Gogol Memorial Rooms

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  • Address
    Nikitsky bul 7, Arbat
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  • Phone
    291 1224
  • Transport
    underground rail: Arbatskaya

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Lonely Planet review

The 19th-century writer Nikolai Gogol spent his last, tortured months here. The rooms - now a small but captivating museum - are arranged as they were when Gogol lived here. You can even see the fireplace where he infamously threw his manuscript of Dead Souls . An additional `reading room' contains a library of Gogol's work and other reference materials about the author.

The quiet courtyard contains a statue of the emaciated, gloomy author surrounded by some of his better-known characters in bas-relief around the base.