ZOSHCHENKO MEMORIAL MUSEUM

4/2 (Apt. 119) Malaya Konyushennaya ulitsa 191186 St. Petersburg
Open: 11.30am - 6.30pm
Closed: Mondays and the last Wednesday of every month
Tel. 311-7819 (code: 450)
Nearest metro stations: Nevsky prospekt and Gostiny Dvor

The museum of the writer Mikhail Zoshchenko (1895-1958) was opened on the initiative of St. Petersburg's literary circles in 1992. It is accommodated in the house where Zoshchenko lived from 1934 to 1958, excluding the period spent in Alma-Ata during the war. This museum commemorates a writer who was immensely popular among several generations of Soviet readers. In his numerous short stories and satirical articles, marked by grotesque and sad humour, Zoshchenko depicted the trials and tribulations of the 'little man' in the face of Soviet reality.

The exhibition, which fills the small two-room flat, traces Mikhail Zoshchenko's life and work. On display in the study are the writer's personal belongings, and pieces of furniture. Also on view is his library and some of his most interesting manuscripts; the bulk of his original papers are kept in the Manuscript Department of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinsky Dom) in St. Petersburg.