Andrei Bely Apartment Museum (Muzey-kvartira Andreya Belovo)

Andrei Bely Apartment Museum (Muzey-kvartira Andreya Belovo) Review

On display are artifacts from the life of the writer Andrei Bely (1880-1934), considered to be one of the great Russian Symbolists—he's most famous for his novel Petersburg. As of this writing, the museum was undergoing renovation, though it is still possible to tour the exhibits. The "Lines of Life" drawing on the wall of the first room shows the "energy" of Bely's life (the blue line in the middle) marked by dates and names of people he knew during specific times. The keepers of the museum offer exhaustive tours of the apartment, but they are in Russian only. The general entrance to the museum is through the souvenir shop.