The memorial house of Alexander Herzen features the only exhibition dedicated to the life and work of the famous writer and philosopher. Ivan Yakovlev bought this house for his son. It was here that the writer worked on his novel “Who Is to Blame?”, the story “The Thieving Magpie”, and the philosophical essay “Letters on the Study of Nature”.
Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane is one of the most significant literary areas of old Moscow. Legend has it that the famous basement apartment from the novel “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov was located here. Over the years, famous writers such as Leo Tolstoy, Sergei Yesenin, and Marina Tsvetaeva lived here and visited this street, as did many literary characters, like Ostap Bender and Ippolit Matveyevich from the novel “Twelve Chairs” by Ilf and Petrov.
In Soviet times, most of the buildings on Sivtsev
Vrazhek Lane were demolished. However, the several surviving historic houses
give a glimpse of the pre-revolutionary Moscow.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
