Villa Sellgren

{{short description|House and estate on Lodochny Island, Russia}} thumb|Villa Sellgren before renovation. '''Villa Sellgren''' is a dacha and estate on Lodochny Island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. It was designed by the Finnish architect Uno Ullberg and completed in 1913. The house was a location used in the shooting of a Russian version of Arthur Conan Doyle's ''His Last Bow'' in 1986. It was part of national forest reserves until 2012 when it was rezoned to allow construction. According to a Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the house is owned by Vladimir Putin through friends.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last=Luhn|first=Alex|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/31/russian-activist-navalny-launches-new-attack-putin-claim-secret/|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Russian activist Navalny launches new attack on Putin with claim of 'secret mansion'|date=31 August 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}} (31 August 2017 was a Thursday)</ref><ref name="thetimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/putin-s-gulf-of-finland-hideaway-villa-sellgren-exposed-by-rival-alexei-navalny-ckjrx69zd|last=Parfitt|first=Tom|title=Putin's 'hideaway' exposed by rival Alexei Navalny|work=The Times|location=London|date=1 September 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="euronews">{{cite web|url=http://www.euronews.com/2017/08/31/is-this-the-secret-villa-of-russia-president-vladimir-putin|title=Is this the secret villa of Russia president Vladimir Putin?|website=Euronews|date=31 August 2017|access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref>

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Category:Houses in Russia Category:Vladimir Putin Category:Houses completed in 1913 Category:Uno Ullberg Category:Arts and Crafts architecture Category:1913 establishments in the Russian Empire