| Name: |
Blok Apartment Museum |
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| Address: |
57 (Apts. 21, 23) ulitsa Dekabristov
(metro station: Nevsky prospekt) |
| Phone: |
+7 (812) 113-8627, +7 (812)
113-8633 |
| Open: |
Open: 1lam - 6pm, Tuesdays 11am - 5pm
Closed: Wednesdays and the last Tuesday of every month |
| Description: |
The museum of the great Russian
poet Alexander Blok (1880-1921) opened in 1980. It is situated
in the house at the corner of the Priazhka River Embankment
and what was once Offitserskaya Street. The Blok family lived
in apartments 21 and 23 at different times from 1912. Here
the poet wrote his famous cycles of verses, The Terrible World,
Carmen, The Mother, and the poems Retribution and The Twelve.
In the spring of 1917 Blok returned from the front and lived
here until his death on 7 August 1921.
In apartment 21 (third floor), Blok's study, dining-room and
bedroom have been restored as has the drawing-room of his
wife, Lyubov Dmitriyevna Mendeleyeva-Blok. A literary display
(in the apartment of Blok's mother on the first floor) traces
the poet's career.
Most of the exhibits are authentic memorabilia, which were
kept in the museum of the Institute of Russian Literature
after the poet's death. -Manuscripts written by Blok and his
contemporaries, historical photographs, first editions of
the poet's books and a collection of illustrations for his
poems are all on display. The exhibition' ends in the Memorial
Room where Alexander Blok died. Here one can see his death
mask, a notice announcing his death, and Lev Bruni's drawing
of Blok on His Deathbed, made on the last sheet of the poet's
pad in blue pencil.
The museum regularly hosts literary soirees, concerts and
annual conferences devoted to the life and work of Alexander
Blok. The museum is equipped with a lecture-hall. |
