A wooden house on the current Kuzminskaya Street appeared at the end…
A wooden house on the current Kuzminskaya Street appeared at the end of the 18th century as the residence of the main gardener for the estate 'Kuzminki'. In 1986, a museum dedicated to the writer was opened here, whose works often featured images of this old house.
Consensus
- The 'Mosbillet' service released a guide to Moscow museums preserving the personal histories of famous former residents.
- Marina Tsvetaeva lived in an apartment at Borysohlibsky Lane starting in September 1914.
- Vasiliy Pushkin, Alexander Pushkin's paternal uncle and literary mentor, lived in a house on Starye Basmanny Street during the 1820s.
- The home of Ivan Turgenev's mother at a building with white columns served as the prototype for the estate in Turgenev's story 'Mumu'.
- A museum dedicated to Sergei Yesenin was opened in a house on Bolshoy Strochennovsky Lane in 1995.
- The museums offer guided tours, lectures, exhibitions, and reconstructed interiors from historical periods.
Points of divergence
- The home of Marina Tsvetaeva is referred to as the 'attic palace' by her in diaries and letters. — vm
- Marina Tsvetaeva's husband left for military service, leading to hunger during wartime; the apartment was later affected by densification (upgrading). — m24
- The house on Starye Basmanny Street housed Vasiliy Pushkin and featured tableware from Gardner and Bakmetev factories and Imperial Porcelain Factory. — vm
- Vasiliy Pushkin's home hosted literary figures such as Nikolai Karamzin, Ivan Dmitriev, Petr Vyazemsky, Anton Delvig, and Alexander Pushkin himself. — m24
- The Museum of Cosmonautics contains a rare bottle of French champagne awarded to the first person who showed the far side of the Moon. — vm
- Ivan Turgenev did not live in the house but visited his mother there; he stayed on the attic floor. The story 'Mumu' was inspired by a real incident where his mother ordered a dog removed and it was drowned. — m24
- Sergei Yesenin's father lived in the house, and Yesenin refused to attend university as his father wished. — m24
Coverage (3 sources)
- MosTicket presents a guide to the homes of famous people — Вечерняя Москва
- "MosTicket" has released a guide to museums preserving the memory of notable figures — Москва 24
- Moscow Museums Invite Visitors to Pedestrian Tours — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- MosTicket
- Marina Tsvetaeva
- Moscow
- Alexander Pushkin
- Department of Culture
- Borisoglyebsky Pereulok
- Bolshoy Pirogovskaya Street
- Novodevichy
- Thanks to the service
- Moscow Museums
- M.A. Bulgakova
- Otd Bolshoy Pirogovskoy