Dostoevsky Museum

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The famous Russian classic’s flat. You probably know Dostoevsky well enough if you are here at the page. So if you love this author – you are welcome to see the house where he lived his last years and died. He wrote the famous novel ‘Karamazov brothers’ here. The museum also has a theatre and two exhibition rooms (expositions there change from time to time, sometimes they are empty, but sometimes they host some classic literature fests and other events). If you love Russian classics – you’re welcome here! Audioguides and excursions in English are available. Entry ticket approximate price is shown above.

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Dostoevsky lived a dramatic life

Dostoevsky was a political prisoner and spent a big part of his life being in colony and in exile. This author is known for being sentenced to death for treason and taken to death row for execution but acquittal was given in last second when soldiers were already commanded to aim at target. One of prisoners who were there in a row with Dostoevsky has gone mad and never returned to normal state of mind. Of course his fault was not so big, he just didn’t tell the police about some anti-religious book being published, they didn’t shoot people for that. But maybe that’s why Dostoevsky’s books are so misterious and show the darkest parts of human nature sometimes? You may try to find an answer in his flat.

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Intersting for history lovers

Dostoevsky was quite a rich person, he didn’t have to work for his living as he was a landlord. But he didn’t live a luxurious life. Even though he was a star of his time his flat can’t be called a king’s castle. You can see here how modest people lived in the end of XIX century in Russia.

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