| Name: |
Dostoevsky Memorial
Museum |
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| Address: |
5/2 (Apt. 119) Kuznechny pereulok
(metro stations: Vladimirskaya and Dostoyevskaya) |
| Phone: |
+7 (812) 311-4031, +7 (812)
164-6950 |
| Open: |
Open: 11am - 6pm
Closed: Mondays and the last Wednesday of every month |
| Description: |
The museum to Fedor Mikhailovich
Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) opened in 1971 in the house where
the writer rented his last apartment from 1878 until his death
in 1881. It was here that he worked on his Diary, his famous
Speech on Pushkin and completed his last novel The Brothers
Karamazov.
Dostoyevsky's apartment has been restored to its original
state with the aid of archive material, photographs and memoirs
by the writer's contemporaries. The memorial rooms (the entrance-hall,
drawing-room, study, dining-room and the room of the writer's
wife Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina) contain displays of Dostoyevsky's
personal belongings and furnishings, many of which were donated
to the museum by the writer's descendants. Together, the exhibits
illustrate the life of a Russian intellectual in the second
half of the 19th century.
A literary display offers insights into Dostoyevsky's work
on such novels as Poor People, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot
and The Possessed, shedding light on the circumstances of
their creation. It includes editions of Dostoyevsky's books
published during his lifetime, a collection of illustrations
for them, books and photographs signed by the writer and his
famous contemporaries, and manuscripts and portraits. Every
year, in November, the museum holds an international conference
about Dostoyevsky and World Culture. Literary evenings and
exhibitions are also a regular feature
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