The exterior of the Volkhonka Mansion, in Moscow, Russia, which played a little-known but pivotal role in modern Chinese history. Picture: courtesy of White City Project / Yuri Palmin The exterior of the Volkhonka Mansion, in Moscow, Russia, which played a little-known but pivotal role in modern Chinese history. Picture: courtesy of White City Project / Yuri Palmin
The exterior of the Volkhonka Mansion, in Moscow, Russia, which played a little-known but pivotal role in modern Chinese history. Picture: courtesy of White City Project / Yuri Palmin
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Moscow mansion where Joseph Stalin, Deng Xiaoping and Chinese nationalists fought for the soul of Communism

Despite the role it played in modern Chinese history, few tourists include Volkhonka Mansion on their Moscow itineraries

Topic |   Russia
James Baron

Updated: 11:06am, 15 Sep, 2018

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The exterior of the Volkhonka Mansion, in Moscow, Russia, which played a little-known but pivotal role in modern Chinese history. Picture: courtesy of White City Project / Yuri Palmin The exterior of the Volkhonka Mansion, in Moscow, Russia, which played a little-known but pivotal role in modern Chinese history. Picture: courtesy of White City Project / Yuri Palmin
The exterior of the Volkhonka Mansion, in Moscow, Russia, which played a little-known but pivotal role in modern Chinese history. Picture: courtesy of White City Project / Yuri Palmin
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