 2024
Putin could then be forced to retire, like Khrushchev, to a dacha in the countryside.
—Scott D. Sagan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2022
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Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
Assad may melt away into exile in a lavish row of Moscow dachas, and his hollow autocracy may crumble fast.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
The retreat’s history as a vacation destination for Russia’s top officials dates back to the time of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who had a dacha – or summer house – built in the area, according to the Russian Presidential Property Management Department, the body that manages the holiday complex.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 19 July 2024
Putin could then be forced to retire, like Khrushchev, to a dacha in the countryside.
—Scott D. Sagan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2022
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“Dacha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dacha. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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