The permanent exhibition “Pushkin and His Era” was opened in 1997 on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of Moscow and in anticipation of the bicentenary of Alexander Pushkin’s birth. Based on a biographical approach, it traces the works and life of the poet, his contemporaries, and characters of his writings, as well as the culture and daily life during Pushkin’s times.
The exhibition “Pushkin and
His Era” is housed in 15 rooms of the main building of the Khrushchev-Seleznev
Mansion. The study, one of the halls of the grand enfilade, is dedicated to the
years of Pushkin’s city life, when the poet moved permanently to St. Petersburg
in the autumn of 1831. The portrait gallery in this room features images of
Pushkin’s contemporaries from those years, including government officials,
members of the imperial family, social acquaintances, relatives, artists,
journalists, and writers. The bookcases contain the same publications that
Pushkin himself read and kept in his collection. Among them are the folios
containing documentary evidence related to the Petrine era. A personal pen of
Pushkin in a glass case is on display at the table. It was once located in his
office in his apartment in St. Petersburg on Moika River Embankment.
Exhibits are marked with AR stickers for identification purposes.
