Probably, no man, having arrived to St. Petersburg, would not visit the house No. 12 on the Moika. He has become the last refuge of the great writer Pushkin Museum, Pushkin apartment – it's part of the all-Russian complex of museums dedicated to the life and work of the great poet. There are several similar apartments, each of which – heritage of the Russian people. But it is the Museum-apartment of A. S. Pushkin on the Moika attracts the attention of visitors. Here he spent the last days of life, and here was gathered the famous people who honored the memory of a great man.
The apartment Museum on the Moika – this is a very old building. The house was built in Catherine's era. The architect of this building was Giuseppe Trezini. Since 1727, the house belonged to Baron I. A. Cherkasov. Homeowners regularly changed, the building itself was rebuilt several times. In 1806 at the Sink settled the princes Volkonsky. Pushkin had never had a home, especially in the capital. It could afford only the very rich Petersburgers.
But wherever a poet had not rented the apartment, it is always consistent with its status as a great man. This is corroborated by the Pushkin apartment Museum, photos of which are presented below.
Pushkin very much connected with St. Petersburg. He came here with his uncle when he was 12 years old. Here he lived until the end of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. At the Sink he met with his contemporaries. The Pushkin apartment Museum on the Moika river is located near the Winter Palace. This allowed Alexander to daily be in the service of chambers-cadet. Therefore, in September 1896, Pushkin family rented an apartment in St. Petersburg at Moika 12. The poet had planned to live here for 2-3 years. But after a few months of Pushkin was wounded in a duel. In 1837, January 29, the poet did not.
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Short lived Pushkin in the house on the Moika, but that place became known all over Russia. However, a Museum the house became not at once. It is known that in 1910, the mansion was remodeled into an apartment house. And after the revolution there were communal flats. Only in 1924 the Pushkin group of companies «summer» bought the part of the house in which they lived and worked Alexander. Began the difficult work of reconstruction of the premises, collecting things after the poet's death were given. Sources of reconstruction were different: letters to family and friends, memories of the poet's contemporaries. Significant assistance was provided by the letter of V. A. Zhukovsky to Pushkin's father, which described the plan of the apartment of the poet.
In 1925 (10 February) has been restored to the poet's study, there took place the meeting devoted the first year of the death of A. S. Pushkin. But the major restoration work began in 1937. They were timed to the centenary of the poet's death. Was restored whole house volkonskiis. In front of the house, in the yard, installed a beautiful monument dedicated to Pushkin. In the future, was restored butlers pantry and dining room, bedrooms, staircase. Everything was recreated to the last detail. So there was the Pushkin apartment Museum on the Moika.
The exposition of the Museum consists of two departments. The first tells about the history of the mansion and about the life of Pushkin. Second – this apartment of the poet, personal items, books, portraits. A special place in the Museum-apartment holds the office of the poet. This is a spacious, bright room, where there is no luxury. Everything is simple and has to work. In the center of the room a genuine Desk, on which stands inkstand with a figure arabchonka. It was a gift of P. V. nashchekin. The main part of the room is occupied by books like the new literature and old editions. Among them Byron, whom Pushkin is idolized.
A Special value in the Museum is the sofa on which the poet died. After his death, he was sent to the village of Mikhailovskoye. In 1936, with the assistance of Pushkin's native sofa was returned to the apartment on the Sink. In 2009, when comparing DNA samples from blood stains on the couch and on the vest was determined the authenticity of the sofa, which was the death bed of Alexander Pushkin. Here are things connected with his death: the lock of hair, mask, vest, in which the poet was the day of duel. Where once was a commercial space, now two rooms in which the paintings of the Pushkin era. They are portraits of Pushkin's friends. Today, the Fund of the Museum contains many genuine things, amongst which: a favorite wing chair poet, canes and pipes, the famous Pushkin's pen with ink. The Museum is always crowded. The tour lasts just half an hour, but in that short time, the visitors moved to a different time and experiencing the tragic moments, associated with the life and death of the great poet. In the halls of the Museum, recitals, literary readings devoted to A. S. Pushkin. Here read poems of young poets, receiving a farewell to the world of poetry.
This place is particularly proud of Saint Petersburg. Museum-apartment of Pushkin is famous not only in Russia but also abroad. Throughout the world highly revere the memory of the poet. Allbecause Pushkin-genius out of time and out of politics. Is a poet for all time. The living and incorruptible of his creations that leave a deep trace in soul of each person.
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