Literary and Memorial Museum of F.M. Dostoevsky
The Dostoevsky Memorial Museum was opened in 1971, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. It is located in a house on Kuzchny Lane, in the writer’s last apartment, in the old neighborhood of St. Petersburg, where the action of many of his novels takes place. The apartment has been restored based on archival materials and recollections of contemporaries. Here Dostoevsky completed the novel “The Brothers Karamazov”, which brought him public recognition as a spiritual teacher, “ruler of thoughts.”
General Information
The Dostoevsky Museum houses the writer’s personal belongings donated by his descendants, a collection of lifetime editions of his works, documents, books and photographs with his autographs. Among the rare exhibits are leg irons from the Omsk stockade, where the writer served a prison sentence, manuscripts of the novels “Crime and Punishment”, “The Idiot”, “Besy” with the author’s drawings, a transcript of the 5th chapter of “The Brothers Karamazov” made by Anna Grigorievna, a genuine icon of Joy of All Who Sorrow, Dostoevsky’s watch stopped at the moment of his death, which occurred at 20.38. In addition to the recreated memorial apartment itself, the museum has a literary exposition devoted to Dostoevsky’s life and work, two exhibition halls for contemporary art exhibitions and even its own theater hall.
.Visitors
- Kuznechny per., 5/2. Metro “Dostoevskaya”
- Tel. 571-40-31, 764-69-50 .
- Open daily, except Mon and public holidays, from 11.00 to 18.00 .
- The box office closes at 17.30. Inspection – 40-50 min .
- Entrance -70 p., Russian schoolchildren – 30 p., pensioners – 20 p., students and preschoolers – free. Foreign adults – 160 p., schoolchildren and students – 80 p.
