Unfortunately, the most interesting historic site close to the Volynskoe Congress Park is not accessible to the public. Less than 1 km from the hotel in the same parkland area is the house, known simply as the "nearer dacha", where Joseph Stalin lived from 1933 until his death. While the house was preserved as a museum after the tyrant's death, it was only ever open to the highest echelons of the Soviet elite.
It is just a short walk from the Volynskoe Congress Hotel to Victory Park (Park Pobedy), which was laid out in 1961 to commemorate Soviet victory in the Second World War. The park has an avenue of 1418 fountains, one for each day of the Soviet participation in the war, as well as several impressive monuments. On 9 May, when Russians celebrate Victory Day, it becomes the site of a huge range of commemorative events.
It is just a short walk from the Volynskoe Congress Hotel to Victory Park (Park Pobedy), which was laid out in 1961 to commemorate Soviet victory in the Second World War. The park has an avenue of 1418 fountains, one for each day of the Soviet participation in the war, as well as several impressive monuments. On 9 May, when Russians celebrate Victory Day, it becomes the site of a huge range of commemorative events.
