Stalin lived here
This is where Stalin lived as a political refugee.
Location: 75 Jubilee Street, Whitechapel, E1 3HF
Description: When a young Stepney housewife answered a knock on her front door at this house on March 5, 1953, she expected to find one of her friends or neighbours on the other side maybe even her mum, who lived next door.
But Golda Berk was in for a shock. Standing outside her tenement door in Jubilee Street were reporters from radio stations and newspapers and not just from Fleet Street but all around the world.
Joseph Stalin, who had just died in Russia, had lodged at 75 Jubilee Street as an impoverished young political refugee 46 years before.
Stalin ruthlessly suppressed dissent, murdered his rivals and resettled peasants thousands of miles from their homes. Stalins triumph was to halt the march of Hitlers armies, with his peoples resolute stand at the siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Stalingrad.
This is where Stalin lived as a political refugee. |
Ranking This Month: 478/3062
Pages Hit This Month: 65
Credits: http://www.eastlondonhistory.com
Your Comments:
Other places nearby:
Lenin Memorial», 2.7km
John Burns House», 6.0km
Embassy of Ecuador and Assange», 4.8km
Screaming Lord Sutch lived here», 13.km
Clement Attlee's House», 7.2km
Sir Robert Wigram lived here», 5.3km
1st Kenyan President lived here», 4.3km
Ho Chi Minh worked here!», 11.km
The Polonium Pine Bar», 4.2km
The Grunwick Dispute», 8.3km
Location Pinpointed:
Open Street Maps», Google Maps»