Chekhov House-Museum

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  • Address
    Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya ul 6, Barrikadnaya
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  • Phone
    291 6154
  • Transport
    underground rail: Barrikadnaya

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Lonely Planet review

`The colour of the house is liberal, ie, red,' Chekhov wrote of his house on the Garden Ring, where he lived from 1886 to 1890. Appropriately, the house now contains the Chekhov House-Museum, with bedrooms, drawing room and study intact. The overall impression is one of a peaceful and cultured family life.

The walls are decorated by paintings that were given him by Levitan and Shekhtel, who often visited him here. Photographs depict the playwright with literary greats Leo Tolstoy and Maksim Gorky. One room is dedicated to Chekhov's time in Melikhovo, showing photographs and manuscripts from his country estate.