The exposition showcases a replica of a watercolor painting by Fyodor Bagantz ‘Petersburg. Bosse House. Liteynaya Street.’ This house used to accommodate the editorial offices of Sovremennik (Contemporary) and Otechestvennye Zapiski (Homeland Notes) magazines that worked with the entire Russian literary scene of the day. It was in these magazine that the Urals writer Fyodor Reshetnikov published a number of pieces when he moved from Perm to St. Petersburg. Sovremennik published his story ‘Maksya, ’ novel ‘Mining Workers, ’ and stories ‘Appointee’ and ‘PodlIpovtsy.’ Otechestvennye Zapiski, in turn, released his novel ‘Someplace Better’.
The house was built in 1781–1782. Its first owner was Pyotr Neklyudov, who had been appointed chief procurator by the time the building was completed. He was friends with GavriIl Derzhavin. The poet lived here in the early 1780s. Beginning in 1840, the house belonged to the academician and traveler Abraham Norov, who later became Minister of Public Education. Presumably, at the end of 1857, Nikolay Nekrasov, the publisher of SovremEnnik and editor of Otechestvennye Zapiski, moved in this house. At that time, he wrote to Ivan Turgenev: ‘I am busy with the magazine, the apartment and hunting…’ The famous poem ‘Thoughts from the Front Porch’ was created here. After Nekrasov’s death, a famous Russian scientist, inventor of an electric candle Pyotr Yablochkov settled in his apartment. He had electricity connected to this apartment. After Yablochkov, a famous lawyer and publicist Evgeny Utin moved into the electrified apartment.
Memorial boards on the facade remind about the residents of this house: “Here lived Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov”, “from 1895 to 1905 here lived Russian singer Nikolay Nikolaevich Figner”, “from the end of August 1858 to June 1859 here lived a great Russian revolutionary democrat Nikolay Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov”, “Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov lived for 20 years in this house and died on December 27, 1877”.
Presently, Nekrasov’s Memorial Apartment Museum is located here. The museum was opened in 1946 with the support of the Institute of Russian Literature on the 125th anniversary of the poet. The interiors were recreated from the memories of contemporaries and preserved images.
The house was built in 1781–1782. Its first owner was Pyotr Neklyudov, who had been appointed chief procurator by the time the building was completed. He was friends with GavriIl Derzhavin. The poet lived here in the early 1780s. Beginning in 1840, the house belonged to the academician and traveler Abraham Norov, who later became Minister of Public Education. Presumably, at the end of 1857, Nikolay Nekrasov, the publisher of SovremEnnik and editor of Otechestvennye Zapiski, moved in this house. At that time, he wrote to Ivan Turgenev: ‘I am busy with the magazine, the apartment and hunting…’ The famous poem ‘Thoughts from the Front Porch’ was created here. After Nekrasov’s death, a famous Russian scientist, inventor of an electric candle Pyotr Yablochkov settled in his apartment. He had electricity connected to this apartment. After Yablochkov, a famous lawyer and publicist Evgeny Utin moved into the electrified apartment.
Memorial boards on the facade remind about the residents of this house: “Here lived Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov”, “from 1895 to 1905 here lived Russian singer Nikolay Nikolaevich Figner”, “from the end of August 1858 to June 1859 here lived a great Russian revolutionary democrat Nikolay Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov”, “Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov lived for 20 years in this house and died on December 27, 1877”.
Presently, Nekrasov’s Memorial Apartment Museum is located here. The museum was opened in 1946 with the support of the Institute of Russian Literature on the 125th anniversary of the poet. The interiors were recreated from the memories of contemporaries and preserved images.
