Mikhail Bulgakov Museum
Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine
50°27′39″N 30°30′53″E / 50.46083°N 30.51472°E / 50.46083; 30.51472Mikhail Bulgakov Museum (officially known as Literature-Memorial Museum to Mikhail Bulgakov, commonly called the Bulgakov House or Lystovnychyi House) is a museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, dedicated to Kyiv-born Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov.
Commenced in February 1989, and opened on May 15, 1991, for the 100th anniversary of the writer's birth, the museum is located at No.13 on the Andriivskyi Descent and contains an exposition of nearly 2500 pieces that include Bulgakov's belongings, books, postcards, and photos — conveying the life and creativity of the writer and his surroundings. The atmosphere of the house reflects the writer's life — as a secondary school pupil, student of medicine, family doctor, and writer — when Bulgakov wrote The White Guard, The Master and Margarita, and Theatre Love Story.
The building was erected in 1888 and designed by architect N. Gardenin, and thoroughly renovated before the opening of the museum. A memorial plaque with Bulgakov's portrait hangs on the front of the building. The White Guard novel makes vivid references to the Andriyivskyy Descent, and the current plaque of the address at No.13 displays the street name the writer used in his book (No.13 Andreevsky spusk). Inna Konchakovskaia (1902–85), daughter of the owner (who was a hero of that Bulgakov novel) and niece of composer Witold Maliszewski, preserved this unique house in Kyiv in the hard Soviet times.[1]
The museum staff conducts considerable studies and research, publishes unreleased material, and holds book-club meetings.
In June 2014, the museum posted the following announcement: "All persons supportive of the military occupation of Ukraine are discouraged from visiting the museum — The Mikhail Bulgakov Museum Administration."[citation needed]
Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, there were calls in Ukraine to close down the museum, since Bulgakov allegedly opposed Ukrainian statehood and can not be considered a Ukrainian writer. Oleksandr Tkachenko, the then culture minister, as well as Liudmyla Gubianuri, the museum director, opposed the calls.[2]
See also
https://bulgakovmuseum.com/ https://bulgakovmuseum.com/history
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Museums in Kyiv, Ukraine
and galleries
- Kyiv City Teacher's House
- Kyiv History Museum [uk]
- National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide
- National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War
- Museum of Soviet Occupation
- National Museum of the History of Ukraine
- National Museum-Preserve of Ukrainian military achievements
- Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum
- Victoria Museum
- The Museum of the History of Kyiv Transportation [uk]
- Exhibition of rolling stock of historical locomotives and wagons [uk]
- Ukraine State Aviation Museum
- Kyiv Subway Museum [uk]
- Golden Gate
- Kyiv Fortress
- Museum of the History of Life in Kyiv [uk]
- Mamayeva Sloboda [uk]
- Maria Zankovetska Museum [uk]
- Maxym Rylsky Museum
- Mikhail Bulgakov Museum
- Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture
- Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora
- Mykhailo Hrushevsky Memorial Museum
- National Museum Taras Shevchenko
- One Street Museum
- Pavlo Tychyna Museum
- Pyrohiv
- Savka House
- State Museum of Toys
- Kyiv Pharmacy Museum [uk]
- Museum of Recycled Materials [uk]
- Kyiv Sewer Museum [uk]
- Kyiv Water Museum
- National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine [uk]
- Toilet History Museum
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