About
The Dostoevsky Museum occupies the apartment where Fyodor Dostoevsky spent his final years in Saint Petersburg, and where he wrote The Brothers Karamazov. It is listed under its fuller name, the F.M. Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum, and sits on Kuznechny Lane in the city's centre, in the Leningrad Oblast region of Russia.
What you will see
The museum recreates the writer's living space, so the rooms give a sense of how he worked and lived rather than simply presenting objects behind glass. Alongside the furnishings you will find manuscripts and personal belongings, which bring the author's daily life and his writing closer together.
What kind of visit it makes
- A literary visit suited to readers of Dostoevsky, or to anyone curious about the setting in which a major novel was written.
- A quiet, intimate experience, because it is a domestic apartment rather than a large public institution.
- A chance to pair the visit with the streets of central Saint Petersburg, which surround the museum.
If you plan to go, the museum can be reached by phone at +7 812 571-40-31, which is the most direct way to check the current arrangements before you set out.
