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Monday, 23.07.2007
The Gorki Museum – The poet’s living quarters in their original condition.
The house on Malaya Nikitskaya does not even need a famous tenant to attract attention: The architect Fyodor Schechtel created in 1900 a masterwork of art nouveau. The soaring limestone stair demonstrates Schechtel’s inventiveness and extraordinary talent.
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The interior is also worth seeing. Stalin, who gave Gorki the house as a gift, intended the superior furniture and rich library to make Maxim Gorki’s last years as pleasant as possible.
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Malaya Nikitskaya 6/2
Nearest metro station: Puschkinskaya
Telephone: 290 05 35
Opening hours: Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays 10am – 5pm; Wednesdays, Fridays 12pm-7pm
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays
Admission: free
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Following the writer’ death in 1936, the house was converted into a museum. A wealth of photographs document Gorki’s life, especially his later years, which he spent in the Soviet Union after returning from Italy.
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The captions explaining the exhibits are in a number of languages, including English. And, for all shoestring budget tourists especially welcome: there is no admission charge. (ab/.rufo)
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