St. Petersburg, the cultural capital of Russia, is one of Russia's tourist destinations, which is visited annually by millions of tourists from all over the world. In addition to its current title, St. Petersburg had been the Russian Empire's capital since the early 18th century, when Peter the Great founded the city to modernize Russia in the northwestern part of the Russian Empire, till the October Revolution of 1917. For this reason, many famous people in the history of Russia have lived in this city during these years, and each of them has left different works and relics. In the meantime, many artists, especially in the field of literature, have recounted the features of St. Petersburg in their works. As a result, the homes of many of these artists in St. Petersburg have been turned into memorial museums. Still, despite that fact, there's one artist whose absence of his memorial museum in St. Petersburg is strongly felt. Tourists wishing to visit the Nikolai Gogol Memorial Museum during a trip to Russia must participate in the Moscow tour program. Of course, the Nikolai Gogol Memorial Museum is not the only literary museum in Moscow, and there are many tourist attractions related to Russian literature in Moscow. Also, literary museums are not the only tourist attractions of Moscow, and there are many other sights and historical sites in the city that can become the main part of your Russia tour. Nevertheless, the Nikolai Gogol Memorial Museum is one of the places that those interested in Russian literature and this famous author should not miss the opportunity to visit. One of the reasons for the popularity of this memorial museum is Nikolai Gogol. He had a mysterious and remarkable personality, which has led many great Russian writers to follow in his footsteps.
Nikolai Gogol is one of the most famous Russian writers in novelist, short story, and playwriting. The name of Nikolai Gogol has been immortalized in Russian and world literature, as his works have been translated into various languages of the world and have greatly influenced the works of great Russian writers. Of course, Gogol's personal life was not very happy. However, dark humor is found in his works, which show his literary genius and his remarkable personality. Gogol was born in Ukraine in 1809, although he spent most of his life in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Europe. The fascinating thing about his European travels is that he wrote his most famous novel, one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, outside Russia. Nikolai Gogol has written the novel, Dead Souls in Europe. However, the fate of the second part of this famous novel was decided in Russia and Moscow, where one winter night, he set fire to the second half of the novel Dead Souls along with several other manuscripts to deprive the world of reading, most likely, some of the most outstanding work of literature. Gogol's life was full of mysteries. Even his death and the events that took place in the last days of his life were mysterious. One of the reasons many tourists visit the Nikolai Gogol House Museum during their travel to Moscow is to distinguish truth from falsehood among the so-called mysteries about Gogol's life. Nikolai Gogol died in Moscow in March 1852 and was buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow's tourist attractions on tour to Russia. Before his death, he left many works for those interested in literature, among which we can mention Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, Dead Souls, Taras Bulba, Diary of a Madman, and The Portrait. The Nikolai Gogol House Museum is an essential literary tourist attraction on tour to Moscow that tourists can visit during their trip to Moscow.
Of course, tourists interested in Russian literature should keep in mind that the Nikolai Gogol House Museum is not the only literary museum in Moscow. Tourists can participate in Moscow literary tour programs to visit other Moscow literary museums, such as the Leo Tolstoy State Museum, Maxim Gorky Apartment Museum, and Melikhovo Chekhov Museum, during their trip to Moscow. In general, literary tours are trendy in Russia, and many tourists take them to visit the museums commemorating the greats of Russian literature. As the cultural capital of Russia and the former capital of the Russian Empire, St. Petersburg has many literary museums as well, each of which can become an essential part of Russia tour programs. You can visit our blog to get acquainted with each of these museums, the exhibits inside them, the personal collections in the museum, as well as how to see them during your travel to Russia.
The building that now houses the Nikolai Gogol House Museum is where he spent the last four years of his life and died. A unique 19th-century architectural masterpiece, the house survived the Great Fire of 1812 in Moscow, which burned nearly two-thirds of Moscow. The Tolstoy family purchased the house in the mid-nineteenth century. Nikolai Gogol never bought the house and was known only as a guest of the Tolstoy family, who were one of his close friends, yet he lived in the house for nearly four years. After the October Revolution, the state obtained the house and handed over to the Moscow City Hall, which was used as a home to many people, with about 33 families or 77 people living in it. In 1971, two museum rooms were added to the building, and in 1974 it was renamed the Nikolai Gogol Memorial Library. In 2009, the institute was renamed the Gogol's House Memorial Museum and Research Library.
Tourists who visit the Nikolai Gogol House Museum during their tour to Russia will find that the two-story house on Nikitsky Boulevard is not just a museum. The house is equipped with an extensive library, an exhibition hall, and a meeting and concert chamber. The museum also holds literary, scientific, and artistic workshops for children. The collection of Gogol's works and the museum's music archive are also available for use if researchers require them. Tourists visiting the museum on a trip to Moscow will soon find that they can spend more than a day touring the museum and learn more about Gogol's life. The main part of the museum examines the mysterious life of Gogol and also introduces his countless masterpieces. Although not much of Gogol's personal belongings and manuscripts have survived, the museum has been able to successfully recreate the atmosphere of Gogol's life in the house, and tourists can use the museum's technology as well as their imagination to navigate to the time when Gogol lived in this house. One of the highlights of this house is the fireplace in which Gogol burned many of its manuscripts, including the second part of the novel Dead Souls. At Star Travel Group, we recommend our tourists to visit this museum during their travel to Moscow.
When tourists visit Moscow during their travel to Russia, there are many entertainment and tourism programs available to them, among which they can prepare the best travel plan for Russia. At Star Travel Group, we have introduced the top sights of Moscow and restaurants and shopping centers that you should not miss the opportunity to visit. You can get acquainted with each of these places by visiting our blog and learn how to see them.
