Description of the attraction
Museum of A. S. Pushkin in Gurzuf is located on the territory of the sanatorium "Pushkino", in the house, which is the oldest European building on the southern coast of Crimea. The house was built by Duke Armand du Plessis de Richelieu in 1808-1811.
The exposition of the museum is dedicated to the period of life in the Crimea of the great Russian poet, writer and playwright A. S. Pushkin and is one of the most important pearls of the museum Crimea. The famous Pushkin scholar B. Tomashevsky played a huge role in the creation of the museum.
A. Pushkin came to Gurzuf together with the family of General N. Raevsky during exile in 1820. The youngest son of Raevsky and Pushkin settled in the mezzanine of a house that belonged to the Duke of Richelieu.
The history of Crimean museums says that in November 1920, the Pushkin House in Gurzuf was registered. Since 1920, twenty new museums have been established in Crimea, among them the Pushkin House-Museum in the city of Gurzuf. But in fact, the museum received its first visitors only in the summer of 1938. Then its exposition occupied three rooms on the second floor and a summer terrace.
With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the museum suspended its activities, all exhibits were evacuated. At the end of the war, the museum was never able to resume its work; its building was used as a state dacha. In September 1969, the former home of the Duke of Richelieu was given the status of a monument of national importance. In 1987, it was decided to establish the A. S. Pushkin. The museum opened its doors again on June 4, 1989. It was created on the basis of the Yalta Historical and Literary Museum. In 1999 the museum became a separate independent unit, and in 2001 it received the status of a republican one.
The main exposition of the A. S. Pushkin is located in six halls and tells about the poet's life in the Crimea. Here are all the publications of the Russian poet in his lifetime, graphic portraits of his friends and acquaintances, lithographs and engravings of the Crimean views of the first half of the 19th century, as well as many other exhibits of the Pushkin era.
Today the Pushkin Museum in Gurzuf is a popular tourist attraction. It is invaluable in the cultural life of the Crimean peninsula.
