Proceeding down Moyka Embankment from Bolshoy Konyushenny Bridge, you will reach House 12. The old, pale yellow mansion, which was built in the neoclassical style, belonged to several generations of the Princes Volkonsky in the 19th century.
In September 1836, Alexander Pushkin and his family settled in a rented apartment consisting of eleven rooms on the ground floor of the house. Here, on January 29 (February 10, New Style) 1837, Pushkin died, having been mortally wounded in a duel, and thousands of St. Petersburg residents rushed here to bid farewell to the poet. In the 1920s, when the apartment was awarded the status of a museum, the anniversary of Pushkin's death was celebrated here every year.
Currently, the memorial apartment of the poet has been restored to its original form on the basis of historical evidence from contemporaries and other historical documents.
In September 1836, Alexander Pushkin and his family settled in a rented apartment consisting of eleven rooms on the ground floor of the house. Here, on January 29 (February 10, New Style) 1837, Pushkin died, having been mortally wounded in a duel, and thousands of St. Petersburg residents rushed here to bid farewell to the poet. In the 1920s, when the apartment was awarded the status of a museum, the anniversary of Pushkin's death was celebrated here every year.
Currently, the memorial apartment of the poet has been restored to its original form on the basis of historical evidence from contemporaries and other historical documents.
