Description of the attraction
The house was built in 1828 on the territory of the estate of Archpriest Yegor I. Golubev, whose eldest daughter in 1818 married a seminary teacher from Penza - Gavril Ivanovich Chernyshevsky, who at that time was ordained and a teacher in Saratov. For the new family, a yard was purchased, where a one-story, wooden, brick-lined house with a mezzanine was subsequently built. In this house, Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky, the world famous Russian writer and public figure, was born, spent his childhood, adolescence and adolescence.
In 1920, by decree of the Council of People's Commissars, signed by V. I. Lenin, the State Museum in his name was organized in the house of Chernyshevsky. The first director of the museum was the son of Chernyshevsky Mikhail Nikolaevich, subsequently for a long time (up to 1975) the granddaughter of Chernyshevsky Nina Mikhailovna was in charge of the museum. The estate museum is a complex consisting of the house of the Chernyshevsky family, the O. S. Chernyshevskaya wing, the Pypin house (close relatives of Chernyshevsky who preserved the estate for the writer's heirs) and the exhibition building. The manor complex was declared a national treasure in the twenties and to this day the state carefully protects the cultural heritage.
Currently, the museum is a manor house with numerous exhibits and documents telling about the life and work of N. G. Chernyshevsky is open to guests. Particular attention is paid to the Saratov period of Nikolai Gavrilovich's life. Also in Saratov there is a monument to N. G. Chernyshevsky and the street where the family estate of the poet is located is named after him.
