Museum-apartment of A.M. Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod)

The museum-apartment of A.M. Gorky was opened on September 15, 1971 in the last Nizhny Novgorod apartment of the Peshkovs (1902-04; 10 rooms on the 2nd floor) in the former house of Baron N.F. Kirshbaum, a monument of history and culture of federal significance, a wooden 2-storey building with a mezzanine, the 1st floor is stone. After 1917, the writer’s apartment was transferred to the hostel. In 1932, a memorial plaque dedicated to the 40th anniversary of M. Gorky’s creative activity was installed on the house, in the 1930s the idea of creating a museum was born. The interiors were restored according to the memoirs of E.P. Peshkova, wife of A.M. Gorky. Apartment A.M. Gorky was the center of cultural, artistic and social life of N. Novgorod early XX century. Here the work on the play “At the Bottom” was completed, the first sketches for the story “Mother” were made, the poem “Man” was written, the play “Davniks” was considered.