“Stalin had 15 scenic seaside villas, some of them czarist palaces, on ...” — Simon Sebag Montefiore Quote

“Stalin had 15 scenic seaside villas, some of them czarist palaces, on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia. In 2002, I visited and photographed these extraordinarily well-preserved Stalinist time capsules.”

“The disorder, uncertainty, and strife of a revolution make citizens yearn for stable authority, or they turn to radicalism.”