Description

Essentials about the Tolstoy House in brief

Fans of the Russian poet and writer Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy should pay a visit to the Tolstoy Museum in Moscow. It is housed in an old wooden house not far from the Moskva River and Gorky Park, where Tolstoy spent the winter months with his family between 1882 and 1902.

The museum in the Tolstoy House

The house, with a total of 18 rooms, still shows the original furnishings of the poet. This is thanks to Lenin himself, who ordered to keep the house of the writer in its original state. Since 1921 it has been a museum.

On the basis of its furnishings, the Tolstoy House gives its visitors a very vivid insight into the living conditions and lifestyle of an averagely wealthy, noble family (Tolstoy was a count) in pre-revolutionary Russia at the end of the 19th century. This is especially interesting in light of the fact that Tolstoy included his living conditions in many of his stories.

Website

tolstoymuseum.ru

Opening hours

Admission fees

Regular price: R200

Address

Getting there

By public transport:

Metro lines 1 and 5: Stop Park Kultury

By car:

The nearest parking lot is Uliza Tolstovo 23.