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Museum-estate of G.R. Derzhavin | St.Petersburg, Russia

Address:Saint Petersburg, Fontanka emb., 118
Metro: Technological Institute-2

The G. R. Derzhavin Estate Museum is a unique memorial site created in 2003–2011. It includes the mansion where the poet lived from 1791 to 1816, the Home Theater, the Orangery, and the Estate Garden. The central building contains a museum consisting of 16 halls with a literary and memorial exhibition that recreates the atmosphere of Derzhavin’s time, including his office and theater rooms. The Western Building houses the exhibition “In the White Gloss of Porcelain” with items from the 18th–20th centuries. The Eastern Building offers large exhibition halls of the All-Russian A. S. Pushkin Museum for temporary exhibitions.

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