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Boris Yeltsin's favourite holiday retreat up for sale for £6 million

A Kremlin holiday retreat that was a favourite of Boris Yeltsin, the late Russian president, complete with tennis court, sauna and crystal chandeliers is to be auctioned off for more than £6 million after falling into a state of disrepair.

In what is being billed as a unique opportunity to snap up a piece of modern Russian history, Yeltsin's dacha or country estate in northwest Russia is to go on the block next month with a recommended starting price of £6.25 million.

The estate includes a three-storey hotel, a two-storey house and four cottages. The retreat, which was originally built in the 1930s as a holiday destination for senior Communist party officials, has its own pier jutting into a nearby lake. Other mod cons include a billiard room, silk wallpaper, marble floors, Italian crystal chandeliers and extensive under floor heating, an important detail in a part of the world where temperatures plunge well below zero in winter....

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)